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AFTER 33 YEARS—FREEDOM— Nathan Leopold (hatless) the 53-year-old, pudgy man who entered Stateville’Penitentiary in Illinois as a 19-year-old collegiate thrill-slayer walks into freedom following his release on parole Thursday morning. His first trial as a former convict was the barrage of questions thrown at him by more than 100 newsmen gathered outside the gate. He will go into virtual exile in Puerto Rico. ■ < n ‘

Denies Promise To Whiteside On TV Case Attorney Denies Whiteside Charge On Miami Channel WASHINGTON (UP)—A. Frank Katzentine denied today that he gave or promised Thurmah AWhiteside anything to persuade ’ him to withdraw his support of a National Airlines subsidiary for the controversial television Channel 10 at Miami, Fla. ; - - Whiteside, a Miami attorney, testified previously that he urged ousted FCC Commissioner Richard A. Mack to back the National Airlines bid, but dropped the matter after Katzentine, a competing bidder for the channel, engaged in “tantamount to blackmail.’’ Whiteside did not spell out Katzentine's alleged actions. Rep. John B. Bennett (R-Mich.) said Whiteside’s testimony “seems inconceivable to me. That’s just ... something. .that_ I don’;. JjeUeye happened.” — Katzentine, testifying before a House subcommittee investigating regulatory agencies, -said Whiteside told of his decision to witheraw hs support of National in a 1955 conversation. “He said he was a fighter, and that he supposed he had a Napoleonic complex, but his family was involved and he didn’t feel like going any further,” Katzentine sale Asked how Whiteside’s family was involved, Katzentine replied “I suppose their ownership in a dog track.” He did not elaborate In response to repeated questions by Bennett, Katzentine denied he paid or did anything for Whiteside to get him to telephone Mack and say he was no longer interested in National’s case. “I never promised Mr. Whiteside anything of any sort," Katzentine said. Rep. Oren Harrl? (D-Ark.) said FCC members wotild still have to explain their votes on awarding the Miami channel to National Airlines even though they are trying to reopen the case. Harris, chairman of the subcommittee looking into alleged misconduct in the FCC, told the United Press that he would not permit the FCC members to refuse to talk on the ground that the Miami case was again pending. In a motion filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals Thursday, the FCC said it planned to reconsider the Channel 10 award to National Airlines in the tight of "significant new information” turned up by Harris' subcommittee. The investigation has resulted in the resignation from the FCC of Richard A. Mack after testimony that his vote was in(Contlnued on page eight) INDIAN aIaEATHER Occasional light snow or snow flurries north and party cloudy south and little change in temperature tonight. Saturday party cloudy, occasional light snow or snow flurries ex..Jkreme north, warmer south portion. Low tonight 24 to 32. High Saturday 38 to 48. Sunset today 1:41 a.m. Sunrise Saturday 1:57 a.m. Outlook for j Sunday: Partly cloudy and a little warmer in afternoon. Possible light snow flurries extreme north. Low Saturday night 24 to 32. High Sunday 40 to M.

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Boy Is Bom Today To Princess Grace Becomes Heir To Throne Os Monaco - MONTE CARLO (UP) — The boom of ancient saluting cannon here today signaled the birth of a boy to Princess Grace —an heir to the throne of tiny Monaco. The cannon boomed 101 times, and with the 22nd "shot” a surge of excitement raced across this resort principality. If Grace’s second child had been a girl like her first, only 21 guns would have firtc. she 8-pound. 8-ounce prince was delivered at 10:50 a m. by a team headed by Paris gynecologist Emile Hervet — the same doctor who officiated at the birth 15 "months ago of Princess Caroline. The new baby. Prince Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, will take royal precedence over his older sister because of his sex. He will be called Prince Albert. Hervet was assisted today by two ot hedr octorab—spsybtsliiaec two other doctors—baby specialist Paul Gandelon and surgeon Maurice Donat—and a nurse, Suzanne Leclerc. The first-, word ofi- the- prince’s sex came unofficially from an unidentified girl who opened a ground-floor window at the place and” shouted to newsmen: “It’s a boy!” The news was confirmed officially a few minutes later. The hifth of an heir to Prince Rainier will continue the rule in Monaco of the Grimaldi family, which has provided its princes almost contnuously since 1297. The tiny prince weighed four ounces more than his sister at birth and measured 2014 inches long. He has tight blue eyes and chestnut brown hair. Caroline, born a redhead, is now a blonde. All Monaco was ablaze today with Monacan flags, in honor of Rainier and Albert, and U.S. flags for Grace — the former Grace Kelly of Philadelphia and Holly wood* Saturday will be a holiday for school children, government workers and Monacan employes of the Monte Carlo casino. Woman Is Burned By Hot Grease Thursday The Decatur fire department was called at 6:05 p. m. Thursday to extinguish a grease fire at tiie home of Dr. C. William Freeby. Mrs. Freeby was burned on the hands and legs when she dropped a pan containing flaming grease which had become overheated. The grease splattered over her hands and legs and set a rug on fire. The fire was extinguished in 15 minutes but not before a considerable amount of smoke damage had occurred. • .... Peterson Chairman Os Election Board Cal E. Peterson, Republican member of the county election board, was elected chairman of that board In the first meeting of the year Wednesday afternoon. Richard D. Lewton, Democrat, and clerk of the circuit court, a member by virtue of his office, was chosen secretary. Mrs. Edith Beer, of Monroe township, a Democrat, is the third member. The budget of the board was inspected, and the secretary ordered to employ the necessary help for preparing the list of candidates tor the primary.

Storms Pound From Oklahoma To East Coast Crippling Snows, Violent Rainfall And Hailstones By UNITED PRESS Heavy snowfalls, already on the ground or still piling up, plagued travelers from the plains of Oklahoma and Kansas to the upper Atlantic seaboard today, and gale warnings were posted in East Coast areas. More than 35 airline flights were canceled in the New York metropolitan area because of a mixture of snow and rain driven by high winds. Trains were slowed. Some highways were hazardous, and the snow was expected to pile up perhaps a half foot deep. Gale warnings were posted from Atlantic City, N. J., to Cape Ann, Mass. Heavy snow was forecast for 'entral and northeastern Pennsylnorthern New Jersey into the mountains of Connecticut. It might get as deep as 10 inches in the Pennsylvania high country, forecasters said Earlier sncwtalls pelted northern Virginia, parts cf Maryland, and West Virginia. A light snowfall showed in Chicago and was general throughout ’he Great Lakes area into the northern Plains, weathermen said Around Smith Center, Kan., an’ Army helicopter visited eight famlies Thursday and prepared to ’arty supplies to more of them to-, day. Some farm families have been unable to use roads, buried under an accumulation of 28 inches of snow, since an overwhelming snowstorm on February 28. The latest fall, carrying seven inches of new mow, subsided early Thursday. The brusque March weather also showed violent rain and hail storms in some sections. Starting in Oklahoma where snows were heaviest in seven years Wednesday, the blast echoed toward the East and knocked out Midwest power lines en route. Snows up to seven inches covered parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania Thursday, while farther south hail one and one-half inches in diameter fell at Kinston, North Carolina. On the West Coast, Marine authorities near San Bernardino, Calif-, said the wreckage of a private plane which apparently crashed during the snow storm Wednesday had been found. Four servicemen from' Barstow Marine Base wsre believed killed. Four members of a Greensburg, Ind., family were killed Thursday night when their car was struck by a speeding New York Central Railroad passenger train near Greensburg during a snow storm. The heavy snows crippled air transportation at Louisville, Ky + temporarily standing- the University of Cincinnati basketbalNteam. Seven-inch snowfalls in Indiana and souhtern Illinois caused schools to close down when buses carrying children were unable to maneuver over driftc-overed highways. Almost all the power in two southern Illinois counties was knocked out, while 400 to 500 miners in the area had to walk or climb to the surface when elevators ceased operating. (Continued on page eight)

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Immediate Action Is Urged On Housing Bill Offered By Democrats

■ ■■■■ ■■ i ■ ' ' See Approval By House Os Senate Move Senate Resolution Would Put Freeze On Price Supports WASHINGTON (UP) — Democratic farm leaders today forecast quick House approval of a Senate move to block the administration’s scheduled slashes in farm price supports and planting allotments. But they acknowledged the measure repudiating administration farm policies doesn’t have enough backing in Congress to be enacted into law over the presidential veto that Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson says is “almost certain." Benson voiced his warning Thursday a few hours before the Senate passed the resolution 50 to 43 It would freeze price props and acreage allotments indefinite-, ly at “not less” than 197 levels. The Senate measure, although technically a resolution, would have the effect of Jaw if passed by Congress and signed by Presient Eisenhower. Chairman Harold D. Cooley (DN,C.) summoned the House Agriculture Committee to vote on the measure Monday. He said the committee would approve it and he hoped the House could complete action and send it to the President by the end of next week. There was no advance sign of ally concerted drive by administration leaders to wage an all-out fight on the House floor against the measure. GOP House leaders said they hadn’t taken a firm porition; . as :yet.--ss.-r::;.. In the Senate 39 Democrats and 11 Republicans teamed up to pass the measure opposed by 35 Republicans and eight Democrats. If enacted, the measure would veto cuts brdered by Benson in supports for dairy products, wheat, rice, beans, flaxseed and several feed grains. Except for tobacco and corn grown by farmers who ignore planting allotments, the measure would require that price supports and planting allotments for all crops be maintained at not less than 1957 levels until such time as Congress enacts new farm legislation. Tuberculosis Clinic Here Next Friday Mrs. W. Guy Brown, executive secretary of the Adams county tuberculosis association, announced today that a tuberculosis consultation clinic will be held in Decatur next Friday, March 21. The clinic will be held at the American Legion home, 101 Madison street, from 9:30 a.m. until 12 noon, and from 1 to 2 p.m. Dr. C. T. Kidder will be clinician for all chest pathology. The clinic is by appointment only, and persons wishing appointments are asked to call the W. H. Brown residence, 3-2452. Films should be as recent as possible.

Lenten Meditation' • I ■ (By Rev. Huston Bever Jr., pastor, Decatur Church of God) “THE MIGHTY MITE” "And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Os a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.” —Luke 21:2, 3 We should ever remember that God sees all things, for Ha is ever present. Jesus saw the rich giving tUeir large gifts, but He took greater notice of the widow who cast in but two mites. Her gift was small according to human values, but to the Lord her gift was the largest given. *’ God does not determine the value of the gift by its size, but by the motive and manner by which it is given. “Man looketh on the outward, but the Lord looketh on the heart.” Christ knew the rich were giving hardly knowing or caring why they gave. The widow gave because of concern, "she gave all that she had.” Too often our giving is only from our abundance, it is giving gifts which cost us nothing. Let us be more like David, when he said unto Araunah, "Nay; but I will surely buy it of you at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing.”

Explains Working Os Disposal System Project Engineer Is Speaker At Rotary Wesley Gallup, project engineer for Consoer, Townsend and Associates of Chicago, the consulting engineer for Decatur’s new sewage disposal system, was the guest speaker at Thursday’s Meeting of the Decatur Rotary club at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Cal Yost was the program chairman. Gallup explained that the project was in two parts, the tatercepting sewers and the construction of the sewage treatment plant itself. The west side intercepting sewer is .nearly completed, with the one along the river well underway also. At each terminal where present sewers enter the river, an intercepting chamber is built to separate the sanitary sewage from the storm runoff. Only the sanitary sewage is sent through the new intercepting sewer being built along the river for treatment at tile plant. Storm runoff water will still run directly into the river. ‘At the plant, a grit chamber Removes stones and other insoluble material, before the sewage is sent to the aeration tank, where is blown through it A set of three primary settling to n^s re ‘ about 60% of the solids. Next comes a filter where the effluent is sprayed over a bed of two or three-inch stones on which bacteria aid in the oxidation process. A second set of tanks removes more than 90% of the organic material as sludge, which is removed to digestion tanks. The fluid is sent thru a chlorine contact tank for treament with chlorine to kijl bacteria and then . lUisready to river. TT sludge, along with groundup garbage, is digested. Some of the gas produced by this process is used to heat the plant and to aid in the digestion process itself. The sludge digestion process takes from 30 to 45 days, after which it is dried, and may then be used as a fertilizer. Gallup said the plant itself was very efficient and could be operated by one man on each shift. Work on she project is about two months ahead of schedule and the plant should be operating in August. He explained that pollution of the river would be greatly reduced and that there need be no . (Continued on page eight! Local Man's Sister Is Taken By Death Mrs. Chester Sheets, 53, of Markle, died Wednesday night at the Martin county hospital in Stuart, Fla., of leukemia after a week’s illness. She and her husband were spending the winter to Florida. Surviving to addition to the husband are five daughters; and four brothers, including Homer Hoover, of Decatur. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Funderburg funeral home in Markle, with burial in the Markle cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday.

Says Sheriff Refused Aid At Strike Violence Sheboygan Police Chief Testifies In Hearing On Kohler WASHINGTON (UP) — Sheboygan Police Chief Steem W. Heimke testified today that Sheriff Theodore Mosch warned his deputies to “lay off” investigating violence during the bitter Kohler. Co. strike in Wisconsin. Heimke told the Senate Rackets Committee that the police department “stood alone” in invesigating strike - connected vandalism and violence. “In fact, some of the sheriffs deputies who were interested in this were censured by the sheriff and told to lay off,” Heimke testified. "They were told any investigation would be by the sheriff alone.” But, Heimke testified, the sheriff did nothing to help the police during a 1955 waterfront riot when a mob prevented the unloading of a ship carrying clay for use in Kohler plumbingware. Police Efforts Failed “It was the general belief among police officers in Sheboygan that we fould not depend on the sheriff for help," Heimke testified. He said an appeal was made to the governor for National Guard troops, but the request was refused on grounds that all the law enforcement resources of the county were not being used. Heimke said the police force was put on overtime and special officers added in an attempt to stop vandalism, but -when “we concentrated on .one area it stopped and moved to some other area.” "It led. us to believe they were getting information on our operations from sombody," he said The chief, who was police captain during the clay boat Incident in 1955, said efforts to track down the persons responsible for more than 900 strike-connected complaints were hindered by “one word—fear.” ’ “I don't know who they were afraid of, but it appears they were afraid of strikers retaliating against their homes, property and members of their families,” he said’(Continued on pare eight) Five Men Killed In Air Force Crashes Two 847 Bombers Explode Thursday TULSA, Okla. (UP) — An AuForce 847, the same type of airplane from which an atomic bomb accidentally fell Tuesday, exploded over Tulsa Thursday. One man was killed and another seriously injured. The Air Force quickly announced that the plane was not carrying a nuclear weapon. It was the second explosion of a 847 during the day. A 847 burst into flames and exploded after taking off from the Strategic Air Command base at Homestead, Fla., killing all four crewmembers. Fiery debris from the Homestead plane fell over a two-mile radius, barely missing a large number of Puerto Rican laborers who were working in nearby fields. In the Tulsa blast the six-jet medium bomber was on a routine training mission from McConnell Air. Force Base aUJVichita, Kan., when it disintegrated over southeast Tulsa. There appeared to be two separate explosions. The blasts shattered the $1,900,000 bomber into fragments which rained down on scores of houses but injured no one on the ground. A 847 on Tuesday accidentally dropped an atomic bomb near Florence SC., exploding the triggering device containing tnt which injured six persons and badly damaged a house.

Ike, Macmillan To Meet In Washington Prime Minister Os Britain To States LONDON (UP) — President Elsenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will map pqjnt-by-point strategy for a proposed summit conference when they meet In Washington in June, British sources said today. The joint announcement that Macmillan will visit the U.S. capi- , tai three months from now was ' taken here as an indication that ‘ the proposed meeting of leaders , of East and West will not be held j uptil September at earliest. Sources close to the British gov- 1 rnment predicted that arrange- , ments for the summit meeting ‘ will proceed in three steps: —A conference of foreign ministers in Geneva in late April and early May to work out agenda for the top-level meeting and decide 1 whether it shall be held—perhaps ■ in Washington. —The Eisenhower - Macmillan < meting. —Consultations through July ' and August to set the state for a meeting in September. Macmillan and Foreign Minis- , ter Selwyn Lloyd are known to be more anxious than U.S. lead- 1 ers to confer with Russia's lead- \ ers in a meeting which Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has warned might turn out to be a “fraud.” The announcement of the Eisen-hower-Macmillan meeting, was i taken as an indication that the U.S. attitude is softening Macmillan ostensibly is going to I the United States for the primary ! purpose of receiving an honorary degree on June 8, from DePauw ! University, where his maternal I grandfather studied medicine. i I Four Persons Killed As Train Hits Auto Tragedy Last Night In Decatur County GREENSBURG (UP)—A speeding New York Central Railroad , passenger train smashed into a , "ar at a Decatur County road ; crossing during a light snow j storm late Thursday, killing four , members of a Greensburg family. A fifth person in the car leaped to safety before the train struck. Killed outright in the collision were Donald Haley, 29, driver of the car; his mother, Mrs Carrie Haley, 83, and Mrs. Haley’s daughter's, Miss Carol June Haley, 23, and Miss Betty Lou Haley, 20. Another daughter, Miss Maxine Haley, 33, jumped from the vehicle moments before the accident within sight of the Haley home five miles east of here at 4 p.m. CST. She was taken to a Greensburg hospital where she was treated for shock. Crew members of the train, which was going about 75 miles , an hour, said the car "appeared to stall” on the crossing which is protected only by warning signs. The engine of the train picked up the car and carried it three- . fourths of a mile down the track. The wreckage was so badly man- ' gled that it took crews several hours to remove the broken bodies of the victims. 1 A wrecker was used to disen- ’ gage the body of the car which had fused itself to the front of ’ the diesel locomotive. ! Maxine told authorities she was ! in the front seat with her brother ' (Continued on page eight) ; Anderson Student ■ Legion Zone Winner Dan Roby, Anderson high school student, won'the American Legion zone oratorical contest, held Thursday night at Post 47 in Fort Wayne. Only other contestant was Miss Janet Geiseking, Fort Wayne Central, recent winner of the fourth district contest. Roby will next compete against three other one winners in the state finals contest, to be held at the Decatur high school next Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock.

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Seeking Early House Action On Senate Bill AFL-CIO Bringing New Pressure For Reduction In Taxes WASHINGTON (UP)— Republicans seized the Initiative in the inti - recession drive today and :alled for immediate House passage of a Democratic - sponsored lousing bill. ~~ The 13 House Banking Commitee Republicans voted unanimousy to press for immediate action in the bill, which already has >een passed by the Senate. The neasure is intended to stimulate lome building and relieve unmployment. .. . Th AFL-CIO, meant im e, wrought new pressure on the administration for a tax cut. The la»r federation published a memo■andum purporting to show that he recession is growing worse md unemployment is climbingThe administration has been lolding off on a tax cut or other irastic action in- the hope that March will bring an upturn in employment and “the beginning of he end” of the recession. Predict More Jobless The AFL - CIO memorandum, handed Presiden t Eiseniipwerx Thursday by labor leaders during I White House conference, said a forthcoming government report will show that industrial produc- 1 _ tion continued its sharp decline during February. The production index, based on the 1947-4 average, was at 133 points in January, representing a sharp decline from previous high?. The AFL-CIO did not speculate on the February figure — to be announced Monday — but official sources said there would be a “further slight decline” of one to three points. The labor federation’s memo said cutbacks in auto and steel production and initial claims for .inemployment benefits show that ♦ memployment in March will be at least as high as the 5,200,000 figure in February and may climb •ven higher. Labor economists have predict’d privately that perhaps another 200,000 persons will join the jobless ranks this month. The afl-CIO is plugging for a proad anti-recession program fea:uring an immediate cut in income taxes. It wants as a starter in increase from S6OO to S7OO in personal exemptions to put additional purchasing power in the hands of consumers. Urge Housing BUI The administration is mapping plans for a tax cut for both business firms and individuals, but is holding it up pending another look it economic indicators. The Democratic-sponsored housing bill, which would pujnpßl,Boo,XX),000 in federal funds into the nomebuilding market, has been held on Speaker Sam Rayburn’s iesk since the Senate passed it last Wednesday. The Banking Committee Republicans called on Rayburn and oth•r Democratic leaders to stee the pill to committee or take what- • »ver steps are necessary to assure quick House act! on. The Hous is in recess until Monday (Continued on page eight) Jerry Gehrig Badly Burned In Accident Jerry Gehrig, 1121 Master Drive, was severely burned Diursday afternoon while at work at the Zollner Piston plant in Fort Wayne. Gehrig had placed a cold ladle into the 1200 degree aluminum alloy and -the resulting explosion caused the white hot aluminum to splatter 20 to 30 feet. He was severely burned about the head, chest, arms, and right foot. The hot aluminum burned the clothes off his body but Gehrig was unable to remove his right shoe before the first degree burns were inflicted. Gehrig was taken to the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne and is expected to be released in a few days. He will be off work for several weeks.