Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 64.

2.440 MILS IN FOUR HOURS—A Navy twin-jet heavy attack alrcran set a new unofficial speed, record from Hawaii to the mainland when it spanned the 2,440 statute mile distance in three hours Sand 58 minutes. The crew of the plane consisted of (1. to r.), ot, Lt. Comdr. George M. Bell, Coronado, Calif, Airman Marvin Jdwell, San Angelo, Texas, Aviation Machinist Mate 2/C BUI Bryant, Cupertino, Calif., and co-pilot, Lt Joseph M. Gilmore, Missouri Valley, lowa.

Moore Denies Wrongdoing InFCCCase Flatly Denies Any Connection In TV Channel's Award WASHINGTON (UP) — Col. Gordon Moore, Mrs. Eisenhower’s brother-in-law, swore today that be “in no way, directly or indirectly, influenced or sought to influence" the FCC’s controversial award of a Miami, Fla., television channel. Mocre appeared voluntarily before a House Commerce subcommittee investigating aUeged misconduct in* fed era 1 regulatory agencies to deny under oath that he engaged in any wrongdoing. He denied categorically that he ever discussed any matter with any FCC member. "Furthermore,’’ he said, “I have never discussed any matter with any member of the Federal Communications Commission.at any time." Moore told the subcommittee he voluntarily made his files and records available to its tor"I trust that die members of this committee, ’* he said, "are now aware that I have had no connection whatever, directly or indirectly, with Channel 10." Moore, husband of Mrs. Eisenhower’s sister, has been accused of “engineering" FCC’s award of the multi-million-dollar Miami TV channel to a subsidiary of the National Airlines. Bernard Schwartz, the subcommittee’s ousted counsel, made the statement before he was dropped from the committee payroll over his charge that some of. its members were trying to Eliminate 3rd pgh: Moore has .. “whitewash" the investigation. Rep. Morgan M. Moulder (DMo.), former head Investigator, charged meanwhile that an unnamed member of the Securities and Exchange Commission speculated in stocks the SEC is supposed to regulate. He also said “White House influence” figured in many cases before the Federal Power Commission, a third federal regulatory agency. . Moulder, who resigned as chair man of the legislative oversight subcommittee four weeks ago but is still a member, said he had planned to have the staff go thoroughly into the allegations against Moore. Moulder also said the subcommittee has “evidence” that a member of the SEC speculated in stock issues pending before it- He said the grqpp did not yet have enough such evidence to warrant public hearings and a preliminary staff inquiry is needed to establish the facts. He said he understood SEC members forced their colleague, whom he did not name, to sell the stocks when they learned of the transaction. Moulder cited the Dixon - Yates power case as one in which there (Continued on page five) INDIANA WEATHER Snow exterme south this afternoon possibly accumulating 2 to 3 inches extreme southeast this afternoon and early tonight, diminishing later tonight; Considerable cloudiness over the state tonight and Tuesday with a few snow flurries likely Tuesday. Low tonight 22 to 30. High Tuesday in the 30s. Sunset today 8:54 pjn. Sunrise Tuesday 8:52 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Considerable cloudiness and continued rather cold. Low temperatures Tuesday night in the 20s. Highs Wednesday In the 30s.

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Deadline Nears For Candidates To File No Democrats For Two Trustee Jobs With only ten more days to file for public office, no Democrats have yet filed for township trustees in Washington and Monroe townships. Full slates of trustee and three advisory board members have already filed in Union, Root, ’ French and Jefferson townships, t In the others, only partial tickets . have filed co far. In Root township Cal E. Hurst, [ of East Root, has filed for advlsi ory board, which will make a race in that township in the Dem- . ocratlc primary. Everett C. Sin- . gleton, route 2, Edward Louis . Selking, route 1, and Winfred Gerke, route 3, have already pl- : ed. Omer Merriman is the candidate for trustee. Wilbur H. Blakey, of route 3, i is the Democratic candidate for trustee of Union township. Advisory board candidates are Herman Geimer, route 5. Edgar Thieme, route 2, /and Edgar Krueckeberg, route 5 In Preble township only Robert M. Kolter, of route 2, has filed for township trustee. Theodore S. Heller, of route 2, L has tiled for trustee of Kirkland township, and Luther L. Arnold and Harold E. Henschen, also of route 2, have filed for advisory board. There is one vacancy on the advisory board to be filled. In Washington township, in which all of Decatur except De-catur-Root precinct is located, Will Winnes has filed sor ’■ township assessor, and John R. Parrish and Benjamin Eiting have filed for advisory board. There is no Democratic candidate for trustee or for third member of the advisory board. In St. Mary’s township, Lester H. Brunner, of route 3, has filed for reelection as trustee. No one has filed for Democratic members of the advisory board. In Blue Creek township, Frank Myers of route 2, Berne, has filed for trustee, and Elisha O. Merri(Continued on Page Five) u Florence Frysinger Is Taken By Death Services Tuesday For County Native Mrs. Florence Frysinger, 57, wife of Lewis D. Frysinger, cashier of the Citizens Commercial Bank of Celina, 0., died Friday night at St Rita’s memorial hospital in Lima. O. She had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage last Monday. She was bom in Adams count) Sept. 26, 1900, a daughter of John and Hattie Crist Andrews, and was married to Lewis D. Frysinger Feb 13, 1919. They have resided in Celina for the past 16 years years. Mrs. Frysinger was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Order of Eastern Star at Rockford, Ohio. Surviving are her husband; three daughters, Mrs. Betty Huss of Anr Arbor, Mich., Mrs. Bonnie Browr of Rockville, Conn., and Sister John (Jean) of the Sisters of Charity at Colorado Springs, Colo.; six grandchildren; a brother, Leo Andrews of Detroit, and a sister, Mrs Pauline Murtaugh of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Ketcham funeral home in Rockford, Dr. John D. Gregory officiating. Burial will be in the Frysinger cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. '

Provide Two Million Jobs In New Bill Senate Democratic Leader Optimistic On Recession Fight WASHINGTON (UP) — Senate Democrat Leader Lyndon B. Johnson estimated today that anti-recession legislation moving through Congress could provide two million jobs. That is > almost 40 per cent of the 5,173,000 unemployed in February- >. “I have a great deal more confidence in the economic outlook now simply because the wheels have been set in motion and the government is actively at work to combat unemployment,’’ Johnson told reporters. Johnson’s statment was one of the most optimistic by a Democrat since the current recession began. It came amid these other . developments on the economic front: —The Federal Reserve Board was expected to report today that industrial output showed another drop in February. —Treasury Secretary Robert B. 1 Anderson expressed new confidence in the “fundamental” strength of the economy. Citing "encouraging" factors in January and February, he said *‘now is- , the time for the wise business- ' man” to hire the salesmen, build 5 the factories and do the research needed "for the expanding Amer- : lea of the future.” —Sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kan.j, - an administration backer, said he 5 is preparing a standby bill to cut • withholding taxes in half for the last half of this year if Congress 5 decides on a tax eut. Carlson, a member of the tax-writing Senate > Finance Committee, estimated his - plan would save taxpayers six ) billion dollars. —Republican National Chair- - man Meade Alcorn, in a speech s prepared for a conference of GOP 1 women here, renewed his attack (Continues oti page »ix) ■. Mrs. Cliff 0. Brown Is Taken By Death i " Funeral Services 1 Tuesday Afternoon ; Mrs. Blanche Brown, 67, wife of Cliff O. Brown, of Union township. ! died at 11:30 o’clock Saturday ; morning at her home, five and onehalf miles east of Decatur. She had 1 been seriously ill for the past seven , weeks. She was born in Decatur Sept. 11, 1890, a daughter of William and Charlotte Lord-Worden, and was married to Cliff O. Brown April 24, 1912. • Mrs. Brown was a member of the Union Chapel Evangelical Unit?d Brethren church, the Royal Neighbors, Ladies Aid and Missionary society of the Church Surviving in addition to the husband are one daughter, Miss Janet Brown, at home; three sons, Keith Brown of Homer, N. Y., Lewis Brown of Velende, N. M., and Gerald Brown of Piqua, O.; three grandchildren; five brothers, Carl Worden of Geneseo, 111., David of Valparaiso, Richard of Craigville and Wayne and Louis, both of Fort Wayne; and three sisters, Mrs. Clyde McClure of Decatur, Mrs. Rory Kissinger of Chicago, and Mrs. Opal Nolan of Syracuse. One daughter, one brother and one sister are deceased. Funeral services win be conductad M 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. Lawrence T. Norris officiating, assisted by the Rev. Darius Pellett. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services and may offer memorials to the Union Chapel church. BULLETIN The Decatur General Electric company closed down at 1 p. m. today following an unauthorized strike in the roller casting and stacking departments which developed from an argument over piece rates, it was learned this afternoon. The “sit-down strike” started at 10 o’clock this morning, and when it continued after lunch the entire plant was closed down. General Electric officials said that they would try to work the second shift, and If the striking departments returned, they would operate.

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Rebel Forces Withdraw In Sumatran City Chain Reaction Os RevolV Predicted By Rebel Sources SINGAPORE (W — Rebel Indae nesian forces suddenly withdrew today from the key north Sumatran port city of Medan, only about 24 hours after they Mad sized it. Both central Indoesian government and rebel sources confirmed the withdrawal, which rebel sources said was due to the failure of rebel reinforcements to arrive in tife. Medan Is about 350 miles northeast of the central Surmatran rebel stronghold of Padang and an important communications and trade point for Sumatra. Troops led by United States—trained Maj Boyke Naenggolan I attack medan at dawn Sunday, battling loyalist supporters of President Sukarno. They said they gained control of the city and. its air field by noon. In Jakarta, a central government army spokesman said loyalist\troops had degained control of the city by 7 a.m. today. A high revolutionary source in Singapore confirmed it. The rebel source said Naenggolan pulled his one battalion out of the area without a fight this morning and headed in the direction of Tapanuli, an adjacent north Sumatran province about 80 miles to the south which joined central Sumatra last week. , The source said Naenggolan apparently felt he did not have strength enough to hold the Medan area indefinitely and supporting troops from Permatang Siantar, about 55 miles to the south, failed to show up. The rebel sources said the loyalist commander of Medan, Lt. Col. Djamin Gintings, returned to the city after Naenggolan left and broadcast an appeal to the people for support of Sukarno’s government. The rebel had held high hopes for the capture of Medan, predicting it would swing other fencesitting areas—particularly Atjeh provience in the northwest-to their tCenttaued on page five) Sr. M. Mechtilde Dies. At Pittsburgh Sr. M. Mechtilde, 76, a native of Adams county, died at 8:30 p. m. Saturday at the Mercy hospital at Pittsburgh, Ja„ where she had been a patient five days following a heart attack. The former May Gase, she was born in Adams county May 26, 1881, a daughter of Paul and Anna Kintz Gase. She was a nurse and laboratory technician at Mercy hospital. She celebrated her golden jubilee as a member of the Sisters of Mercy in 1955. Surviving are one sister, Sr. M. Paula of the Sisters of Poor Clares of Cleveland, 0., and one brother, Edward L. Gase of Decatur.

Lenten Meditation (By Carroll Myers, Minister of Church of Christ, Washington at 12th) “THE TRAIL BREAKERS” “And these all having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise.”—Heb. 11:39. This passage of scripture is a tremendous reminder to us that even though the ‘trail breakers,’ our forefathers, had obtained, a good report through faith, the promise was not received. It is a case in point being compared with the fact “Even so Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.” It behooves us to carefully study the Word of God to know just what is required of us that we might be assured of the promise. As the resurrection day approaches, we see Jesus more fully and His requirements for salvation. May we look to Him and obey each of His com-f mands that the promise might be ours. May we quote two passages of scripture for-your approval: “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death . . ; ” These verses -are not to be taken alone, but axe merely given to suggest further study. - * ...

deavy Traffic Toll Recorded In State At Least 12 Killed On Indiana Roads By UNITED PRESS 'A train-automobile collision at a Henry County road crossing near New Castle late Sunday killed two men as they returned from viewing the body of a friend killed with two companions in another Indiana traffic accident less than 48 hours earlier. The deaths of Allen D. Carell, 24, and William Rector, 23, New Castle, brought the weekend Indiana traffic death total to at least 12, one of the werst tolls this year. The total Including one double fatality, one triple fatality accident and another killing four. Rector, the driver, Carell and two companions were going home after paying their respects at the casket of Dean Cross, 17, at his New Castle home. A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train enroute to Chicago smashed into the car at an unmarked crossing about 1% miles east of New Castle. In serious condition in Henry County Hospital at New Castle were Donald Logan, 23, and his brother, Eugene, 21, New castle. Cross and two companions, William Reeves, 21, New Castle, and Keith Muse, 20, Spiceland, were killed about midnight Friday when their souped-up car ratnmed a. concrete abutifient and two trees on Ind 38 less than four mites from the scene of the train-car crash. The third multiple fatality accident of the weekend took four lives. Raymond Gott, 19, his wife Marilyn, 21, her sister, Kay Bush, IT, and John D. Neel, 18, all of Bloomington, died in a Bloomington hospital Sunday, several hours after their car hit a culvert, rolled over and struck a tr,ee pn an Ind. 37 curve near Bloomington. The accident occurred as the four were returning home after watching an Indiana high school basketball tourney game on television. William H. Smith Jr. 27, Indianapolis, was killed Saturday when his car skidded out of control on U.S. 136 and rolled over several times near Indianapolis. A fiery accident on U.S. 35 two miles north of Kokomo Saturday night killed Thomas C McGovern, 45, Kokomo, and injured two others. A car driven by Willard Comer, 37, Kokomo, rammed into the rear of McGovern’s station wagon and caused it to burst into flames. Passersby pulled McGovern and his wife, Dora, 41, from the flaming wreckage. She was reported in critical condition. State police said Comer was arrested a short time later on preliminary charges of leaving the scene of an accident and driving (Continued on page five) Twa New Memberships Are Sold In C. C. According to the latest reports issued by Dale Morrissey and Dr. R. E. Allison, co-chairmen ot the Chamber of Commerce membership drive, a $25 membership was sold to Dr. John B. Terveer by Don Gage, a worker on the Robert Heller team. Captain Heller also reported a new membership sold to the Decatur Auto Supply by worker Earl Caston.

Bids Reuther To Debate On Labor Issues I ■ Arizona Senator Challenges Labor Leader To Debate ‘ WASHINGTON (ffl — Sen. Barry M. Goldwater (R-Ariz.) has “inJ vited” his old foe, Walter I. Reuther to debate with him in Arizona t on “right to work” laws and other i labor-management issues. He said “Lam not going to call • Walter Reuther a coward if he ■ can’t accept because of business reasons.” This was a slap at the I “coward” charge the United Auto ! Workers president levelled against ■ Goldwater at a recent news confer--1 ence. Several proposals for a Goldwat- ■ er-Reuther debate have*been aired ; recently, especially in connection i with the Senate Rackets Committee hearings into the UAW strike against the Kohler Co. The rackets Committee is not meeting today. Goldwater, a Rackets Commit-* , tee member, appeared Sunday on ( tfea, CBS-TV show, the NaM Mon.” Reuther is slated to appear i onttiesame show' next Sunday. ! The Senator said Up, would take ■ the occasion to “invite Reuther to a public debate in Tucson or . Phoenix, Ariz., at any time. Goldwater refused to criticize i Rackets Committee Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) ' He said it “might appear” to ■ some that McClellan and the Committee were not “pushing” the hearings but that this was because the group was involved with legal matters. However, Goldwater said he would be “dishonest” if he said he was satisfied with the job being done by the “whole staff” of the committee. Asked whether he referred to Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy, he said he meant the “whole staff.” Relief Applications Higher In New York NEW YORK (W — Applications 1 for relief in New York City are being made at a daily rate three 1 times higher than that of a year ago, Welfare Commissioner Henry L. McCarthy said Sunday. Mrs. Anna Brodbeck r Dies Early Sunday Adams County Lady Is Taken By Death Mrs. Anna Brodbeck, 87. of ! route, 5, eight miles northeast of Decatur, died at 2 o’clock Sunday morning at the Adams county mei morial hospital following an 111- ■ ness of four months. • Born in St. Mary’s township May I 18,1870, she was a daughter of ' John Caroline Cramer, and was married to Augustus Brodbeck Oct. 6, 1892, Her husband preceded her in death July 5, 1916. Mrs. Brodbeck was a member of the Mt. Victory church, northeast of Decatur. Surviving are two sons, Vernon Brodbeck of South Bend, and Chalmer Brpdbeck of near Convoy, O.; three daughters, Mrs. Marie Marbaugh of near Decatur, and Miss Bernice Brodbeck and Mrs. Nellie Price, both at home; six grandchildren and f seven great-grandchil-dren. One daughter preceded her in death. r , Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Mt. , Victory church, the Rev. Huber Bakner officiating. Burial will be in the East Salem cemetery. The body was removed to the Black funeral home, where friends may call until noon Wednesday. The body will lie in the state at the church from pl.m. Wednesday until time of the services.

Decafur Lions Will Host District Meet Lions Convention Here On Aoril 27 Committees to arrange for the Lions district convention to be held in Decatur Sunday, April 27, were announced today by M. C. Sieling, president of the host Decatur Lions club. Roy L. Price, former district governor, has been named general chairman for the event, the first time Decatur has been host to the 60 clubs of district 258. Leo Seltenright, Ed Highland, Jay Markley, Thurman Drew, and Roger* Gentis are members of the registration, ticket sales, identification tag, and program committee. Clark MaycHn and Clark Smith have been named to the decorations committee. Noah Steury will head the committee to select a gift for the speaker.Frank Lybarger and Alva Lawson will be in charge of the menu and arrangements. ' Dick Heller, Jr., and Lawrence Anspaugh will work on the publicity committee. Price and Herman Krueckeberg will head he program committee. The i v. virgll W, Sexton and Merritt Alger will draw up the necrology list for the program. A ladies tea will <be held at the Moose home, and Mrs. Clyde Butler, Mrs. Ron Parrish, Mrs. Harry Schwartz, Mrs. Fritz Ellsworth, Mrs. Roy Price, Mrs. Herman Krueckeberg, and Mrs. Lawrence Anspaugh will plan the program. Committee members and chairmen met recently at the home of Fritz Ellsworth with district president William H. Gingher of Fort Wayne, the cabinet secretary; George Sockrider, international councillor of Auburn; and Larry Wible, president, of the Auburn Lions club. Another (Continued an page five) County Still Short Os Red Cross Goal County Is $2,505 Under Fixed Quota With half the collection period ended, $2,505 must still be collected in the annual Red Cross county drive, Leo N. Seltenright, fund campaign chairman, t said today. The goal this year is $10,308, and $7,803 has been collected, including the amounts raised in Berne and Decatur, and rural amounts already collected. Previously reported was a total of $7,470.55, and further contributions are: Linn Grove—Mrs. Charles Pyle and Mrs. Theo. Yoder, chairmen, $22.25; Organizations — Wabash Valley Home Demo. Club, $5; Miscellaneous—Mr. and Mrs. E. Tyndall, $5; F Blue Creek Township—Floyd E. Myers, $4; Kirkland Township—Mrs. Samuel Yager, $6; Monroe Township—Mr. & Mrs. Loris Rich, $9.75; Chris Inniger, $6 25; Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Lehman, $8.70; Elmer Inniger, sls- - Forest Sprunger, $12.70; Mr. & Mrs. Rufus Inniger, sl9; Mr. & Mrs. Paul Habegger, $24; Mr. & Mrs. Martin Hawbegger, $14.75; Sylvan Habegger, $11.75; Mrs. Clark Funk, $12.95; Mrs. Dan Striker, $11.25; Preble Township—L. Reinking, $6 Adolph Schueller, sl3; Root Township—Hugo Boerger, sls; Mrs. Wm. Aumann, $9.50. Wabash Township—Ernest Hofstetter, $14.20; Eugene Farlow, <s9; Mrs. Wm. Kirschoffer, $5 25; Paul Neuenschwander, $5.35; David Moser, sl6; Godfred Smith, $6.50; Sol Mosser, $3.10; Merlin Norr, $8.50; Carl Flueckiger, $2.50; Erwin Bauman, $13.50; Mrs. Ben Bixler, $5; Washington Township — Mrs. Carl Adler, $7.50; Mrs. Tom Adler, $4.08.

Free Worlds * 2nd Satellite Now In Orbit Victory For Navy After Numerous Vanguard Failures CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UP) —America hurled the free world’s second man-made satellite into or- - bit around the earth today in a triumphant launching of a Navy Vanguard rocket- - . The new moon was named Vanguard 1 for the wingless silver steed that bolted from the sands of the Florida beach into the early morning sky. It wss victory at last for the Navy after numerous Vanguard frustrations The grapefruit - sizea sphere went into orbit at 7:26 a.m. e.s.t., 10 minutes after it was fired. It sent earthward a steady stream of signals, described by Lockheed Aircraft’s space communications laboratory near San Francisco as “an undulating, whistling sound.” Dr. John P. Hagen, director of the Navy's Vanguard project, disclosed that in addition to the satellite, the spectacularly successful launching also thrust the rocket’s third stage into orbit. This was a 50-pound nose section of the sileDifficult to Spot ft Hagen said Vanguard I reached a much higher orbit than did the Army’s Explorer I which was-or-bited Jan. 31 in a Jupiter-C missile. He expects the new one to stay up there for at least five years. The new satellite, according to early scientific calculations, was spinning along at 18,000 to 19,000 miles- an hour in an elliptical orbit that ranges from 400 to 2400 miles from the earth. It will be very difficult for the average person to spot Vanguard I, even with use of powerful glasses. But Hagen said the moon's two radio transmitters were “operating successfully.” And that’s what the scientists wanted most. The Sun itself is powering one of the transmitter batteries and Hagen said it should last a long time. He announced in an atmosphere of Navy glee that attempts would be made "very soon” to put into orbit a fully instrumented 20-inch, 21.5-pound satellite. The Army is also preparing for another try, probably next week, at launching a moon in the Jupi-ter-C. The Tension Eda So far Russia has put two satellites into space—Sputnik I and Sputnik II last fall The second one, much larger than anything the U.S. has launched, is still whistling around the earth. The satellites all began as an international cooperative project of the International Geophysical Year but since have turned into a gigantic race between the U.S. and Russia. Here at the cape the Vanguard firing, unannounced to the world until the missile was well into the air, came at the end of tense, nightlong hours of the countdown —the phase that has caused so much anguish in previous Vanguard flops. But this time the Navy could not fail. At 7:16 a.m. it was zero hour, with the voice of the test conductor intoning the last seconds. For a moment, nothing happened. The rocket, now stripped of the • umbilical cord that feeds it external power, was building up its force internallyPresident Makes Announcement Then, a pencil of flame gushing from its tail, the Vanguard slowly shook off the shackles of earth and rose into the sky in breathtaking splendor. The rising sun flicked its rays against her silver belly and reflected them back to watchers. The first words of cheer from space were relayed from the string of tracking stations pinpointed down tite reaches of the Atlantic. They said that the rocket’s three stages apparently had successfully separated. “ Then, two hours and 20 minutes after the launching, President Eisenhower made the announce(Contlnuad on page six)

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