Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1958 — Page 1

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Smith Admits To Profit In Highway Deal

”X INDIANAPOLIS > - Former’ Indiafia highway chairman Virgil (Red> Smith, breaking a long silence in the Hoosier road scandals, testified today that he got the bulk of a big profit off two Indianapolu back IST deals but had to share it with Nile Teverbaugh. Smith’s testimony, which conflicted with Teverbaugh’s story Wednesday in the scandal trial of Milan attorney Robert Peak, was that Smith bought the back lots from Teverbaugh in a deal he admitted was irregular. Smith said he got $19,800 of the $22,800 profits when the lots he bought from Teverbaugh for $3,000 were sold to the- state for $25,800 for a right-of-way for the Madison Ave. Expressway. But he said Teverbaugh threatened to “expose” him unles he gave the former right-of-way division chief half of the profits. Smith quoted Teverbaugh as saying, “I believe you’d better give me half or I will expose you.” Perjury, Says Teverbaugh Teverbaugh tedified Wednesday that if Smith gave such testimony be would be “committing perjury.” Smith said he gave xeverbaugh $9,600 or $9,700 in cash. He said he gave Peak, whom he had asked to find someone in whose name the deeds to the lots could be issued, $l,lOO but that Peak never had asked for any money. Smith sat silently last fall through his own trial on charges of conspiracy to embezzle public funds in the same land deal, in which he was convicted and sentenced to 2 to 14 years in prison. He had declined to testify in his own defense. Today he appeared to be trying to help Peak prove that the attorney was not guilty of false notarization, the charge on which he is being tried. Smith said Peak questioned him about the identity of the mysterious “Dean Burton,” whose name appeared on the deeds he said he got from Teverbaugh. Smith said Teverbaugh had told him that was a "fictitious name, one that he grabbed out of the (Continued on page five) INDIANA WEATHER Partial clearing tonight, becoming mostly fair, on Friday with little change in temperatures. Low tonight 27 to 34 north, 33 to 38 south. High Friday 45 to 52. Sunset today 7:04 p.m. Sunrise Friday 6:36 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy north, mostly cloudy south with possibility of rain spreading into extreme south. Low Friday night in the 30s. High Saturday 45 to 55. 12 Pages

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u -, .. ~ M Movieland's Top Awards Presented—'Kwai' Takes Down Top Oscar Awards HOLLYWOOD (UP)— Filmland turned out in its glittering best Wednesday night to honor Alec Guinness, Joanne Woodward and “The Bridge on the River Kwai” as the top actor, actress and picture of 1957. • “Kwai," an indictment of war and a drama of the struggle between an iron-willed British colonel (Guinness) and a Japanese prison camp commander, took 7 of the 21'golden Oscars presented at the 30th annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The prize-winning film and “Sayonara,” an ■ East-West love story set in Japan, practically made the awards a two-picture affair, winning a total of 11 Oscars. Red Buttons, comedian turned dramatic actor in the touching love Story, was selected as the best supporting actor as expected, but the choice of his ”wife r ’ in the film, Miyoshi Umeki, as best supporting actress wasn’t. Blase Hollywoodites who packed the 2,800-seat RKO Pantages Theatre stood and cheered for several minutes when “Kwai" was announced as the top pictureGuin news, who became famous in the United States as a sophisticated comedian, was the only major winner not present for the awards, in London, Guinness said the Oscar had cost him a bottle of red wine he had bet a reporter that he would not win. “I really didn’t think I’d win it,” he said. "I would never have put money on myself.” Blonde Joanne Woodward, a graduate of New York’s Actors’ Studio, expressed surprise at winning the best actress award for her role as a schizophrenic in “Three Faces of Eve.” “I could have sworn they said Deborah Kerr,” said the breathless actress after she had hurried down the aisle, her skirt clutched in her right hand, son.” Miss Kerr was the pre-award favorite for her’ portrayal of a nun in “Heaven Mr. Allison.’’ The phrase “From ‘From The Bridge on The River Kawi,’ ” recurred throughout the program. Besides winning awards as the best film and for Guinness as the best actor, it also swept: The Oscar for the best direction which went tp Director David Lean, the best cinematography, best screenplay based on material (Continued on page five)

Order Firing Os Rockets To Moon Vicinity Army And Air Force Ordered To Launch Rockets For Moon WASHINGTON (UP)— The Air Force and Army were ordered today to launch four and possibly five rockets to the “vieinity of the moon.” Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy announced the program for launching “small unmanned space vehicles” shortly after the White House disclosed that President Eisenhower had given a go-ahead for the moon project. The Air Force will make "three lunar probes” in the program for taking a "close look at the moon ” The Army will fire one and possibly two moon-inspecting rockets. McElroy did not say when the efforts will be made. $8 Million to Start The Pentagon disclosed that the rockets will carry crude, television like instruments which it hopes will send to earth "topographical information” about the moon. The TV-like “mechanical ground scanning system" will be developed by the naval ordnance test station at China Lake, Calif. McElroy said the Pentagon’s Advanced Research Projects Agency has made an "initial allocation” of eight million dollars to start work on the moon projects. McElroy also revealed that the Arihy has been assigned to launch two and possibly three more earth satellites of the Explorer type during the International Geophysical Year. The Army has fired three earth satellites. Two have gone into brbit. ARPA Director Roy W. Johnson said that neither he nor-other de l sense officials could “speculate on when the first successful lunar probe would be achieved.” Nor would he say what instruments the rockets will carry in addition to ground scanners. Lists Rockets Used McElroy revealed that the Air Force will make its lunar probes J with rocket.. The first stage will be the Thor booster, a rocket engine with a thrust of about 150,000 pounds- It is used in the Thor intermediate range ballistic missile. The second stage will be the same rocket used as the second stage and “brains” of the Navy’s Vanguard satellite launcher. The third stage is yet to be developed. ■ The Air Force program was 1 assigned to that service’s ballistic 1 missile division at Los Angeles. ’ The Army will use "modified” I Jupiter-C rockets in its moon probing as well as its new satel- ■ lite projects. The first stage of the current • Jupiter-C is a souped-up Redstone • rocket with 83,000 pounds of - thrust. Its three upper stages are “ clusters of 11, 3, and 1 solid fuel ' rockets respectively. I (Continued on page five) , 200 Junior Leaders k In Training School , District School is Held In City k . Two hundred 4-H junior leaders 1 from Adams, Allen, Wells, Whit--1 ley, Huntington and Wabash counties attended the district 4-H jun1 ior leader conference Wednesday at the Decatur Youth and Com- ’ munity Center. —“ This training school, co-sponsor- . ed by the Purdue extension serv- . ice and Farm Bureau, included . classes throughout the day led by ! Eric Holm and Evelyn QuessenI berry of the state 4-H club office • at Purdue University. Lowell Bennett of Whitley county, who was a blue ribbon winner 1 in the 4-H public speaking con- : test last year was the noon speaker on the topic “Privileges and ! Responsibilities of an American Citizen.” Paul Row of Allen county, district representative of the ! state junior leader council, served as toastmaster. I A special recreation class was . led by Dick Tomkinson of Purdue I University and junior leaders in 1 that class were: Susan McCullough, Sandy Strickler, Jim Fuhrman and Tim Ringger. I Adams county 4-H junior leaders i attending the conference were: ■ Anita Hodgin, Calvin Morgan, Arvilla Smith, Kenny Reed, Jimmy : Brown, Rosemary Schlickman, Larry Jackson, Nancy Cook, Shar- ; on Diehr, Loren Habegger, John ■ Rumple, Jeannie Stolz, , Dwight ' Schaefer, Linda Kruetzman, Pat j Raudenbush, Kathy Brunstrup, ] Tom Kipfgr, Carol Kipfer, Mike Thieme, Ann Lehrman, Roy Fuhr1 man, Jackie Hurst, Larry Duff and Nancie Meshberger.

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Senate Presses For Passage Os Roads Measure Bill Would Result In Speedup Os Road Building Programs WASHINGTON (UP) — The Senate pressed for passage today of a $5,500,000,000 highway bill by nightfall that erects a moderate barrier to billboards along the new 41,000-mile interstate road system. Democratic backers planned to clear the bill under a procedure which, if successful, could bypass lengthy House committee consideration and send the measure to the White House by Easter. The bill would result in a sl,800,000,000 speedup iif state-federal highway authorizations this year. Its job-making potential has been estimated at aH the way from 90,000 to 520,000 jobs. Meeting early and quitting close to midnight Wednesday, the Senate defeated, 47-41, an effort to strip away the measure’s antibilboard provision. Some amendments to weaken the proviso were adopted. Others were hailed as strengthening the anti - billboard feature. Allow Small BHlboa-ti As now written the mJißbard clause does not bar billboards along the new highway system but would give states cash incentives to regulate them. States agreeing to comply with still-to-be-drafted federal standards on advertising would be given a bonus of % of 1 per cent over the 90 per cent of highway costs the federal government now pays. The secretary of commerce would draft the standards. In general these would allow only some small billboards, “for sale” signs and signs advertising events on adjacent property along scenic country sections of the new interstate network. Official direction signs and signs noting features of special interest such as battlegrounds and scenic attractions would be permittedSen. Robert S. Kerr (D-Okla.), a leading foe of the anti-billboard proviso, claimed it would “legalize government seduction" by offering “a few pieces of silver" to persuade states to wield authority they don’t legally possess. He and other foes argued it would invade state rights. Four Types of Signs But Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), a sponsor of the proviso, said the proposed incentives were “very mild — perhaps too mild.” , The Senate approved an amendment by Sen. Norris Cotton (RN.H.) to protect existing billboards on existing roads that may be brought into the new interstate system- Critics said this would nullify the anti-billboard plan. Cotton countered that his amendment would leave about 65 per cent of the 41,000-mile system subject to the new incentive plan. The Senate rejected, 58-31, a proposal by* Sen. Roman L. Hruska (R-Neb.) to prevent the secretary of commerce from im(Continued on page five)

Lenten Meditation —..(By Rev. Lawrence T. Norris, Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church) “THE DEVIL’S GROUNDS” “Get thee behind me Satan.” Matt. 4:10. In all the offers that Satan gave Jesus to tempt him to bow to him, note the first two were reasonable, He showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and offered them to Jesus if He would but bow down and worship him. Next, "If Thou be the Son of God, prove it to me by jumping off this cliff and show me that Your Father will bear you. up.” But Jesus through detestation, said, “Get behind me Satan.” In other words, You are getting out of your territory. Some temptations have their wickedness written in their forehead, they are open before-hand; they are not to be disputed with, but rejected. (Get thee hence Satan.) Note the arguement Jesus used; He referred to His Father’s word. (Bible) It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. Brethren—in order to the strengthening of our resolutions against sin, it is good to see what a great deal of reason there is for those resolutions. How is that to be done? Turn to the Bible, and see what God says about it. ■ * ' ■ ’ .i* .*—*?- ” ' ' a

i , — Decatur Entrant - Miss Sandra Stevens Sandra Stevens Is Hamed Contestant | Decatur Entrant In Girl Os Limberlost Miss Sandra Stevens, daughter of Mrs. Lloyd Fischer, will repres- ' ent Decatur high school in the Girl ' cf the Limberlost contest at Genevt high school Friday, April 11, i during the annual Limberlost pari fr. Miss Steve*-- who has been prac.Sl&dng ballet dancing for six years, I won the right to represent Deca- ’ tur high school in competition with 1 four other girls Wednesday afternoon at an assembly program. She presented a ballet dance with background music by Stravinski, and was judged on ability, personality, and beauty. She is a senior at Decatur high school. 1 Miss Stevens hopes to attend Indiana University upon graduation from high school. Miss Kay Wynn, a sophomore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Wyrn of Decatur, placed second in the contest. She played Jane Sibelius’ “Romance” on the piano. Miss Wynn has had 11 years experienced playing the piano. The Limberlost to choose Decatur’s first entrant in the Girl of the Limberlost contest was sponsored by the speech class of Deane T. Dorwin. Ken Eilasson and David Eichenauer noted as masters of ceremonies. Judges fcr the contest stated that the competition was extremely close among all five with only a few points separating the winner and the losers. Judges were M. J. Pryor, of the Northern Indiana Public Service company. Miss Helen Haubold, music teacher, Miss Katherine Weidler, English teacher; Clint Reed, band director; and Dick Heller,. Jr., of the Decatur Daily Democrat. Other contestants were Miss Jane Stiver son, senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W H Stiverson, who presented a comedy routine with a trombone; Miss Linda Sexton, sophomore, daughter of the , Rev. and Mrs. Virgil W. Sexton, : who sang two solos and Miss Eleanor Miller, sophomore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller, also presented a piano solo, Rachmoninoff’s Prelude. Continued on paue five)

Third Satellite May Stay Aloft For Six Months Explorer 111 On Eccentric Orbit Throughout Space CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UP) —Explorer 111, a much huskier satellite than anybody had suspected, is now expected to ride the channels of silent space for possibly six months, it was announcedtoday by the Naval Research Laboratory When the new American baby moon was launched Wednesday from this missile center, it swung into an eccentric orbit that ranged from 100 to 2,000 miles distance from the earth. The eeratic course brought gloomy predictions from the experts that it might bum itself out in a few days. Not so, said the Navy Research Laboratory in Washington in the first detailed study of the satellite. The laboratory said the life expectancy of the nation’s third satellite is four to six months. This will give the scientists just about all the time they need to collect data from the sophisticated mechanism inside Explorer 111, now being radioed back o earth in a steady stream of signals. After making complicated calculations based on radio signals from the little moon, the Naval Research Laboratory issued what it called "the latest refined orbital elements for Explorer lll.’’ They were: Time for completing one trip around the earth 115.7 minutes. Perigee (closest point or orbit) 125 miles. Apogee (farthest point) 1,735 miles.' Angle to Equator 33 3 degrees. Lifetime expectancy one-third to one-half year. It took the Army just 21 days to recoup from the unsuccessful Explorer II launching March 5 by putting Explorer 111 into orbit Wednesday with the powerful Ju-piter-C rocket. : It was this nation’s third satellite, against two for Russia. The other U.S. moons are Explorer I, launched Jan. 31, and the Navy’s 3V» pound Vanguard sphere blasted up March 17. The new man-made moon, 80inches long and weighing 31pounds, was streaking out some 2,000 miles from the globe, but as close as about 100 miles. Predictions of its lifespan ranged from only two days to two weeks. (Continued cc five) Mrs. Nettie Fair Is Taken By Death Local Man's Sister Dies At Bluffton Mrs. Nettie G. Fair, 73, sister of Homer C. Goodin of Decatur, died at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton following an illness there of four months. The. daughter of Dr. F. A. and Mrs. Rosabelle Moritz - Goodin, Mrs. Fair was born February 3, 1885. The family moved to Bluffton in 1901, and she’was married there June 15, 1910 to Lawrence Fair, who survives. A member of the First Methodist church of Bluffton, Mrs. Fair is survived by the following children: Mrs. R. S. Snyder, of Fort Wayne, William Fair, Bluffton, Mrs. Robert Green, Arlington, 0., Mrs. Reed Ketler, Plymouth, and Mrs. Leo Snider, of Fort Wayne; 16 grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. W. H. Wood, of Henrietta, Okla., Mrs. Ralph Sleppy, Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Cloid Ratliff, Markle. One sister, Mrs. Frank Shigley, of Fort Wayne, is deceased. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Thoma funeral home, the Rev. L. G. Sapp officiating. Burial will follow in die Fairview cemetery.

Three Firemen Die In Chicago Blast Explosion Shatters Burning Auto Agency CHICAGO (UP)—Three firemen were killed and 6 others injured today when an explosion shattered a burning automobile agency and buried them under debris. The victims were identified tentatively as T. Babich; Morris Krotty, 41, and Phillip Sheehan. The five-alarm fire destroyed the one story building which was crowded with about 50 new and used cars. Fire Commissioner Robert Quinn estimated damages at $200,000. Authorities said the dead and injured fire fighters were spraying water on the front of the building from a narrow sidewalk when a blast, apparently from gasoline in one of the cars caved in the roof. The dead and injured were pulled from the burning wreckage by feUow firemen and rushed to Jackson Park Hospital. Cause of the blaze, which broke out early today at the South Shore Tancoih-Mereury showroom; was not immediately determined. Firefighters said the agency, one of the city’s largest, was jammed ■ with new and used cars. • The blast occurred after fire- ; men had been battling the flames for more than one-half hour. ’ Earlier, about 100 persons were routed from an adjacent apartment building. However, firemen ’ prevented the flames from spteadi ing. The fire also delayed commuter traffic on the South Chicago branch of the Illinois Central Railroad which runs nearby Two of the injured firemen were captains. None of the injured was believed critically hurt. The injured were identified as Capt. Michael Scanlon, 58; Capt. William Maloney; Robert Donahue 31; Lawrence Furlong, 27; John Thompson, 37, and Thomas Keating, 28. Governor Handley Undergoes Surgery Term Operation On Governor Success INDIANAPOLIS OP) — Governor Handley underwent surgery today for removal of his gall bladder and correction of a hernia condition. The operation was termed a success. Handley submitted to surgery at 7:30 a. m. CST. The operation lasted 90 minutes. Doctors said the operation was “successful,” and surgeons found “nothing that had not been undiagnosed.” Handley will require about three weeks for recuperation, not all of which will be spent in Robert W. Long hospital, where the surgery was performed. Mrs. Handley was at the hospital while the governor was in surgery. Handley was given a general anesthetic. His personal physician, Dr. ’ Glenn Irwin, was at the hospital , during the operation. The surgeon was»Dr. Stanley • Battersby, Indianapolis. The operation was scheduled I chiefly for the removal of gall , stones. But doctors said after , studying results of three days of . tests in the Indiana University I Medical Center hospital that . Handley also might have surgery for a hernia. The exact duration, of the oper- • ation was not subject to estimates . because it was not known whether . the hernia would be included in ' the surgery. Handley received the report i recommending an operation late Wednesday. v “If I have to have surgery, let’s go ahead and have it,” the chief ' executive had said before he re- ’ ceived the report. • Results of medical tests given • Handley since he entered the hos- • pital Monday were evaluated by doctors Wednesday afternoon. ! Handley was in good spirits. ■ His press secretary, Herbert R. ’ Hill, said the governor wondered 1 why there was such a fuss over his hospital visit.

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Bulganin Out As Premier Os Soviet Russia Khrushchev Is Now Most Powerful In Russia Since Stalin MOSCOW (UP)— The Supreme Soviet today ousted Nikolai Bulganin as premier and elected Communist Party head Nikita Khrushchev to replace him. In his dual role, Khrushchev becomes Russia’s most powerful man since the death of Joseph Stalin. Bulganin formally submitted his resignation to the first joint session of the newly elected Supreme Soviet this afternoon in accordance with the constitution, _ P.A. Lobanov, speaker of the Soviet of the Union (upper house of parliament), read Bulganin’s resignation for him. • Then, instead of Bulganin’s name being proposed for renom- . (nation as. .is—the usual custom.— Khrushchev’s name was presented. - The 63-year-old Ukrainian who rose to the top of the Soviet lead- . ership in the few short years ■ since Stalin’s death was elected by acclamation. Voroshilov Names Khrushchev . Bulganin and all other meml bers of the Communist Party . Presidium—the inner circle ruling group — were present when the ■ news was announced. , Bulganin previously had attended the opening session of the Soviet df the Nationalities (lower house) and Khrushchev the separate'meeting of the Soviet of the Union (upper house)- — Promptly after the joint session began Lobanov rose and read Bulganin’s declaration, including his resignation. The delegates accepted it. The 77-year-old President Kliment Y. Voroshilov rose and nominated Khrushchev as “an outstanding statesman in the Communist Party and the Soviet government.’’ Bulganin, who sat directly behind Khrushchev, wore a placid smile as Voroshilov spoke. Model of Humility When Voroshilov began to reao the proposal for a new premier, there was an audible gasp at the mention of Khrushchev’s acecscession. Then the 1,378 deputies stormed to their feet with a burst of applause. • Khrushchev himself was a model of humility at this point. He sat quietly in his seat with his head (Continued on page su.) W. Robert Fleming Congress Candidate ’ “ W. Robert Fleming, prominent Fort Wayne attorney and United States commissioner, Wednesday filed his candidacy for the“ Democratic nomination as fourth district congressman. He tendered his resignation as commissioner to U. S. district judge Luther M. Swygert. - He is a graduate of Fort Wayne South Side high school and received his law degree at George Washington University in Washington, ‘ D. C., in 1936. He is a member of : the law firm of Peters and Flerrf- > ing. i Anonymous Gift Os SSO For Hospital ~~ An anonymous gift of SSO has ! been received at the Adams county t meorial hospital for use in the new third floor addition, Thurman t Drew, hospital manager, said to- > day. The gift was given by a lady who f recently has been a patient at the f hospital and who stated that she . was making the gift in grateful thanks for the service she receivi ed. Work on the new addition is pror gressing, anc| cabinet are being installed this week in the surgery . rooms on the first floor. This . work is expected to be completed 1 by Tuesday, and the sinks will r then be connected, and electric fixtures installed. a®