Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 108.

IfefeQ- ' IF /•& Xw HF* ' uptl ■■BBBIMBHHHBb IjBH W. Robert Hemtar Walter Koos * 1 Wm r '> ; ' ! JBr ' '***' ~ I BLjaVH n \ ?\ t-’? IHBB Hugo Boerger Loren Heller These four men won nomination on the Democratic ticket in the primary election Tuesday in the only county-wide races. Fleming. Fort Wayne attorney, won the fourth district congressional nomination; Koos, the incumbent, won for county assessor; Boerger was nominated for county commissioner, first district, and Loren Heller was nominated for county commissioner, third district.

More Western Powers May Be In On Talks Big Three Powers Moy Include More Nations In Talks COPENHAGEN, Denmark(UP) —The Big Three Western powers announced today that other Western nations, such as Italy, may take part in an East-West foreign ministers' meeting or a summit conference. - The United States, Britain and France announced this in a brief joint statement issued as the NATO foreign ministers meeting neared its end. The statement said: “The three countries conducting the preliminary diplomatic contacts with the Soviet Union indicated that they did not consider that they would necessarily be the only Western nations to take part in a possible conference of foreign ministers or in a possible summit conference. Other countries, as for instance, Italy, might then be included.” Counter Soviet Claim The Western statement obviously was intended as a reply to the Soviet demand that such Russian satellites as Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia should be given seats not only at the summit conference table but also in the current preparatory diplomatic talks in Moscow And at a possible foreign ministers’ conference later. The Soviets put forward this demand with the object of enforcing what they called the “principle of parity” in future EastWest negotiations. The West has flatly rejected this Soviet claim- Secretary of State John Foster Dulles pointed out to the NATO council this week that it contained the risk that Russia ultimately might win a- position for itself in the United Nations General Assembly in which it could veto all Western moves as it already can in the Security Council. . , x. x Western officials stressed that the three-power statement did not in any way imply acceptance of the Soviet parity claim. On the contrary, it merely set up a coun-ter-claim by the West in future bargaining on seats at the summit conference table. Improve NATO Position The joint statement was issued (Continued on page five) INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool tonight. Chance of scattered frost extreme north portion. Thursday fair and warmer. Low tonight 34 to 40, high Thursday 65 to 71. Sunset 7:44 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 5:38 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Increasing cloudiness and warmer with showers beginning southwest portion.

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Runoff Likely For Alabama Governor O'Neill And DiSalle Are Winners In Ohio By UNITED PRESS Ohioans nominated gubernatorial candidates, and Indiana voters renominated that state’s 11 congressmen in primary elections Tuesday. The Alabama Democretic primary for governor, however, appeared headed for a runoff?' . ~~ — ~ In Ohio, Republican Gov. C. William O’Neill and Democrat Michael V. DiSalle won gubernatorial nominations and the right to face each other in the November elections for the second time in two years.' Both had been favored to win their party's nominations. Alabama’s Atty. Gen. John Patterson and Judge George Wallace paced a field of 14 segregationist candidates in that state’s Democratic gubernatorial primary. A runoff between the two will be held later this month for the nomination, which virtually assures election. , Five of Indiana’s incunroent congressmen won handily against party foes and the other six were renominated without opposition. Renominated in party contests were Democratic Rep. Ray J. Madden in the Ist District, and Republican Reps. Cecil Harden, 6th; William Bray, 7th; Ralph Harvey, 10th, and Charles Brownson, 11th. O’Neill trounced former Cincinnati Mayor Charles P. Taft in the top Ohio contest. Taft said he entered the primary merely as a standby candidate after O’Neill suffered a mild heart attack in January. DiSalle, former Truman administration official, defeated five other candidates, including Mayors Anthony Celebreeze of Cleveland and M. E. Sensenbrenner of Columbus. All 14 Alabama gubernatorial candidates had campaigned as fighting segregationists and there was some racial tension during the balloting. Four Negroes were arrested in racially tense Montgomery, Ala., on a charge of loitering at the polls. Patterson, who led in the voting, is the son of a slain Phenix City crime fighter. Wallace is a pint-sized circuit judge, and the campaign’s most outspoken segregationist. The Indiana voter turnout was relatively light due to rain and lack of statewide contests. Muncie High School Teacher Is Killed MUNCIE (ffl — Harry Reynolds, 49, Muncie Central High School vocational instructor, was killed today when his welding torch set off an explosion in an empty gasoline storage tank. Fumes were blamed for the accident.

All Os State's 11 Congressmen Are Renominate Incumbents Are Easy Winners Tuesday In Indiana's Primary INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — AU of Indiana's 11 members of Congress won renomination in the primaries with ease Tuesday, including the only woman in the delegation, whom the experts had figured might have a close caU or lose. Rep. Cecil M. Harden, a Covington grandmother who has been in the House since 1949, was expected to have a tough fight for renomination from former Indiana House leader Robert S. Webb. But Mrs. Harden piled up a huge majority and carried aU but one of the 10 counties in the 6th District. Webb carried only his home county of Hamilton. Mrs. Harden, considered at odds with the Jenner-Handley faction of the Republican party, won by better than a 3-to-l margin and by 20,000 to 25.000 votes- Webb was a Handley “lieutenant” in the last Legislature. Party organization leaders, whom Handley and Jenner control, insisted they kept hands off the race. Wilson, Thayer Lose The most interesting sidelight of the primaries was the defeat of Sen. Arthur S. Wilson of Princeton and Rep. David Thayer of Hope, two of five Democrats who sided with majority Republicans in the 1957 Legislature to enact the controversial “right to work” law over bitter opposition from organized labor. A third “right to work" Democrat, Rep. Robert Gramelspacher of jasper, barely squeaked by a labor-backed opponent. Labor union leaders sent help to Wilson’s and Thayer’s opponents during the campaign, and both incumbents crashed to defeat, although observers were not convinced the “right to work” issue was the sole factor in their losses. Wilson was beaten by former State Rep. S. Hugh Dillin, a popular Petersburg attorney who ran for governor in 1956 Besides Mrs. Harden, the four other congressional incumbents who had opposition won handily. Six others were renominated automatically with no opposition. Rep. Charles B. Brownson (R---11th) had a spirited race with radio newsman Donald Bruce but beat him by about 7,000 votes. Beat Token Opposition Rep. Ralph Harvey in the 10th and Rep. .Wiliam G. Bray in the 7th, both‘Republicans, and Rep. Ray J. Madden in the Ist, a Democrat, swept to victory over opposition that turned out to be only token The six congressmen renominated without contest were Republican Reps. Charles Halleck, dean of the Hoosier delegation and a member of Congress since 1935, in the 2nd; F. Jay Nimtz in the 3rd. E. Ross Adair in the 4th, John V. Beamer in the sth, and Earl Wilson in the 9th, and. Democrat. Rep. Winfield K. Denton in the Bth. There were some close races which did not involve incumbents. Edward Keck, a Hammond newspaperman, won a tight three; way race for the Republican nomination in the Ist District. With all 304 precincts counted. Keck had 4,202 votes to 3,820 for Daniel (Continued on pa«e five) Youths Turned Over To U. S. Marshal Two Boys Charged In Car Theft Gang The 17-year old lad from Oklahoma City, Okla., who has been held in the Adams county jail in the connection with the five-man car theft ring, was released today by order of the Adams circuit court to the U. S. marshal from the Fort Wayne district. The boy was apprehended by Alfred Zumbrum, night policeman at Berne, Monday at 2:45 a. m. when he was trying to steal a car by crossing the wiring system of the ignition. A lad in Portland connected with this same group has also been released to the U. S. marshal, and both lads are in the Allen county jail for trial before the U. S. district commissioner. The youth captured in Portland claims to be 15 years old and also gave the same name to authorities as did the boy arrested here. The youth was arrested by the Jay county sheriff’s department at 3:30 a. m. Monday near the Noble school. Another youth in tiie car managed to escape before the Jay county authorities were able to capture the pair. It is believed the other three are still at large.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 7,1958

Fleming, Koos, Heller And Boerger Winners In Primary Vote Tuesday

Dr. Flemming Appointed To Cabinet Post College President To Succeed Folsom In Ike's Cabinet WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower today accepted the resignation of Marion B. Folsom as secretary of health, education and welfare. He named Dr. Arthur S. Flemming to succeed him. Flemming, now president of Ohio Wesleyan University, will take over from Folsom late in July if confirmed by the Senate. The President sent Flemming’s nomination to the Senate at the same time that Folsom s resignation was announced. Flemming, 52, previously served in the federal government as director of the Office of Defense Mobilization and a member of the Civil Service Commission. Flemming was a civil service commissioner from 1939 to 1948 and defense mobilizer from 1953' to last March when he returned to his post as university president at Delaware, Ohio. The United Press nad reported in a dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday that Folsom would , resign and that Flemming would be ngmed to succeed him. J Folsom resigned for personal reasonsIn an correspondence with President Eisenhower, the retiring secretary recalled that he told the chief executive last year ,“that for personal reasons it would be necessary for me to leave government service some time this year.” Folsom, who has been ailing, said the logical time “would seem to-be near the close” of this session of Congress “so that the new secretary can participate in planning the budget and legislative program for next year.” Therefore, he said, he was submitting his resignation to become effective at the President’s convenience between July 15 and Aug. 1 The President said that Folsom’s "devoted leadership” as secretary of health, education and welfare had made "most difficult this letter of acceptance of your resignation.” (Continued on page rive) Three Petitions On File With Council Approval Is Voted To Two Contracts A petition for an electric light line extension was received by the city council, meeting Tuesday night, and it was referred to the electric light committee and power superintendent. Two other petitions also were referred to the same committee. They were filed by the Indiana Pipe Line Co., which states it has leased some land between the two railroads from the Chamber of Commerce and wants lights there. The other petition was filed by the Rich Nytrogen Co.«for lights into a tract of land in Union township Two contracts were approved, one with Yost Construction Co. and one with Baker and Schultz, the former for construction of a pump house and the latter for construction of a pipeline connecting two houses east of Decatur to the water system. The Yost contract was for $1,500 and the Baker contract was for $3,000. The ordinances both were for confirmations of prior board of works action. ’> Several women of the Thirteenth street to be heard in connection with a proposed addition to the zoning ordinance pertaining to trailers in Decatur. The persons reside near the trailer court on 13th street and it is understood that a meeting will be held prior to the enactment of the proposal.

Gay Is Winner For Township Trustee Miller Winner th Hartford Township Robert E. Gay, Decatur businessman, defeated Francis J. Schmitt, stockbuyer, 1,088 to 313, in the race for Democratic nomination for Washington township trustee. Gay carried all 12 precincts, 10 in Decatur and both North and South Washington town- . ships. The only other trustee race on i the Democratic ticket was in - -Hartford - township, where Ralph M. Miller, a former one-term trus- ' tee, defeated Gail Runyon, 149 to 47. \ Advisory board races in Root and Union townships also occupied some interest. Ervin F. Fuelling was bumped as low man in the four-man race for three positions in Union township. The vote was: Edgar Krueckeberg, 126; Edgar Thieme, 122; Herman Geimer, 117. - Fuelling received 111 votes. In Root township, Carl E. Hurst tyas knocked from the list in anlj other four-way race for three ’ seats. Total votes were Everett C. Singleton, 211; Winfred Gerke, 210; and Edward Louis Selking, 204.' Hurst received 120 votes. I In Washington township the votes Were as follows, all three candi1 dates being renominated: Ben Eit--1 tag, 612; John R. Parrish, 586; and «* -IMy R. Runyon, 584. Assessor Will 1 Wtanes was renominated unopposed with 1,031 votes, while Floyd ■ Hunter won his first nomination as justice of the peace with 945 votes. 1 Democratic trustee candidates were nomtaated-unopposed in the other ten townships. They are: Union, Wilbur H. Blakey, 150; Root, Omer Merriman. 249; Preble, Robert M. Kolter, 172; Kirkland, Continued on page five) Burry Winner For Hartford Trustee No County Contests Here By Republicans The Republican party had a quiet primary election, with no fights on the county ticket, and only one township trustee race in Hartford township. Congressman E. Ross Adair led in total vote with 921. Vilas Eugene Burry defeated David Alberson, 67 to 18. for the Republican nomination for Hartford township trustee. Other township candidates, and their votes are, Roy L. Price, Washington township, 231; Silvan Sprunger, Monroe township, 182; Wesley G. Amstutz, Wabash township, 131: and Alva Railing, Union township, 32. Other Republican township and county officials may be fftaced on the fall ballot by action of the county chairman to be elected Saturday. County Republican totals were: for congress, EL Ross .Adair, 921; L. Luther Yager, for state representative, 862; James M. Teeple. for county assessor, 769; Roland J. Miller, for county commissioner, first district, 783; Emil Stauffer, for county commissioner, third district, 784; Charles J. Jones, for county council, third district, 183. Forget-Me-Not Sale Friday And Saturday Adams chapter 91, Disabled American Veterans, will conduct the annual forget-me-not sale Friday and Saturday. Melvin Tinkham, chairman, announced that members of the chapter and its auxiliary will assist ta the sale. . Local industries will be canvassed Friday, and the flowers will be sold ta the business district all day Saturday. Money derived from the sale is used ta the rehabilitation and relief of disabled veterans and their families. The flowers are purchased from disabled veterans, so that all monies collected ta the sale go for their benefit.

Two Balloonists Land Unharmed This Morning Soared Eight Miles In Stratosphere To Get Valuable Data DUBUQUE, lowa (UP) — Two Navy scientists, who soared in a balloon eight miles into the stratosphere for a telescopic look at the heavens to help pave the way for manned satellites, landed southeast of here today unharmed. The balloon, launched Tuesday night, came down shortly before 7:30 a.m. c.d.t., about eight miles southeast of here. The two scientists jumped 1 out of their open basket gondola and gulped down hot coffee after their frigid night-long flight. The men experienced temperatures as low as 76 degrees below zero at the ight-mile altitude. They left a short time later for Minneapolis where a news conference was scheduled for later this morning The scientists were the first to view stars and planets through a telescope in the stratosphere. The experimental flight also tested the reaction of the scientists to the thin air and the cold temperatures of the lower stratosphere. The Navy bitted the flight as a forerunner to observing man in i future flights around the earth in a satellite. Hie strato-lab gondola balloon was launched from an iron mine pit near Crosby, Minn., at 7:50 p.m. c.d.t., and reached its ceiling altitude of about 42,000 feet at 8:30 p.m., over Mora, MinnThe men then brought the gondola down slowly during the morning hours, pausing at various altitudes to make further astronomical observations, and then, drifted at 11,000 feet awaiting daylight and a chance to land. The men wore heavy clothing and breathed mechanically supplied oxygen n the rarified stratosphere. Navy spokesmen at Minneapolis, who maintained contact with the scientists via radio, said the ' Continued ors page six) Mrs. Ed Davidson Is Taken By Death Decatur Lady Dies After Long Illness Mrs. Gladys Francelia Davidson, 60, of 103 South Seventh street, wife of Edward R. Davidson, track foreman for the Pennsylvania railroad, died at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been ill since last October and in critical condition for the past two weeks. She was born at Berne March 16, 1898, a daughter of Jacob and, Hannah Ann Baker-Eley, and was married to Edward 1 Davidson May 8, 1920. The family moved to Decatur in 1932. Mrs. Davidson was a member of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary, and a "harter member of the Eagles auxiliary. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, R. Duane and Leoniel L. Davidson, both of Decatur; one daughter, Mrs. Joe (Luanne) Ditto of Lafayette; six grandchildren: three brothers, Dale Eley of Fort Wayne, and Howard and Guy Eley of Decatur, and two sisters, Mrs. Ina Felber of Berne, and Mrs. Alvena Mason of Broken Bow, Okla. One daughter, Mrs. Dorcus Thieme, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. J. O. Penrod officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery at Berne. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services.

Merchants Showcase is Opened Tuesday Three : Day Event To Close On Thursday An estimated 1,300 persons viewed the "Merchants Showcase" on the opening day of the scheduled three day event being held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. A much larger crowd is expected this year for the "show- > case” than visited the center last t year for the first annual event. Many favorable comments • been given to the merchants by ’ people not only from this commun--1 ity, but also from people of neighboring cities surrounding Decatur. Visitors have come to Decatur to . see the show and some of the unusual displays sent from manufacturers and companies that supply : some of the Decatur merchants. . These displays are being advert tised over WOWO by station an- , nouncers. Louis Jacobs, president of the Chamber of Commerce, wasi inter- ‘ viewed on the P.M. program on 1 • WOWO between 8 and 9 o’clock ’ Tuesday evening, Dave Moore, retail chairman, will be heard to- ’ night on the same program. . ” The”youngsters of Decatur will . be entertained by the appearance ! of “Jingles” Thursday from 8 to t 8:30 p.m., sponsored by the Smith Pure Milk company, 1 The Chamber of Commerce wel--1 comes all visitors to the Decatur 1 Youth and Community Center to j visit with the merchants, and to ’ see their displays being shown bej tween now and Thursday at 9 p.m. r when the "showcase” closes. ! » Delegates To State Conventions Listed Three Os Delegate Places Contested Otto F. Schug, of Berne, defeated William HirschV in the fight for district 11 Democratic delegate. Schug carried all four precincts, as follows: Berne B, 80-21; North Wabash, 32-17; East Jefferson, 2012; and West Other Democratic delegates will be Dianne Linn, Decatur lA, IC. ID; Robert D. Cole, Decatur 2A and 3A; Roger Singleton, Decatur 38, 3C and Decatur-Root; Harry H. Hebble, Decatur 18, 2B and 2C: Walter Thieme, East and West Union, and East and West Root; Martin F. Gallmeyer, North and South Preble and Kirkland; Dwight Schnepp, North and South Washington and North St. Mary’s; Gene K. Hike, South St. Mary’s, North and South Blue Creek, and North Monroe; David J. Schwartz. South Monroe, French, North Hartford and North Wabash: Arthur K. Muselman, Berne A and C; and Thurman L. Baker, Ceylon and Geneva f A and B. Republicans had delegate fights in two districts, four and five. In district four Clifford G. Essex defeated Albert Fox, carrying all ' three precincts, with a total of 79 to 33. Ardon S. Mosser defeated 1 Clarence C. Shepard for delegate from district five, and also for pre- . cinct committeeman from Geneva B. Mosser tied Shepard with five . votes apiece in West Jefferson, and I carried the other three precincts . to win, 84 to 65. . ‘ Other Republican delegates will be True Andrews, Leo E. Engle, Eli Curtis Engle, Ben McCullough, Enos D. Lehman, Glen H. Neuenschwander, Menno I. Lehman, Cal F. Peterson, Cal E. Peterson, John M. Doan and Harry Essex. < Two-Year-Old Boy Is Suffocated By Steam NEW ORLEANS (B — Richard Blackwell, 2, locked himself in >■ the bathroom Tuesday, turned on ■ the hot water and suffocated from the steam. The child’s parents and a younger brother were : asleep when the accident occurred, authorities said.

Four Contests In Democratic Primary Here Republican Party Had No Contests In County's Election (Official Table on Page 4) « .Let* than 4,000 voters of the 11,KST registered turned out for the primary elections of the Democratic and Republican parties Tuesday in Adams county. Loren Heller, French township farmer-businessman, defeated two candidates in the race for commissioner, third district, garnering 1,682 votes over 1,076 for Harley J. Reef, Jefferson township farmer who is completing his second term as commissioner. Robert Long, Wabash township farmer who got into the race at the last moment, won 717 votes and carried several precincts in Wabash and adjoining townships. Heller’s plurality was 606 votes. As Democratic nominee he will oppose Republican Emil Stauffer, Hartford township farmer and former township trustee, in the November "election. Hugo Boerger, Root township farmer, defeated Lew Sapp, St. Mary’s township farmer, for Democratic nomination for cornmis- • sioner, first district, by a vote of • 1,883 to 1,423. Boerger’s plurality > was 460. Boerger will oppose in- ' cumbent Republican Roland J. Miller in* the fall election.* Walter Koos, who is now serving his first term as county asses(sor, was renominated over Robert Lane, Decatur businessman, who showed surprising strength. Koos carried the county by 292 votes, 1.856 to 1,564 for Lane, who was making his first try for a public office Koos will oppose James M. Teeple, Republican nominee, in the general election. In the congressional race, W. Robert Fleming won a clear majority of 706 over two other candidates, and carried the fourth district by 1,572 votes over the other two combined. Fleming won 1,854 votes in Adams county, against 983 for F. Dean Bechtol, retired Garrett postal worker. Fleming is a former U. S. commissioner and orominent Fort Wayne attorney. His wife was born and raised in Decatur. The third congressional candidate, Richard Edwin Houtzer of Auburn received 2,278 votes in the district and 165 in Adams county. Fleming, the Democratic nominee for congress, will oppose E. Ross Adair. Fort Wayne attorney, who has served four terms in congress. Adair received only 921 votes in the Adams county Republican primary. Fleming received-13,801 in the district, and Bechtof received 9,951. Unopposed Democratic candidates were led by Merle Affolder, Adams county sheriff running for his second term. He received 2,971 to lead all the other candidates. Richard D. Lewton, clerk of the circuit court running for reelection was second high with 2.767 votes. Severin H. Schurger, Decatur attorney, received 2,756 votes for prosecuting attorney. Burl Johnson, Democratic candidate for state representative, received 2,629 votes in the Democratic primary. He will oppose L. Luther Yager, running for his fourth term as state representative, who received 862 votes in the Republican primary. State senator Von. A. Eichhorn (Continued on page five) ‘ i Decatur Woman's Club Makes Hospital Gift 4. The Decatur Woman’s club has presented a check for S2OO to the Adams county memorial hospital, the board of trustees announced today. - The money will be used to buy Equipment for the new addition, the board stated. Mrs. Fred Meier and Mrs. Glenn Hill presented the check to the board Tuesday.

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