Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1958 — Page 1

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Seek Cause Os Air Crash In Nevada Monday Probe Wreckage Os Collision Os Jet Plane And Airliner LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UP)-Civil Aeronautics investigators pieced together in the desert today the burned and twisted evidence that may tell why an Air Force jet and an airliner collided Monday morning, killing 49 persons. In Washington, key members of Congress burned telephone lines 'to the Civil Aeronautics Administration ’with demands for increased protection for civilian airliners against the hurtling military jets which the Civil Aeronautics Board has said are involved in about one-third of aU • ‘ near collisions” in flight The key question appeared to be whether the Air Force FIOOF fighter - trainer was falling out of control when it crossed the path of the United Air Lines DC7 or whether its instructor pilot simply failed to see the silver airliner during a controlled descent. One In a Million If the former, the accident was a “one-in-a-million freak,” a CAA spokesman said. The Air Force has said it has 1,150 planes in flight at all times. The wheel of fortune stopped on death 12 miles southwest of this gambling resort Monday in a coudless sky. The jet. carrying an instructor and a student on a blind-flying training flight, was descending from 28,000 feet when its path converged with that of he airhtner, flying a 21,000 feet (Continued on page two) Daylight Time In EHecfOn Sunday Decatur Clocks To Remain Unchanged By UNITED PRESS Hoosiers will tinker with the hands on their watches and clocks next Saturday night. But this time it will be legal A 1957 state law decreed that Indiana’s legal time for five warm months beginnng the last Sunday in April is Central Daylight Saving Time. Therefore, when most of the state's 4% million inhabitants change their clocks at 2 am. April 27, by setting the hands forward an hour, they will be complying with the law. Before the 1957 law was enacted, however, most if not all Hoosiers went on d.s.t. anyhow, in violation of a “toothless” 1949 law which had no penalty clause. The law enacted last year was aimed chiefly at time uniformity to correct a condition that developed several years ago when a zig-zag line down the middle of the state divided an area which stayed on "fast” time the year around the another area which reverted to “slow” time in the winter. However, the law was a compromise between advocates of yearround “slow" time and those who wanted year-round "fast” time by moving the western boundary of the Eastern time zone from the Indiana-Ohio state line to the In-diana-Illinois state line. For some Hoosiers, next weekend will bring about no time change. An area in the northeast corner of the state around Fort Wayne,' and smaller areas along the Ohio border in the southeast, have been observing “fast” time all winter by making a liberal interpretation of the new law.

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Labor Legislation Fight Is Underway Senator Knowland Challenges Senate WASHINGTON (UP) — Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland challenged the Senate today, to a pitched battle over labor legislation, v - Although the odds were against him, he offered his controversial labor “bill of rights” late Mbnday as a set of amendments to an employe welfare and pension fund control bill. His move cast uncertainty over plans of Democratic leaders who had tentatively scheduled the bill for debate today. There was an outside chance it might be deferred until they recanvassed the outlook. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson already had expressed hope the bill, approved Monday by the Senate Labor Committee, could be passed "without controversial amendments" I The KSow land amendments would require election of union officers by secret ballot at least every four years and other steps intended to insure rank-and-file control of union affairs. They d° not include a national “right to work" law although Knowland favors such laws on a state level to outlaw union shop and other “union security" contract provisions. Knowland told newsmen the welfare fund measure probably would provide the Senate with its only chance to deal with the democ-racy-in-unions isstie this yearThe bill approved Monday would require registration and reporting of details about employe welfare and pension funds. It is intended to prevent looting of such funds and other alleged abuses reported by the Labor Committee and, during the past year, by the special Senate committee investigating racketeering. Logansport Infant Drowns In Bathtub LOGANSPORT (W — Jeffrey Scates, 14 months old, drowned in a bathtub at the home of his parents. Rev. and Mrs. David Scates, Monday. The child's father is pastor of the Lucerne Christian Church. Approve Bids For Equipment At Home Washer And Dryer Bids Are Approved The Adams county board of commissioners approved bids for a washer and dryer for the Adams county home Monday at their regular meeting. An open-end tumbler type washing machine was approved at, a bid of $1,509, and the dryer, a 36x30 Troy Minute Man, Jr., electrically heated tumbler, having dry weight capacity of 40 pounds, was approved on the bid of $585. The above bids are from Troy Laundry Machinery, East Moline, 111. A bid was submitted from the Deeds Equipment Co., Rochester, for three under-truck grader blades for $5,233. The commissioners also approved a new allowance of $2.50 per person for meals for the primary election workers, and $3 for the general election next fall. The commisioners also authorized the lifting of the 40 mile speed limit on the Winchester road. The speed limit had been in force when the construction of U. S. 27 was in progress. (

Ike To Fight Democrats On Jobless Plan Plans Major Fight On Democratic Plan For Paying Jobless WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower gave Republican congressional leaders today the signal for a "major” fight against a Democratic plan for jobless payments. Senate GOP Leader William F. Knowland said after a White House meeting that the President feels the Democratic plan would . “seriously jeopardize” the tradiI tional federal-state relationship in the field of unemployment comI pensation benefits Knowland said the chief objection to the Democratic plan, as 1 he understood it, is that it would 1 bring into the program persons > not previously insured by unem--1 ployment compensation. 1 Knowland said the Democratic , Irfan, approved by the House Ways , and Means Committee Monday, 1 appears to go “much farther than administration proposals and would very seriously jeopardize federal-state relationship” in this field. He said the President shared that feeling. Reimbursed by States Knowland said there will “certainly be a major effort" in the Senate and probably in the'House to prevent upsetting the traditional federal-state relationship in the field of unemployment compensation insurance. The President recently sent Congress a proposal for extending the period of jobless payments. It would extend by 50 per cent the varying periods for which jobless workers who have exhausted their unemployment compensation may draw benefits. Hie administration plan would not increase the amount of jobless pay nor provide benefits for any workers not now covered by state unemployment insurance programs. I Under the plan, the federal government would foot the bill for the added payments, but states would have to reimburse the federal Treasury later. The Democratic plan would provide payments for almost all unemployed. It would provide for 16 weeks of additional payments at an estimated cost of $1,575,000,000. Knowland criticized the Democratic plan as “detrimental.” He said it amounted to “a general onslaught” against the federalstate relationship. No Talk of Tax Cut At the weekly meeting between the President and hs GOP congressional leaders, Knowland said: « —Said a letter containing recommendations to “improve and strengthen" the nation’s railroads will be sent by Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks to the Senate today or Wednesday- . —Said there was no discussion of a possible tax cut. Knowland said that situation remains that the administration will not make any proposal in the field without first consulting Democratic and Republican leaders of the House. —There was discussion of proposals for the Small Business Administration to encourage such business. He said the small business administrator will testify before Congress soon on ome “additional recommendation.” —There was discussion of merging the Office of Defense Mobilization and the Federal Civil Defense Administration. He said there was a general feeling that such a merger is "deslreatrfe” to 1 eliminate some overlapping.

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Defense Head Backs Ike's Defense Plan Assures Congress Civilian Control Will Be Retained WASHINGTON (UP) — Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy assured Congress today that civilian control of the armed forces would be “fully retained" under President Eisenhower's defense reorganization plan. In a strong defense of the plan before the House Armed Services Committee, McElroy said the “future security of our nation” depends on a sound overhauling of the Pentagon so that it can cope more effectively with the missile age. I McElroy was the leadoff witness in hearings on the President’s proposal that may run for weeks. Committee Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga.) has assailed the plan as one that would set up a “Prussian-type su p r erne high command” and open the way for a "man on horseback” to control the country—a charge Eisenhower has called “nonsense ” As if to answer Vinson, McElroy said “civilian control is fully rel tained” in the hands of the ; “President- commander- in- chief” . acting through the defense secretary. The President’s proposal would arm the defense secretary with I much greater power over military operations and strategic planning. It would play down the command structure of the individual services, . In opening today’s hearings, Vinson pledged his committee would study the Eisenhower plan “seriously, objectively and in detail.” I “We are all convlinced that certain changes must be made in the Department of Defense,” he said. But he added that the “basic structure is, in my opinion, sound —(athough) it can certainly be improved.” At the outset McElroy pointedly told the committee the plan was Eisenhower's and had been worked out with the help of consultants whose “right to claim knowledge of defense matters is unquestioned.” The proposed reorganization calls for “truly unified" air-sea-ground commands in the field, (Continued on page five) , Charles W. Feasel Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Charles William Feasel, 84. a lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 3:02 o’clock Monday afternoon at his home, 329 Line street, following a year’s illness of complications. He was born in Blue Creek township Jan. 27, 1874, a son of John V. and Rebecca Tyndall-Feasel, and was married to Emma Saum Oct. 28, 1894. Mrs. Feasel preceded her husband in death. Mr. Feasel was a member of the First Methodist church of Decatur, and* a life member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Willshire, O. Surviving are six sons, John A.. Heber and Dehnas Feasel. all of Decatur, Dori C. and/Vilas Feasel of Fort Wayne, ahd Marion T. Feasel of New Haven; 18 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchil-dren. A granddaughter, Mrs. Annis May Brown, was reared by Mr. and Mrs. Feasel after the death of their only daughter, Nora. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Gillig & Doan funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist church, the Rev. Virgil W. Sexton officiating. Burial will be in the Tricker cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. '

Additions Planned To Public Library Two Additions To | Library Planned . Two new additions are contemplated to the Decatur library in a series of Improvements which will see the adult department moved to the first floor, Dr. N. A. Bixler, chairman, of the library board, announced today. In a recent public hearing on the library special appropriation, no one appeared against the improvement. The money asked for —s2s,ooo—has already been collected, and another $5,000 will be collected by the end of the year in the library building fund. Dr. Bixler stated that a 36-foot Wide front addition will be made where the steps and pillars are now located. The new part will be of limestone, and will include room inside for a stairway leading to the second floor, replacing the steep outside stairway. The downstairs auditorium, little used since the construction of the Youth and Community Center, will be made over into a modern adult department. The partition between the stage and the north room will be torn down, and separated from the rest of the room by island stacks of books about The room at the south rear, which is now used for storage, , will be converted into a meeting room, with storage space for . nooks along the walls. < At the back, Including the baseI ment entrance, another 30-foot wide addition will be built for storage space. The wage scale has been sent to the engineers, and it is hoped that the additions can be made within the required budget, Dr. Bixler added; —— —— Two Hoosiers Die In Nevada Crash LAS VEGAS, Nev. (IP) — Twfc Hoosiers were among the 49 persons killed Monday when a jet plane plunged into an airliner over the desert south of here. Hoosiers were the instructor in the two-passenger training plane, Capt. Tom Coryell, 29, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Clara S. Klehfoth, a native of Richmond, Ind., who lived in Cedar Rapids, lowa. Reed Stewart Wins National Contest Brazil Youth Wins Legion Oratorical PORTALES, N. M. (UP)-Reed M. Stewart, 18, Brazil, Ind., son of Clay Circuit Judge Robert Stewart, today had a $4,000 scholarship and the honor of being the first Hoosier to win the American Legion’s national oratory contest. Stewart won over four other finalists Monday. The contest started with more than 350,000 entries. The Brazil high school senior was governor of the 1957 Indiana Boys’ State sponsored by the Legion. The scholarship is good for the college of his choice. Legion officials said Stewart had indicated it would be DePauw University at Greencastle, Ind. Stewart wants to be either a minister or seek a career in radio and television. He won the 21st annual contest sponsored by the Legion “on knowledge of the U. S. Constitution.” He was" scheduled to appear Wednesday on the Dave Gafroway television show “Today” (NBC) and Gary Moore’s "I’ve Got A Secret” (CBS). INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cooler tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and cool. Low tonight 38 to 44 north, 40s south. High Wednesday mostly in the 50s. Sunset today 7:30 p.m..Sunrise Wed- ■ nesday 5:57 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Cloudy and warmer with rain spreading northward beginning in south late Wednesday. Low Wednesday night in the 40s. High Thursday 55 to 85.

Russia Drops Flight Charge Against U. S. Major Propaganda Defeat Suffered By Russians By Action UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) —Tbe Soviet Union suffered a major propaganda defeat of its own making in the U.N. Security Council Monday night, and the big question today was why. Diplomatic quarters said the Soviets, in accusing the United States of “provocative” flights by nuclear-armed bombers, must be trying to block an East-West sum mit conference for unknown reasons. Until now Russia has led the cry for summit talks. Preliminary talks for such a conference actually were in prog ress in Moscow Friday when Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said U.S. hydrogen bombers threatened a new world war by l heading toward Russia every time i .there was an alert. Faced Sure Defeat Within houK Soviet Ambassador Arkady A- Sobolev announced he would air the propaganda charge in the Security Coun- ’ cil—although a motion to censure . the United States faced sure defeat He withdrew all charges Monday night rather than put the j issue to a losing vote. . Diplomats connected the unusual procedure of the Moscow presummit negotiations with the H- ' bomber charge, based on a dis--1 patch written April 7 by United Press President Frank H. Bartholomew and approved by the Defense Department in advance of publication. * The debate on the Russian H bomb charges raged for six hours unti 9 p.m. e.s.t. Nelutra Sweden did not speak, but all the other 10 members of the Security Coun cl did. All save Russia supported the United States and declared they saw no menace in the U-S. H-bomber flights. Adjournment Effort Defeated Sobolev tried to adjourn the meeting but twice his efforts were defeated. Then U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge drove the debate to a conclusion despite Sobolev’s protests the action was “unheard of’ and that he was withdrawing his resolution in protest against it. “It was a complete defeat for the Soviet Union,” Lodge said. "The vote would have been overwhelmingly against them and that is why they'withdrew the resolution. ” Sobolev told newsmen he did not know what the next step would be. “That will be decided by my government,” he said. Pre-School Exams Here On Thursday First-Time Pupils To Be Examined All pupils expecting to enter any 1 of the Decatur kindergarten or first grade classes for the first time next fall must be examined at the Decatur Lincoln school Thursday morning, it was announced today. Children who will be five years ! old by September 15 may enter kindergarten. Childrens who will be ! six by that date may enter the first grade. Mrs. R. K. Parrish is chairman of the examination, and she will be assisted by committees from the PTA associations at Lincoln and. Northwest schools. Girls will be examined from 8 until 9 a.m., and boys from 9 until 10 a.m. Local physicians will donate their •time for the examination. Parents bringing birth certificates will be checked off the list, and will not need them again in the faU.

r Lions Speaker 8. A. Dodge District Meeting Os Lions Sunday Decatur Lions Club Host For Meeting More than 500 members of district 258 are expected in Decatur Sunday to welcome S. A. Dodge, former president of Lions International, the main speaker at the . fourth annual district convention. > Registration will start at noon • at Decatur high school, and the ; first session will take place at 2 » p.m. Following an hour meeting, the ladies will adjourn to the ’ Moose home, where a tea and en- ’ tertainment will be held. Lions from the 62 clubs in the nine counties of the district, including the clubs of Decatur, Pleasant Mills, Monroe, Berne and Geneva in Adams county, and five in Wells county, will be present for the annual convention. S. A. Dodge, of Detroit, Mich., served as president of the international association of Lions clubs during the 1953-54 club- year. He was elected at Chicago, 111., and had served as third, second and first vice president. From 1947 ‘o 1949 he served as an international director. "Lion Dodge is a key member of the Northwest Lions club of Detroit, and is a past president of that club. He has also held various offices in his district, and was governor of • lower Michigan district during 1937-38. The former president of the international organization has been fjpancially interested in various business enterprises, and is now president and chairman of the board of Solventol Chemical Products. He is also a member of the board of directors of several other businesses, and for mans years has been a member of the board of management of the Detroit YMCA. One of the original founders of the leader dogs for the blind program, Dodge is a Mason, and a member of all the Scottish Rite bodies Detroit. He is married and has two children. Mayor Meets With Water Employes Mayor Robert D. Cole met Monday night with the six regular employes of the water department The foreman was not invited to the meet ing but all six regulars attended. One of the biggest complaints of the men was that they have to work every 17th week the clock around without extra compensation. Several other minor complaints also were registered and the mayor promised an immediate investigation. He said that as soon as he has all the information he would call a meeting of the board of works and safety, which department has charge of the water department. If. it is necessary to make changes in the personnel, the mayor said, they would be made. Those a tending included Kessen, Watts. Rumschlag, Meyers Courtly and Lovelette. AH have long time service with the water department.

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To Build 12 Huge Silos Al Decatur Plant Construction Work Will Start Soon On Expansion Program Construction will start approximately May 1 on 12 huge new silos at the Decatur plant of the Central Soya Co., which will increase the local bean storage capacity nearly 60 per cent to 13Ms million bushels, Harold W. McMillen, chairman of the board, announced today. The new silos will be built just north of the present silo area, and will be constructed in three sets of four each. Each silo will have an inside dimension of 80 feet, and will be 110 feet high, the same height as the other silos, which are 26 feet in diameter. The 80-foot wide silos will be as large as any in the world, and - the largest which Central Soya r owns. The Decatur plant will , have the largest bean-storing ca- - pacity of any of the McMillen e plants. Decatur Ready-Mix was award1 ed the contract tor cement on the e huge silos, which will be made of 2 10-inch thick steel-reinforced con- , Crete. ; Chris Jensen, of St. Paul, Minn., ■ was awarded the general contract, and he will arrive in De- ; catur Wednesday to begin the - work. No arrangements for local . laborers have yet been made. J Several other contracts, for ! electric and other construction, will be let at a later date. The local construction is a part of a bigger expansion program of the Central Soya Co., which will be outlined as soon as all arrangements are completed. Slip forms for continuous pouring will be used, and the target date for completion is October 1. Decatur Central Soya can presently store eight million bushels of beans, and the addition of 5% million bushels in ‘storage space will increas estorage by 59 per cent. The old Central Sugar company building just north of the silos is now being demolished to make room for the new silos, by Martin wreckers. It was expected to take a month to raze the old building, constructed in 1912. Approves $71,000 From Federal Fund Portion Os Grant On City Sewage Plant A total of $71,000 of the grand total of a $250,000 grant was approved recently by Paul H. King for the federal government, leaving an amount on the sewage treatment plant being built here. In all the government will give the city $250,000 cash on the mili lion dollar project -so the city’s ' cost will amount to approximately $750,000. Balance of the govem- , ment payment will be made when the work is completed some time , No water increases will be made on city rates until the entire plant is completed and in operation. Then there will be an almost 85 per cent increase in all water used and sent through the treatment plant, before it goes into the river. t The Decatur treatment plant will be one of the most modern In the nation and should provide for Decatur for many years to come. Retirement of the bonds wil be done bv a water usage tax, which will be effective as sppn as the plant is ready for operation. If weather continues as . it has, the work should be completed prior to the agreed time.