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'AMBASSADORS’ SHAKE— Comedian Bob Hope, a kind of goodwill ‘'ambassador," shakes hands with UN Ambassador Henry Cabot . Lodge at the Banshees luncheon during the American Newspaper Publishers association convention in New York. Between them are Herbert Hoover, Jr. (left), and Richard E. Berlin, Hearst ..president.

Four-Cent Mail Rafe Likely To Pass Congress Conference Group Rebuffs Ike's Plea On Five-Cent Rate WASHINGTON (UP)— Congress appeared today likely to put its seal of approval on a four-cent postage rate for both local and out-of-town letters. A Senate-House conference committee rebuffed President Eisenhower Wednesday by rejecting the administration’s proposal for a five-cent rate for out-of-town letters. Both House and Senate bills provide a four-cent local mail rate. The House bill sets the same one-cent increase for out-of-town mail; the Senate bill provides for a five-cent out-of-town rate. Sen. A.S. Mike Monroney (IlOkla.) said chances were good the Senate would back the compromise run the House figure. Monroney led the unsuccessful fight against the five-cent rate which was passed by the Senate in February by a vote of 49 to 42. He saicFsehatdrsfound oppositlon to the boost over the present three-cent postage during the Easter recess. Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield issued a statement saying the penny cut in the administration proposal “would scuttle President Eisenhower’s proposed two billion dollar postal modernization pro g r am” that would provide jobs for thousands of workers. He said the action was “a temporary victory for the large business users of the mails” who have benefitted by low postal rates "The fight to stop this unconscionable raid in the treasury will continue," he said. The conference committee was to meet again today to attempt to complete work on the longdelayed bill. Final Senate and House action would follow, presumably within a few days. The President had opposed a pay increase of more than 6% per cent for the nation’s 500,000 postal workers. The Senate bill provided for an average 12% per cent pay boost, based on a 7% per cent permanent raise plus temporary cost-of-living adjustment. The conferees Wednesday agreed on a 7% per cent raise plus temporary incrases on a percentage basis for the first seven classifications of postal workrs. Huntington Elevator Destroyed By, Fire HUNTINGTON — (IF) — Fire destroyed the Simpson Grain Co. elevator Wednesday. Firemen from Roanoke, Markle, Bluffton,. Huntington and Lancaster Twp. fought the flames and confined them to the main elevator building. They saved an office and warehouse. First Operation In New Surgery Room An emergency appendectomy performed upon Paul H. Gerber, route 2, Central Soya employe, was the first operation in the major surgery room of the new addition to the A'adms county memorial hospital. Dr. John C. Carroll performed the operation, and Dr. Howard M. Luginbill of Berne was the physician. The opening of the new surgery department will allow the workers to tear out the walls in the old surgery room. The old and new sections of the building have not been connected on the second and third floors, and this must be done before the building can be completed. 16 Pages

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Claude Wickard Is Speaker Wednesday Outlines Ideas For Sensible Farm Plan Nearly 100 Adams county farmers and guests heard former secretary of agriculture Claude Wickard outline his ideas on a sensible farm program at the Monmouth school Wednesday evening. Wickard, secretary of agriculture under Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, told the group that a very strong Farmers Union is needed in Indiana to put forth their own viewpoints. A member of both the Farmers Union and the Grange, Wickard was also a founder of Farm Bureau. He stated that he did not wish to imply that the others had failed, but that their viewpoints had changed considerably, and more than one or two farm groups are now necessary to put forth agriculture’s views. When the Farm Bureau was started in Indiana after World War I, Wickard toured the. state in favor of the which was plugging for the McNary hog bill. At that time the farm were agreed that only federal action could stop the inequality of the farmer’s buying on a U. S. market of protected tariffs at high prices, but selling his produce on the world’s deflated low market. Now the Grange, Missouri Farmer’s association, and National Federation of Milk producers are holding meetings with the Farmers Union, and are working out a broad field of agreement between these large organizations. Before Wickard spoke, Winfred Gerke introduced Alva Troyer, a former fieldman for AAA, PMA, and ASC, and then a worker in the department of agriculture in Washington, D. C. Troyer showed slides of the Farmer's Union national convention in Denver, and of large feeder cajtle operations he visited on the way out. Richard Kershner, of the Decatur Goodyear Store, explained that Farmers Union members who presented their cards to him could save 30. to 35 per cent on tire purchases for farm tractors, trucks, or pleasure cars. Other discounts would also be allowed on appliances, he said. Troyer stated that Farmers Union members in Huntington and Grant county had saved thousands of dollars in the past year in such purchases, and were very pleased with the agreement. Joyce Busick, Monmouth high school student, entertained the group with a medley of popular on her accordion. Oscar T. Brown, president of the Adams county Farmers Union presided, and minutes of the last meeting were read by secretary Hugo “The first thing farmers must do is decide whether or not there is a farm problem,” Claude Wickard continued. “Some groups and organizations are telling the farmers |hat there is no problem. If the government would stop interfering, everything would be all right.” Wickard stated that at Purdue last week he heard the Farm Bureau president state that hog without price supports, and that and beef prices are high now that is evidence that none are needed. But 18 months ago these prices were at rock-bottom, and he failed to take the blame for that, Wickard stated. Even with the present good prices, farmers looking ahead have no confidence in the present market, since two main factors are responsible for high prices. One is that western beef raisers are keeping their herds for breeding stock because they have the , first decent pasture in five years. The. other is that much corn too wet and mouldy to sell is being fed . Hog raisers who see the (Continued on Page eigOrt)

Sees No Need Os Republican Defense Bill Rep. Melvin Price Challenges Measure . As Window Dressing WASHINGTON (UP) — RepMelvin Price (D-Ill.) today challenged the need for most of the ■ administration's defense reorganization bill, describing it as "window dressing.” I Price, a member of the House I Armed Services Committee Which called Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy for his third day of testimony this afternoon, said the i administration had “gone overboard" in drafting the controversial bill. McElroy, meanwhile, offered his congressional questioners some concessions. He said he wouldn’t oppose removing a provision of 1 the bill that would forbid members of the armed services to approach Congress when they disagreed with defense policy. Existing law permits this if the members notify the defense secrtary. McElroy said to his knowl edge the privilege has never been exercised. McElroy also said Wednesday J he probably wouldn’t oppose 1 changing language of the bill to c spell out all the command func- « tions that would be retained by chiefs of the individual services. t A committee lawyer pointed out < that as now written the bill might i permit unified commanders to t take over all the non-combat func- t tions of units from the various s services, giVing the unified com- v manders “total command.” . Price told the United Press two days of questioning McElroy “clearly developed” that the President and defense secretary al- i ready had most of the power t they asked for. < “I think that the ‘far-reaching recommendations’ of the President < are merely window-dressing, be- < cause they already are in existing i law," Price said- I i i Merchant Showcase 1 In Decatur In May l Three-Day Event By j Decatur Merchants i s The second annual “Merchant’s s showcase” to be held May 6,7, j and 8 at the Decatur Youth and ( Community Center under the sponsorship of the retail division of the < Decatur Chamber of Commerce, j will be considerably larger and i more elaborate than last year’s show, according to Earl Sheets, { general chairman. Over 50 exhibits ( are planned, of many different j types of merchandise and services. Last year’s event was the first i of its kind and it was very favorably received. This year’s show will have longer hours. It wiU be- ■ gin at 1 p.m. and continue until 10 p.m. for the three-day period. In- 1 dividual booths will be shaUower, but wider, and the new floor plan allows for a larger number of exhibits. Again this year, nearly every participant will pass out free cou- 1 pons which the visitors may sign 1 and deposit at the stores for draw- s ings to be held the following Sat- 1 urday for prizes valued in excess 1 of $2500. Many of the booths plan 1 various small gifts for their guests also. 4 ( In addition to local personnel at t each booth, many merchants have t invited factory representatives to s answer questions and display the f newest and latest items in their respective lines. r One of the local insurance com- ! panies will feature the portable re- 1 actometer, a unique driver test- ( ing device to measure reaction -i time of motor vehicle operators. . A scorecard is provided with each « test indicating reaction time in eighths of a second. Another de- t vice called drivaquiz is fully automatic and contains 20 true and . false questions, A correct re- . sponse, indicated by the appear- . ance of lighted captions reading . “right” or “wrong,” adds five points to the score. A final score , appears in the rectangular opening j in lower center section of the ma- . chine. Visitors may try either or 1 both of these devices to test their driving ability. | The entire show is free and ev- I ery member of the family is invited. “Last year’s show was a gala affair and brought many favor- | able comments,” according to t chairman Sheets, “and we are de- j termined to make this year’s ev- i ent even more interesting and at- ] tractive.” ]

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 24,1958

Freak Winds Blamed In Death Os Paratroopers In Air Jump Wednesday 1-Ii . ■ . L

Doubts Fired # Missile Will Be Recovered Failure To Recover Missile Nose Cone Seen Test Failure 7 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (W — The Air Force ballistic missile commander said today he doubts the new I CBM nose cone fired far out over the Atlantic Wednesday night will ever be recovered. Maj. Gen. Bernard A. Schreiver, the missile chief, told the House Space Committee in Washington it will be a couple of days before there is a complete evaluation of the combined Thor-Vanguard missile test firing but that “as of now we have not recovered the nose eone and 1 don’t think we ever will." Schriever said that fauure to recover the nose cone means that the test was not a “complete success.” The Air Force blasted the towering forerunner of its moon rocket into the sky here Wednesday night, primarily to try out a new idea for getting a nose cone back through the atmosphere from spaee. —— Preliminary unofficial estimates were that the rocket, aimed at a target area in the ocean 6,300 miles (statute miles), may have gone only about 3,600 miles. Meanwhile the Navy wa(s readying a complete Vanguard rocket for a try soon to put into orbit around the earth a fourth U. S. satellite—a 20-inch. 21% - pound sphere designed to measure and report back on X-ray activity around the globe. Schriever shied away from answering committee questions on how far the Thor-Vanguard combination rocket actually was fired. He said scientists did get some data from the missile by radio during its flight as far as Antigua in the West Indies. Petroleum Storage Farm Hit By Fire Newport News Site Os Raging Flames NEWPORT NEWS. Va. (W — A raging fire swept through a milelong Standard Oil Co. petroleum storage farm early today, exploding six 15,000-barrel gasoline tanks like firecrackers and threatening 15 others. The 60-foot-high tanks, lined up along this port cijy’s waterfront, collapsed in flames one by one between 11 p.m., e.d.t. Wednesday and 2 a.m. today. The flames were still out of control hours after the first explosion. The Newport News fire department, in an official report, said no deaths or injuries had been reported and no one was missing. Navy and commercial fire tugs, Coast Guard cutters and other fire boats poured water from Hampton Roads onto the inferno that sent flames leaping 200 feet into the air and black smoke, visible for miles belching into the air. Hundreds of firemen from nearby military installations, Newport News and adjoining cities in this highly urban area combined to fight the flames that spread along a thin finger of land extend* ing into the mouth of the James River, across Hampton Roads from Norfolk, Va. Over 200 Reservations For Meeting Os Lions More than 200 reservations have already been received for the Lions district convention in Decatur Sunday, and at least lhat many more are expected, G. Remy Bierly, secretary of the Lions club, said this afternoon. • • ’ 1 A

Global Atomic War Threat Increasing Sharp Differences Os Opinion Voiced NEW YORK (UP)—Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Air Force vice chief « staff, said today the threat of jfiobal atomic war Is increasing »vith every passing day.” • Army and Navy chiefs contended, however, that nuclear "stalemate” between the United States Smd Russia makes limited or brush fire was more likely than gll-out conflict- I. Sharp differences on the threat America faces and the weapons it needs were unfolded in speechs at the annual convention of the Amrican Newspaper Publishers Assn. LeMay, long-time commander of U.S. retaliatory bomber forces, said America faces a “savage, uphill battle .. . day in and year «ut” to stay ahead and detera Russia - launched nuclear holocaust. Some Different Opinions He outlined some of the new weapons being developed for the Strategic Air Command, such as the 870 bomber which will go 2,000 miles an hour, and the “minute man” ballistic missile which he said will have —“startling potential.” “There is no threat to the security of the United States that can remotely, compare with the ever present possibility of general war,” he said. 1 I' Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Army chief of staff, told the publishers, on the other hand, that the Uriited States was “probably justified in assuming that neither side would voluntarily start a general atomic war.” He said “atomic parity” with both sides able to destroy each other, brings about "mutual deterrents ” As a result, Taylor said, the Communists are more likely to star limited wars and nibbling aggressions to gain their end. (Continued on page five) Education Bill Is Approved By House Provides More Aid Than Ike Requested WASHINGTON (UP)—Chairman Lister Hill said today the Senate Labor Committee will give “expeditious” treatment to a Housepassed bill providing more aid than President Eisenhower wants for schools crowded with federal workers’ children. I The Alabama Democrat said the committee, which handles education matters will schedule hearings soon on the measure approved Wednesday by the House. In approving the bill the House ignored an 80-milllon-dollar 'cutback recommended by the President and authorized aid at 207 million dollars annually —about the present level. Hill said he, too, favors maintaining the current rate of aid to “federally impacted” school s heavily attended by children of federal workers and servicemen. The school aid program has been in effect since 1950. The new bill would extend it at least until June 30, 1961. The House shouted approval of the bill after it overwhelmingly rejected an effort by Rep James Roosevelt (D-Calif.) to write in an anti-segregation amendment. Roosevelt left his bed at Bethesda, Md., Naval Hospital to offer his amendment. He has been undergoing treatment for an ulcer. His provision would have denied federal aid to any school district that had done nothing to comply with the 1954 Supreme Court ruling against school segregation. Os the total 207 million dollars authorized by the bill, 140 milion would be for operating expenses and 67 million for construction in the 3,300 school districts eligible for the aid. The committee previously rejected administration proposals for an 80 mllllon-dollar cut in the 1959 fiscal year and a gradual elimination of aid for children whose parents work on federal posts but live outside.

Massive Storm Rolling East 1 From Rockies 10 To 30 Inches Os ; Snow Reported From i Sections Os Rockies , By UNITED PRESS A massive spring storm that 1 dumped 10 to 30 inches of snow 1 in sections of the Rockies and the i northern plains rolled eastward c today, triggering threatening tor- i nado funnels and drenching rains > in the Midwest. A vicious squall line ranged 9 *arly today from Missouri into j Illinois and southern Wisconsin , Weathermen warned of possible ( tornadoes or locally damaging thunderstorms as the unstable air ‘ mass swept eastward through ~ southern Illinois and into western 1 Indiana. Heavy snows Wednesday strand- s ed the mountain town of Red Lodge, Mont., under more than 30 c inches, and up to 10 inches of snow jammed traffic at Salt Lake | City, Utah. t Snow continued to fall early to- j day in sections of the high Plains ( and west into the Rockies and parts of the Great Basin. Heaviest accumulation was two inches at Fort Bridger in southwestern ’ Wyoming. I The Salt Lake snow accumula- ; tion broke a 1955 record for th* < month -of April. Sheridan, Wyo., - also reported a 10-inch. snowfall - Wednesday and 3 to inches of snow hit parts of western South 1 Dakota. 1 To the east, tornado funnels ] Wednesday night played about sections of Missouri and Illinois. Twisters were sighted near Paris, Neosho and Meta, Mo. A severe wind storm caused minor damage I at Columbia, Mo. Two tornadoes were observed on < an Air Force radar scope at Scott Field, 111., in the St Louis area, and ground observers reported two tornadoes near Belleville, 111. No damage was reported Up to one inch of rain soaked Ottumwa, lowa, and parts of Chi- 7 cago, while around one half inch £ hit Columbia and St. Louis, Mo., and Madison and Milwaukee, Wis. : — ( Allies Ask Russia For Joint Parleys < Call On Russians ' Speed Preparations t LONDON — (IB — The Western < Allies called on the Soviets again today to speed up preparations for a summit conference by holding joint talks with the U. S„ ( British and Freneh ambassadors } in Moscow. < Tn a new three-power note hand- ( ed over to the Soviet Foreign Mln- s istry in Moscow this afternoon, the West: < —Expressed '‘surprise’ that So- t viet Foreign Minister Andrei , Gromyko had refused to meet ( with the three Western ambassadors together. i —Voiced the “hope" that the i Kremlin would agree after all to : joint meetings. 1 —Retierated the earlier stand ' that Moscow diplomatic talks 1 should deal not only with the ' time, place, agenda and composition of a pre-summit foreign min- ' isters’ conference, but also should ’ go into the substance of the main 1 East-West issues likely to come up j at a summit parley. Officials interpreted the latest 1 note as a challenge to the Soviets to state squarely whether they still want preparatory talks oh a summit meeting. Driver Killed When Auto Hit Bridge HUNTINBURG — (IB — Clarence N. Feldhouse, 57, Owensboro, Ky., was killed late Wednesday when his car rammed , a bridge on Ind. 45 about a mile south of here.

Tornado Alert Is Lifted In Indiana Warning Os Severe Weather Is Lifted By UNITED PRESS Indiana was placed under a tornado alert for nine hours today but the warning of severe weather was lifted when a cold front moved across the state and left only a few thunderstorms in its path. The alert was hoisted at 11:03 p.m. c.s.t. Wednesday night. A funnel cloud was sighted at 1 a.m. near Monticello, 111., and tracked on Weather Bureau radar. Its path was projected to the Crawfordsville area. Observers closely watched the squall line as it swept across Hoosierland with wind gusts up to 66 miles per hour at Lafayette in the early morning hours. The danger area at times covered the entire state. It gradually narrowed down to a southeastern and east central area, and at 8:25 a.m. a bulletin said: "All public severe weather forecasts for Indiana have expired." The tornado threat came on the heels of a warm, windy weather trend. Temperatures reached no higher than the 50s and low 60s over most of the state Wednesday, although they hit 75 at Eavnsville, then dropped only a few degrees during a warm muggy night. Rainfall up to 7 a.m. today included .80 of an inch at South Bend, .50 at Bloomingtop,' .40 at Fort Wayne and Lafayette, .22 at Evansville and .18 at Indianapolis. Forecasts called for a colder trend today and Friday, with highs in the 60s and 70s today, lows in the low 40s tonight, and <Con4inued on page two) Israel Celebrates Tenth Anniversary Massive Display Os Might In Jerusalem JERUSALEM, Israel (UP)—lsrael celebrates its tenth anniversary of hazardous statehood today with a massive display of military might that could touch off a new -border clash with uneasy Jordan Jordan has accused Israel of a "serious intended breach" of the 1949 armistice agreement by bringing in heavy armor and troops for the parade, and matched the Israelis gun for gun and man for man. The United Nations warned both nations against any incident that could touch off another of the border shooting scrapes that have threatened many times to flare into open warfare. The Israeli sector of the divided city of Jerusalem was in a holiday mood and the winding streets were filled with thousands of tourists who „ turned main streets into a publie carnival. The singing and dancing which started Wednesday continued through the night under the starry canopy of a brilliant fireworks display. The flash and thunder of fireworks echoed by the Jordan-held walls of the old city of Jerusalem. It was a peaceful reenactment of the day ten years ago when six Arab armies invaded Palestine and Jewish Jerusalem came under heavy assault. Israel proclaimed itself a state on May 14, 194 according to the western calendar. The celebration falls on Friday according to the Jewish calendar but is being celebrated today because of the Jewish sabbath. INDIANA WEATHER Partial clearing and colder tonight. Friday generally fair and colder. Low tonight 34 to 39 northwest. 38 to 44 southeast. High Friday in the 50s. Sunset today 7:32 p.m. Sunrise Friday 5:54 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and a little warmer with good chance of thundershowers in the south. Low temperatures Friday night 35 to 45. Highs Saturday to th* Ms.

5 Paratroopers Killed In Mass Jump Wednesday Freak Gusts Os Wind Blamed For Deaths In War Game Exercise FT. CAMPBELL, Ky. (UP)— Freak gusts of wind were blamed today for the deaths of five paratroopers, fatally dragged by their billowing parachutes to 5 a mass jump of 1,300 men. More than 100 others were hospitalized after the jump Wednesday. The injured and dead all landed at the extreme northern edge of the big drop zone where gusts dragged helpless paratroopers over rocky terrain, dotted with trees- -— The accident happened during the 101st Airborne Division’s war game exercise "Eagle Wing.’’ Some of the dragged paratroopers were traveling at such speed that spectators were unable to overtake their chutes and cut them loose. Maj. L. A. Breault, Information officer for the division, said five of the men were dead on arrival at the base hospital. .......... victims Listed— — The Defense Department at ■ Washington identified the victims i as Pfc. Michael E. Robles, son : of Michael Robles of New York : City; Pfc. Alfonso L. Martinez, son of Mrs. Julia P. Martnez of Santa Fe, N.M.; Pvt. Eliott F. Morley, son of Mrs. Olga a Roberts Morley of Miami, Fla.; S3C Carl G. Payne, husband of Mrs. Phyllis Ann Payne of Clarksville, Tenn.; and Pfc. Danny J. Ruffin, son of Danny J. Ruffin Sr. of Hamilton, Ohio. Breault said 137 men were hospitalized but that none of these appeared to be in critical cohdi tion. "There were a few broken bones,” he said, "but most of them iust had cuts and bruises and should be released within a few days.” Maj- Gen. W. C. Westmoreland, division commander, made the jump with his men, his 70th. And like them he wrestled with a ballooning parachute. ‘Successful Jump* Before word of the accident had reached headquarters, the general reported a “very successful jump." Westmoreland announced that a full investigation would be conducted. But he said it was apparent that the jump safety officer. whp the paratroopers a go-head'* to jump, could not be held responsible for the accident. Officers said another jump scheduled here Saturday will be carried out unless weather conditions force a postponement. Witnesses said the speed of the wind on the ground was recorded at about 12 miles an hour during the jump, well within the maximum safe speed of 15 miles an hour. The much stronger gusts apparently built up in a single section of the sprawling jump area, which was without cotomunications. "It was just one of those quirks,” one officer said. Cost Os Living Pay Hike To GE Employes General Electric employes at the Decatur plant affected by cost-of-living provisions in their ‘ wage contracts will receive a 1% per cent increase effective Mon- . day. The government's new consumer price index for March was 123.3 as compared with 114.9 in September, 1955. This is the level against which the local contract adjustments are calculated. The last increase given employes was in December, and the present index is 1.7 higher. The adjustments are computed to September, December, March and June of each year. A .59 per cent increase in the payroll adder for each full one-half per cent toincrease in the consumer index is made. This will Increase the adder from 32.1$ to 33.98. ■

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