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. SPRING FEELS WINTER’S FINAL PUNCH— The middle Atlantic states suffered crippling, gale-driven winter storm on the eve of Spring, with railroads tied up in Pennsylvania and many small towns without power. Even in Philadelphia (above) it was necessary for workmen to crack ice from high voltage wires to return electric service to the factory districts of the north end.

Fresh Snows Lash States In Northeast Storm Worst Late Winter Snowfall In Past Sixteen Years By UNITED PRESS A wild storm lashed the Northeast with new snows today, adding to the emergency conditions created by transporjOfeon tieups, communications failuW and power blackouts affecting more than a million homes and offices. The storm, the worst in 20 years in some sections, began Thursday and unloaded up to three feet of '7" snow to sis ft-slate onslaught™ ' It pounded northward today — the first full day of spring—dumping heavy snow over most of the central and southern New England along with gale easterly winds. The Weather Bureau warned of gales from Eastport, Maine, to the Delaware breakwater. A special weather bulletin from the Boston, Mass., forecast center predicted up to a foot of snow today in the interior of southern New England and up to 15 inches in northern New England before the storm ends. Many Without Electricity Hie near blizzard claimed at least 26 lives in the storm area ranging from North Carolina to New England and- west into Ohio. The toll included 12 in eastern Pennsylvania, 5 each in New York and New Jersey and 2 in Virginia near the District of Columbia. The worst conditions were in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland where the soggy snow snapped power and telephone lines leaving millions without electricity heat and communications. In New York City, about 7,500 men were put to work clearing streets Interstate trains were about one-half to two hours late arriving at Pennsylvania Station in New York. The Pennsylvania Railroad reported about two feet of snow along its right of way west of Philadelphia. At Maguire Air Force Base in New Jersey, only essential civilian and military personnel were called to work today due to driving hazards. Radio Stations Off Air About 108,000 homes still were ■ without "power today in Long Island's Suffolk & Nassau counties. Atlantic, City, N.J., with a population of 61,000 was without power for about seven hours when a high voltage transmission line snapped- Physicians at an Atlantic City hospital delivered a baby by the beam of a flashlight. All radio stations went off the air. All told, about 1,247,000 homes and offices were without power, Including 400,000 in the PhiladeF phia area, 400,000 in New Jersey, 240,000 in the Washington area, 105,000 on Long Island, N.Y., and 100,000 in Baltimore. Power was not expected to be restored in some parts of Washington until Saturday night or Sunday. Scores of schools and colleges cancelled classes. Many families left their unheated homes to take refuge in coal(Continusd on page eight)

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Elizabeth Burk Is Selected For Trip Decatur Girl Named For European Trip Miss Elizabeth Ann Burk, Decatur high school junior, and daughter' of Dr. and James m. Burk, bas been selected by the American- Jheld Service to- spend several weekfe next summer living with a family in ah European country. Announcement of Miss Burk’S selection was made Thursday evening by Bryce Thomas, Lincoln school principal, and chairman of the local committee, during the dinner meeting of the Decatur Rotary club at the Youth and Community Center. The Rotary club is the sponsor for the AFS summer program for Miss Burk, who was chosen from a list of four Decatur high school junior girls. “The final selection was made by American Field Service. Under the summer program, American teenagers represent their schools, communities, and the United States while living with foreign families for six to seven weeks. In becoming the “son” or “daughter” of these families, sharing in their daily life and usual summer activities, they have the opportunity of learning about the life and people of another country. They also have the opportunity of teaching their foreign family and friends about the U. S. and in so doing, build a real understanding between the peoples of the world. The summer program takes place 'during July and August. s This program differs from the foreign student exchange, which the local Rotary club also sponsors. This year, Ken EDasson, of (Continued on page eight) local Man's Brother Is Taken By Death Final Rites Sunday For Hosie Gattshall Hosie dattshall, 82, of Continental, 0., a brother of James Gattshall of Decatur, died at 3:30 a.m Thursday in the memorial hos pital, Lima, O. Mr. Gattshall was a retired farmer and former town marshal of Dupont. He had been ill for five years. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Dupont Methodist church, the Rev. Wayne Ries officiating. Burial will be in Middlecreek cemetery, Grover Hill. Survivors, .in addition to the brother Include the wife, Mary DeCamp; one son, Ora, Ashtabula. O.; three daughters, Mrs. Eunice Wagner and Mrs. Ethel Bird, Dupont, O.; and Mrs. Edna Staley. Paulding, O.; 12 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren; three other brothers, John and Harry of Grover Hi 11,0., and William, of Smithville, O. The body is at the Walls-Walker funeral home, where friends may call until noon Sunday.

Senate Passes Bill To Halt Support Cuts Senate Okays House Measure To Thwart Secretary Benson WASHINGTAN — W) — The Senate today , hurriedly passed > House — approved bill to cancel pending admfinistration cuts to farm price supports and sent it to President Eisenhowed for a ticklish election-year veto division. Senate approval was by a roll call vote of 48-32. The House vote Thursday was 210-172. Both fell short of the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override an expected presidential veto. The bill would freeze farm price supports at present levels through this year and farm acreage allotments through next year. Earlier, the Senate had approved, 50-43, an indefinite freeze on prices and acreage in a slap at Agrictulture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson and despite warnings of a presidential veto. '■» Could Hurt Campaign The House late Thursday amended the freeze order and sent it back to the Senate for concurrence. The President has described the freeze maneuver as an “180 degree turn in the wrong direction.” Most observers expect the President to veto it. « But political experts believed a veto would hurt re-election campagins of such Republican farm state lawmakers as Sen. Edward J. Thye (Minn.), who violently opposed cuts in dairy price supports scheduled by Benson to go into effect April 1 —only 11 days away. A Minimum of Debate There was a minimum of Senate debate' on the freeze measure as Senate-Democratic Leader ’ Lyndon B. Johnson quickly put ’ through an order for a roll call ’ vote on the House-approved ver- ’ Sion. .. ...... ! Sen. George D. Aiken (O-Vt.) i urged the Senate to hdopt the House version. Sen. Everett M. ! Dirksen (8-111.) restated his op- ' position to the freeze. The measure runs against the • grain of the President’s .philoso- • phy on farm problems. But its • Democratic supporters have la--1 beled it an anti-recession bill designed to keep farmers from losing a half billion dollars this year r in gdvernment support payments. } The-House late Thursday"passed the legislation 210-172 — far less ’ Hhan the twexthfrds majority needed to override a veto. It would freeze farm price supports ’ this year and planting allotments j next year at “not less” than 1957 ’ levels. ' Voting for the bill were 166 ; (Continued on page eight) a ■ Fenker Funeral Is ■ Delayed By Storm I Marilyn Fenker Is Auto Crash Victim Funeral arrangements have not , been completed for Miss Marilyn ' Louise Fenker, 23, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Alberdtog f of route one, the Tom Mongovan funeral home of Fort Wayne reported today. Miss Fenker, a member of the U. S. Navy Women’s Corps stationed at the U. S. Naval training station in Bainbridge; Ttty died following an auto accident Thursday morning, caused, it is understood, by the snowstorm blanketing the eastern states. Born and raised ih Fort Wayne, she was the daughter' of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fenker, of 2817 New ’ Haven Ave., Fort Wayne. Mrs. Fenker is the former Mary Alberding. Miss Fenker joined the Navy Aug. 28. 1957, and had previously 1 worked as a commercial artist 1 for the G. C. Murphy Co. ? She attended St. Andrews grade school and was graduated from t Central Catholic high school, t She was a member of St, Ans drew’s Catholic church and toe , Young Ladies Society of toe r church. , f Surviving besides the parents , are four sisters, Sr. M. Angelita, ‘ PFS, at St. Anne’s School, Lafayette; Sr. M. Daniel, PFS, Creigh- ’ ton University, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Delores Wolford, Bloomington; and Miss Jenet Fenker, at ’ home; two brothers, Frank J. and 5 Dan E., both of Fort Wayne. r The funeral home reported that " the snowstorm now blanketing the ‘ east has delayed the return of the body, and arrangements for toe r funeral will be made as soon as f the Navy notifies the funeral home of the arrangements.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, Match 21, 1958

Living Costs Pushed To All-Time Record Level In Month Os February

» 4» Unusual Move In House On Agency Funds Tears Up Budget By Ike And Submits A Higher One Today WASHINGTON (UP) — The House Appropriations Committee today tore up f President Eisenhower’s budget for independent agencies and handed Congress a new bee carrying a $627,577,400 higher price tag. The committee refused to allot 200 million dollars the President requested. On the other hand, it voted to give him 827 million dollars he didn’t request. The unusual action was taker, by the Democratically controlled committee in approving for House floor action next wefk a $6,549,920,900 bill to finance more than a dozen so-called independent federal agencies in toe year starting next July 1. The action was certain to set off a bitter floor fight. Public Building Projects The committee recommended extra treasury outlays of; ..... -$589,000,000 for the federal employes’ retirement fund to prevent toe deficit from increasing. Altoough it could be termed a mere bookkeeping transaction, the effect would be to increase the federal spending budget by that amount. The President has been withholding the federal government’s full contribution to the fund to make his spending budget look smaller- The committee turned thumbs down on that approach this year. n ”—5177,255,000 to finance construction of 66 public buildings projects, ’ffie administration-want-ed instead to acquire the buildings under lease - purchase contracts. Under this controversial system toe buildings are constructed by private enterprise and the government buys them under the installment plan through socalled long-range “rental payments.” The committee said this system is “much more expensive and cumbersome” than direct government construction. The committee said toe latter provision as well as other budget increases it recommended were aimed at “fighting toe depression.” It noted that under toe lease-purchase plan which Congress refused to renew last year only one building was built in more than three years. Moreover, it said, lease - purchase construction, costs the taxpayer over toe long-run $1.64 for each $1 worth of buildings. Money for VA Hospitals The committee also: —Rejected a request for $3,975,000 for construction of a U.S. mission building in New York City. —Denied $70,000,000 for stockpiling strategic and critical materials, saying that there already was more than seven billion dollars worth on hand—Alotted $4,932,210,000 to the Veterans Administration, instead of the requested $4,967,552,000. The committee recommended an additional $8,356,000 for in-patient care and $10,000,000 for construction of (Continued on page eight)

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. George Christian) ' ' “WORDS” “For a dream cometh through toe multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.” " — Ecc. 5:3 What we utter before God must come from the heart, and therefore we. must not be rash with our mouth, never let our tongue outrun our thoughts in our devotions; the words of our mouth must always be the product of the meditation of our hearts. Even in common conversation a fool is known by the “multitude of words;” those who know the least talk most particularly iii devotion. They are fools indeed who think they shall be heard, in prayer, for their much speaking. We come in a right frame of mind to holy duties when with our hearts we say, “Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth.” Dear Lord, we thank thee for teaching us how to pray. Forgive our frequent ineffectual praying—toe shortsighted wording of our prayers—accept thine own words, repeated back to thee as we come in our great need to thy throne. Thou knowest our inner hearts, O Lord, and will answer us according to thy will. —Amen. - ......... ... ..... 4;-. .. .... . . .. w _. .. . ..... - ..

Profit-Sharing Plan Outlined By Reuther Details Meaning Os Surprise Union Goal DETROIT (UP) —< Walter P. Reuther, United Auto Workers president, interviewed by United just before the start of 1958 atito contract talk?, declared his profit sharing plan “could mean more than anything ever done in t|e history of collective bargaining." , “Profit sharing is pro-free en- 1 terprise and in toe field of collec- 1 tive bargaining is the most re- 1 sponsible proposition we could ’ make,” Reuther said- ! Reuther was explaining the ! meaning of the UAW's surprise profit sharing goal. He empha- • sized that the union does not want 1 workers to get a share of all prof- 1 its, just Vi of toe profits above a ’ 10 per cent return on company net worth. Reuther pointed out that the un- 1 ibn wants 50 per cent of these ] “extra profits” to be retained for ■ management and stockholders. ' The union wants the other 25 per cent of “extra profits” returned to consumers as rebates on car ' purchases. Bargaining Reflects Equality As he talked, Reuther stood up .from .behind his 12-foot littered desk and walked between door jhid window. The all-long, window overlooks the Detroit Biver from the third floor of ttefflew UAW ’“Solidarity House.” Thte striding, wryly smiling, carrot-topped firebrand, after nearly 25 years of picket line and contract table battles, looks a lot younger than his 50 years. ' “After all, what is the object of collective bargaining? It is supposed to allow labor and management to reach an agreement that reflects the equity—the fair share —of all concerned ... of the workers, the managers, toe stockholders and the consuming public. “There are so many variables in our economy that it is difficult to predict what the fair share of all wiU be from the fruits of production. “We are saying: ‘Give us our basic needs—What we need to live a decent life—then we will wait until the end of the year, when ' all the economic facts are in, to see if our labors entitle us to - more than this,” Reuther said- » Attacked Pension Plan . “I understand that a great . many people do not believe we , are in earnest about profit shar- ' tog,” Reuther said grimly. “Well, in 1950 we had a hundred i day strike at Chrysler over just one point: Whether the company . should put pension payments in . a fund where they could be safe- • guarded. The editorial writers, the National Association' of Manufacturers and the others said the same things they are saying now:, - ‘The UAW is going to stagnate - billions of dollars that should be spent ... the UAW is going to i weaken toe American economic - system.’ - “Now some of these same peo- ■ pie say these huge pension funds are a bulwark of our economy. > In 1955, they condemned supple- [ mental unemployment benefits, . accusing the union of infringing on ■ management’s authority. Now, ■ even the Wall Street Journal says f SUB is an (Continued on pave eight)

Senators Seek 1 Explanation Os 1 Union Boycott • 1 Fuller Explanation J Os Kohler Boycott Sought By Senate WASHINGTON (UP) — Serrato , investigators called today for a fuller explanation of who directed the United Auto Workers boycott of Kohler Co. products in its 4-year-old strike against the Wiscon- : sin plumbing fixture firm. Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.) said it did not appear that Leo J. Breirather, the UAW’s ’’boycott coordinator,” was the real “mastermind” behind the boycott. He said Breirather had "a nicesounding title but very limited authority ” He said there were several boycott matters for which Breirather had apparent responsibility but “very little knowledge." Sen. Carl T. Curtis (R-Neb.) adopted a similar skeptical attitude during questioning of Breirather Thursday. The Senate Rackets Committee is trying to determine whether toe type of boycott the UAW used in the Kohler strike violates the Taft-Hartley ban on secondary boycotts. The union claims it does not. Curtis indicated he was more interested in quizzing Donald Rand, a UAW international representative, about the boycott than Breirather. Breirather was shop steward of UAW Local 833 when the Kohler strike began. He said he had received S6O a tveek in strike relief from the union since that time. Breirather, a jockey-sized man of soft speech and mild manher, rode into a verbal ambush when he first took toe witness- chair Thursday. The bone of contention was an affidavit he produced, signed by a veteran of a 1934 Kohler strike, who claimed he was shot in the , leg by a group of four company officials who had been deputized as police. The alleged victim, John Deis, was unable to say which ‘ one of the group wounded him- ( Lyman C. Conger, a Kohler attorney named as one of the potential triggermen, rushed fort ward to denounce the affidavit as , a “complete and utter fabricaConger joined with Republican ~-jnued w <ae Five) I „ . : Mrs. Lelah Salway ; Is Taken By Death Funeral Services > Saturday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Lelah • Chapman Salway, 58. of Monroe- > ville, a native of Decatur, will be • held at 2 p.m. Saturday in toe ■ Marquart funeral home and at > 2:15 p.m. in the Grace Evangelical 1 United Brethren church. She was ’ the mother of Waldo and Noelan 1 Salway, of Decatur. Mrs. Salway died Wednesday njght at the Parkview memorial hospital. Fort Wayne, where she had been a patient since Feb. 1. The Rev. Dwight McClure wifl officiate at the funeral, and burial will follow in toe Monroeville IOOF cemetery. Bom in Decatur, she moved to the Monroeville area 43 years ago. She was a member of the Grace church. Surviving are the husband, David; nine sons, including the two Decatur men, and Howard, James, and Allen, at home; Harold, Ohio City, O.; Donald, Monroeville; John, Convoy, O.; and Roland, of Augusta, Ga.; four daughters, Mrs. Lila Garner, South Bend, Mrs. Lola Salway, route 2, Monroeville; Miss Dorothy Coyne, of route 2, Monroeville; Miss Louise Salway, at home;l one brother, John Chapman, Yoder; two sisters. Mrs. Luella Sappington, West Fargo, N. D.; and Mrs. Lu-t etta Brown, Brockton, Conn., and 14 grandchildren.

Democratic Leaders Plan Tax Strategy Plan Early Meeting Over Tax-Cutting WASHINGTON (UP) — House 1 Democratic leaders plan to meet within toe next 10 days to outfine tax-cutting legislation they will introduce when and if they decide a reduction is necessary to help end toe recession. Taking part in the tax strategy nuddle will be Speaker Sam Raybum of Texas, House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack (Mass.) and the 15 Democratic members of toe tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee., The United Press was informed that toe meeting is likely to produce the first official outline of the form Democratic leaders believe tax relief should take if it is considered necessary to halt toe recession. It was emphasized, however, that the Democratic chiefs have no intention of pushing for tax relief unless—and until—that point is reached. In this connection, Rayburn said Wednesday that the time for tax cuts had not yet arrived. Vice President Richard M Nixon said toe same thing in Chicago Thursday. The standby Democratic proposal is expected to provide for a sharp reduction of 25 per cent or more in the present tax rate oh the first .SLQOQ of taxable income and a smaller across-the-boerd cut of perhaps 5 per cent above that level - » The final figures probably will be kept flexible, however, until ,any future tax reduction drive is ready to rolL f ■ Eisenhower Cancels i West Point Flight Bad Weather Cancels Scheduled Flight 1 WASHINGTON (IB — President 1 Eisenhower cancelled his scheduled flight to West Point, N. Y., today because a snow storm made . flying and auto travel too risky. There was “no use taking a i chance,” White House Press Sec- • retary James C. Hagerty explained. 1 Eisenhower, ranking alumnus of the U. S. Military Academy, had been scheduled to- present the first annual national service award of graduates to Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence, the pioneer atom-smasher at a Founder’s Day lunch. Remarks the President intended to make were wired to the academy to be read at the presentation ceremony. The trip was cancelled only an hour and 20 minutes before toe k President was scheduled to leave • aboard the Columbine 111. k,- ■ — b 1 New Castle Office ' Is Robbed Os SIOO 1 ..NEW CASTLE — (IB — A lone bandit robbed the Commonwealth i Loan Co. of about SIOO late Thursday and escaped after typing up ? a women employe. Miss Sally Hollingsworth told J authorities toe man entered toe 1 office- and inquired about a loan. : She said he forced her to hand over toe money and then taped ’ her mouth and hands, threatening • to kill her if she called the police. INDIANA WEATHER > Partly cloudy tonight, chance of snow flurries north > and east portions. Saturday mostly fair. A little warmer f west and sou|h portions Saturday afternoon. Low tonight In toe 20s. High Saturday in the 40s. Sunset today 6:58 p.m. f Sunrise Saturday 6:46 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy and warmer with some chance of show flurries continuing north. Low Saturday • night low 30s. High Sunday in i the 40s north to around 50 south. I.

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Record High Food Prices V Boost Costs Little Chance Seen for Drop tn Living Costs Os Americans WASHINGTON (UP) — Record high fejpd prices pushed living costs to a new all-time high in February, the Labor Department reported today. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the consumer price index rose .2 of 1 per cent last month despite rising unemployment and falling industrial production. BLS Commissioner Ewan Clague said he did not see much chance for a decline in living costs in the next few months. Consumer prices he said, hinge largely on crop conditions across the country. The index last month stood at 1225 per cent of average 1947-49 prices. It was 3.2 per cent higher i than a year ago. As prices rose and employment fell: —President Elsenhower discuss- ' ed the economic situation with his Cabinet at a meeting which last- • ed. twp hours and 10 minutes. 1 There was no announcement asterward,.. . 1 —The House Appropriations ■ Committee voted $6,549,920,900 to ' finance more than a dozen agen--1 cies in the year starting July 1. The committee, reflecting the recession mood of Congress, gave 1 President Eisenhower $627,577,000 ’ more than he asked. Last year at this time it was voting him less than heasked in most cases. In the new bill is $177,255,000 to finance direct government construction of 66 public buildings. The committee said this would be simpler and less expensive than -=- the current lease-purchase system. I The index has reached new peaks in 16 of the last 18 months. It was unchanged in the other two. Pay Raises for Some 1 Freezing weather in the south ’ and a shortage of livestock at the ■ market sent food prices up .4 of 1 ■ per cent over January’s record level. This was 4% per cent above i a year earlier. The rise in the index meant pay • raises of 1 to 2 cents an hour for 100,000 workers in metals, air- , craft, and local transit industries. I About 30,000 workers at Hughes, . Fairchild, and Martin aircraft ■ companies will get the pay hike. Buying power of the average ’ factory worker’s pay was down by ' .4 of 1 per cent in February. It was almost 5 per cent below that I of a year earlier because of , rising costs and shorter hoursTake home pay of factory workers—wages after taxes—remained , virtually unchanged in February. , A worker with three dependnts , averaged $73.71 a week. This ii basd on earnings of 13 million factory workers. Durable Goods Lower Clague said the price index bears only a “remote" relation to business conditions. He said the prices of food and most services , like rent, haircuts, doctor bills, ' and utility bills respond sluggishly • to a downturn in the general economy. ’ Clague said the effects of the recession were apparent in some1 what lower „ prices for durable s goods such as cars, refrigerators, • and appliances, and lower prices 1 for soft goods like clothing, gas, 1 fuel oil, and some household ’ items. He said the rugged winter weather had raised food prices more than usual for this time of year. He said services are on a long-range upward climb, partly because they are based on wages-. Some prices did ecHne last month Gasoline prices fell 2.7 per cent because of price wars in en’s and girls’ clothes went down because January sales continue into February. Froten Foods Higher Rents were up .1 of 1 per cent • generally but decreases were reported in several cities. House furnishings, home repairs, laundry and dry cleaning, and telephone rates advanced. Most fresh vegetables were sub* (Continued on pago two)