Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1958 — Page 1

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Nixon, Wife Granted Royal Welcome Home Personal Welcome Extended By Ike After Stormy Tour WASHINGTON (UP)—President Esenhower personally welcmned Vice President Richard M. Nixon home from his stormy South America tour today with a salute to his courage and assurances that this country’s affection tor its Latin American neighbors is as "close as ever.” The vice president and MrsNixon, stoned and spat upon in Venezuela just two days ago, came home to a welcome unprecedented for such an occasion. A great cheer went up from the thousands at Washington National Airport as Nixon and his wife stepped from the big plane which flew them from the violence of South America to a hero’s welcome. President Eisenhower was the first to greet the Nixons as they stepped from the plane. "With Great Dignity” “All America welcomes him home,’’ the President said, touching off a burst of flag-waving aplause. “Through this entire trip,” the Presdent said of Nixon, "he has conducted himself effectively, with great dignity and has performed to the satisfaction not only of us but to our sister countries the duties he was sent to perform. “There have been some unpleasant incidents,” the President said in reference to the antiAmerican outbursts in Venezuela, Peru and Colombia. “Some came to the point where danger, real danger and risk of harm and even of worse, not only to the vice president but Mrs. Nxon.” In the great throng which welcomed Nixon home were members of the Cabinet and Democratic as well/ as Republican members of Congress; ambassadors of the Latin American countries and several thousand students from colleges and universities in the Washington area. Cite U.S. Blessings Nixon in response to the President told the Crowd that he and his wife “have always been very proud to represent the' United States” in their trips abroad, “but I don’t think either of us have ever been as moved as toHe said there could be no greater experience than to return home' and see our friends, and to realize how blessed this country is * * H said America is blessed with “freedom, economic opportunity, and civility in its government, whether by one, of the great parties or the other.” After the airport welcome, the President, the Nixons and the two Nixon children drove together to the White House for lunch. Thousands more in lunch-hour crowds cheered them on the route past the Lincoln Memorial and along Constitution Avenue. , , \ - INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. A Utile cooler extreme north tonight and over most of •» north portion Friday. Low tonight in the 50s. High Friday In the 70s north, 78 to 84 south. Sunset today 7:52 p.m. Sunrise Friday 5:31 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and warm with chance of showers or thundershowers south. Lows Friday night 50 to 60, highs Saturday 78 to 86.

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Matthews Reelected Stale GOP Chairman Cements Control Os Handley And Jenner INDIANAPOLIS (UP) Robert W. Matthews began a second term as Indiana GOP chairman today with scarcely a ripple of protest from “anti-Handley” Republicans. Matthews, as expected, cemented control of party leadership 1 in the hands of Governor Handley and Sen. William E. Jenner 1 Wednesday with unanimous re- • election at the state committee's ‘ biennial reorganization. ! Democrats were expected to be 1 somewhat less harmonious when ’ new district chairmen and vice chairmen meet here Saturday to ■■ decide the fate of State Chairman 1 Charles Skillen. ; Democrats held their district elections Tuesday and replaced ; only two of the eleven district j chairmen. The results shed little , light on what will happen Satur- ’ day—whether Skillen can survive J another ouster move, and whether the “moderates’’ or the “liberals” will gain any ground in intra- , party scuffling. The only tiff in the GOP meeting Wednesday came by remote control when one of the 22 mem- [ bers of the state committee complained of being “purged” by Handley from her job as Lake County auto license bureau man- . ager. Handley Opposed Her Handley said he removed Mrs ; Marie St. John from the job because she was reappointed Ist District vice chairman against his wishes. Handley said he had a prior agreement with District Chairman Fred Ferrini that Mrs. St. John, an “anti-Handley” Re- ’ publican, should not have both the license branch and the vice chairmanship. Neither Mrs. St. John nor Ferr rini, a Handley supporter, attended the meeting. But they sent their proxies to Matthews, and everything went as expected. Matthews claimed earliej, that the last remnants of the "antiHandley” faction had been removed from the state committee by county reorganization meetings last Saturday. Also reelected were the vice chairman, Mrs. Martha E- White- , head of Waldron; the secretary, James T. Neal of Noblesvlle, and the treasurer, Georige S. Stark of Indanapolis. A report from Stark showed the state GOP plans to raise $475,000 for the fall election campaign, including $].00,000 for congressional nominees and $50,000 for the senatorial nominee. Shelton Wins The two new Democratic district chairmen are Argyle Shelton of Boonville, in the Bth District, and Albert O. Deluse of Indianapolis, in the 11th. Shelton replaced Elmer Hoehn of Jeffersonville, and Deluse was the choice of Marion County Chairman Phillip Bayt to succeed Owen Mullin, Indianapolis, whom Bayt defeated last week for the" nomination for prosecutor. Hottest election fight came in the 10th District, where Russell Lavis of New Castle won reelection over Carl Howell of Rich(Continued on page eight) District Democrats Reelect Officers All officers of the fourth district Democratic committee were reelected at the biennial meeting Wednesday afternoon at Fort Wayne. James L. Koons, Avilla, was reelected district chairman. Other offices, all reelected unanimously, are: Mrs. Dorothy Huffman, Bluffton, vice chairman; Mrs. Lorene Fenstermaker, Geneva, secretary, and John W. Whiteleather, Columbia City, treasurer.

Gen. De Gaulle Intervenes In French Crisis France On Verge Os Civil War; De Gaulle Is Under Pressure BULLETIN PARIS (W — French resistance hero Gen. Charles de Gaulle announced today that he la ready to take over the leadership of France. His dramatic announcement came at a time of worsening crisis that has brought the fourth republic to the verge of civil war. PARIS (UP)—Gen Charles de Gaulle, under pressure of mounting clamor for his return to power, decided to intervene today in the crisis that has brought France to the verge of civil wan. A spokesman tor De Gaulle’s office said a statement by the former wartime leader will be released this afternoon. It will be the first time that De Gaulle has broken his selfimposed silence on national affairs since 1954. The announcement was made soon after Gen. Raoul Salan, France's commander in chief in Algeria, paid significant tribute to De Gaulle in a speech in riottom Algiers. An Explosive Situation In the same speech, Salan placed his 400,000-man army in Algeria squarely behind the Algiers military junta—the militarycivilian “Committee of Public Safety” that has seized control of Algiers. “I am one of yourselves,"Salan said when he appeared with junta leaders before a crowd of French settlers who massed before the governor’s palace in ' A1 gie r s shouting “The army to power!” Only Wednesday both Premier Pierre Pflimlin and President Rene Coty ordered Salan to take over in Algeria and end the threat to the authority of the tottering fourh republic. Salan's statement threatened tc add fuel to the already explosive situation in Algeria and France. It was likely to embolden the hard-bitten French settlers in their struggle to bring down the Pflimlin government and set up a dictatorship, perhaps under De Gaulle. i--:—; - Pflimln assured Erance in a special broadcast Wednesday that Salan was firmly on the side of the republican regime and had been ordered to reestablish “republican order” in riot-tom Algeria. a Key Posts to Socialists In Paris, Pflimlin tried desperately to shore up his shaky government to deal with the crisis. Pflimlin offered the job of vice premier to Socialist former Premier Guy Mofiet He acceptd. The key interior and defense ministris also were expected to go to Socialists. 1 Socialist support would enable Pflimlin to reappoint Robert Lacoste, the previous government’s tough minister - resident in Algeria. He is popular with the Algerian French because of his policy of wiping out the Moslem rebels by force of arms. Movement Spreads The settler’s rebellion in Algeria had spread to Bone, Philippeville, Constantine and a score of other cities including Oran—where rioters beat up Pierre Lambert, the French prefect, and replaced him with an army general. There was a possibility that a major coup to put Gen. Chares de Gaulle in office had backfired (Continued on race Seven)

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Soviet Union Launches New Sputnik Dwarfing All Earlier Satellites

Starkweather Charges Girl Friend Killer Accuses Young Girl Friend In Killings; Claims Self Defense LINCOLN, Neb. (IP) — Charles Starkweather accused his 14-year-old girl friend of murder on the witness stand today and said all of his own killings were in self defense. The 19-year-old maSs slayer accused Caril Fugate, who accompanied him on a murder rampage which took 11 lives, of killing Carol King, 16. Starkweather admitted calmly that he had killed Robert Jensen, 17 .the King girl’s boyfriend. It is for Jensen’s murder that he is being tried. Says Caril Shot Girl Defense attorney T. Clement Gaughan said: “Charlie, you have been accused of a lot of alleged crimes. Why did you do it?” "Self defense.” “All those people?” “The ones I’ve killed, yes.” Gaughan referred to a portion of Starkweather’s confession in Which he sand he got mad at Caril after the deaths of Jensen and the King girl. “What were you mad at Caril about?” Gaughan asked. “For what she did.” "What did she do?” “She shot Carol King.” Earlier, the mother of the mass slayer clashed with her son’s attorneys and refused to back up their plea of insanity which could save him from the electric chair. Gaughan opened the case for the defense Wednesday by reading into the record Starkweather’s confession of 10 of a total of 11 killings, apparently in the belief the shocking details would back up his plea of the defendant's insanity. The state has charged Starkweather only with the murder of Robert Jensen, 17, and has limited its reference to the other slayings. “A Good Boy” The defense also called a Lincoln educator and several members of the Starkweather family (Continued on Page eight) More Blood Donors ’For Heart Surgery Nine Volunteer To Give Needed Blood Nine more persons have offered to donate blood for Aaron Yoder Decatur man who will undergo heart surgery in Indianapolis June * ; ; This fills the necessary number needed in person to give blood the morning of the operation, Wendell Macklin stated. However, Yoder will need more transfusions after the operation. These can be from, blood bank sources. Any persons still desiring to help the Decatur man should give blood during the visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile to Decatur Friday, June 6. This blood will be traded to the Indiana University medical center as replacement blood. Any person with any type blood may give in Yoder’s name so that blood will be available to him after the operation. Hie Red Cross will check the types of blood of previous donors to make certain that those giving in person June 17 are type A positive. This is absolutely necessary during the" operation, because of the use of a heart-lung apparatus. Blood older than a few hours, or kept in other than special containers, cannot be used, as it clogs the machine. Persons from as far away as Berne, Bluffton and Scott, O. are among those who have offered to give blood. In addition to those listed yesterday are Charles W. Morrison, Albert Gillig, Elmer Uhrich, Mrs. Joyce Elleriberger, (Oouuoum an Page Seven)

—n ~ Plan Activities Os Final School Week Schedule Announced rx ßy School Principal The commencement week schedule for Decatur high school, starting Friday, was announced today by Hugh Andrews, high school principal. Friday, the junior breakfast will be held at the Youth and Com- . munity Center at 7 a.m. At 8:10 ’ a.m., the seniors will take the ’ first two-hour section of their sen- ; ior test at the Lincoln school. At ! 10:00 a.m. the choir will rehearse, and at 1:10 p.m. the senior baccalaureate rehearsal will be held. ’ The junior-senior prom, with ' a “Saynara” theme, will be held ’ at 9 p.m. Friday at the center. Baccalaureate will start at 7:30 r p.m. Sunday at the school auditorium. .seniors will assemble at 7:15 on the second floor of the school, t Monday the senior commencement rehearsal, with seating arrangments, will be held at 9:10 t a.m. The second two-hour section > of the sennior exams will take I place at the Lincoln school at 12:12 p.m. Seniors will return their books at 2:15 p.m. \ Tuesday the high school choir will rehearse at 10 a.m., and at , 12:12 p.m. the Purdue English , test will be given at the Lincoln t school. The senior party will be , held at 6:30 o’clock that evening. Next Wednesday (he eighth 1 grade will return books at 8; JO am., and all classes will return locker keys at 8:30 o'clock. At 8:40 the sophomore class will return rental books; at 9 a.m. the . cleanup committee for the senior . party will meet in the gym. At , 9:30 the junior class will return L rental books, and at 10 a.m. the others, including freshmen, will ’ return their rental books. The final high school choir rehearsal will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, with the senior’s final rehear- , sal, in caps and gowns at 10 o’clock. Pictures will be taken and ’ all seniors must have their caps and gowns at that time. At 8 p.m., ’ the commencement exercises will ‘ (Continued on Page Seven) Hospital Prepared In Case Os Disaster National Hospital Week Is Observed Newspaper headlines of devastating floods, fires, tornadoes, or explosions are recalled by the observance of national hospital week. Once again the need for disaster planning by all communities of Adams county is pointed up. I When a mass catastrophe oc- . curs, Adams county immediately ( turns to its hospital for help. Such , disasters mean an emergency expansion of hospital services to care . for the injured, an evacuation of , all patients who can be moved, or J a combination of the two. The Adams county memorial . hospital, together with the civil defense organization and the coun- . ty Red Cross, have prepared plans for handling such a disaster. Details for the expansion of bed ' capacity, removing movable pa- . tients, maintenance of a sufficient inventory of drugs and bandages to handle emergency needs, and ! assignments of all available per- . sonnel from doctors to non-profes-sional workers are provided for in the plan. j In working out the details to . meet any emergency situation, whether it arises from a natural disaster, an accident or an enemy . A-bomb, the hospital personnel are j trained to work in any type of crises, in handling casualties, and in delivering the best patient care . under difficult circumstances. . Many people think of the Adams county memorial hospital only in i time of individual or family need, > rather than as a community instii tution like schools or churches, al- , ways ready to serve. The continuing program of preparedness to meet any disaster serves to bring special emphasis on the hospital's community role.

Hoi/fe Passes Measure For Foreign Aid $3 Billion Foreign Aid Authorization Bill Passes House ' WASHINGTON (UP) — Senate : Republican Leader Wiliam F. ’ Knowland (Calif) said today it ■ was not too early to forecast how the Senate will vote on the admin- ’ istration's $3,603,000,000 foreign aid bill. 1 The authorization bill passed I the House, 259 to 134, late Wednesday. The Senate Foreign Rela- > ’ tions Committee already has com- ! pleted its hearings on the bill. It i was tentatively scheduled to start meeting next Tuesday to vote on . provisions. The bill is expected to . go to the full Senate in the last I week of May or the first week of [ June. . A heavy turnout of members of Congress of both parties is ex- . pected to take part in the city’s resounding welcome today for . Vice President Richard M Nixon. Other congressional news: Foreign Aid— The House passed 1 the administration’s $3,603,000,000 J authorization bill for military and : economic aid during the fiscal • year starting July 1. The measure • went through by a vote of 259 to 134 after bipartisan leadership 1 successfully turned back attempts t to make further cuts. As it went ■ through, the bill carried only 339 ' million dollars less than the total ‘ originally requested by President ■ Eisenhower. Trade: The House Ways & Means Committee agreed on a . compromise reciprocal trade bill that would allow the President to trim tariffs by as much as 25 per cent and grant his request for an unprecedented five-year extension of his Presidential tariffdutting powers. Diplomat: The Senate internal security subcommittee released a report reviving diplomaticallytouchy charges that E. Herbert Norman, Canadian ambassador to Egypt who committed suicide, was a Communist. The Canadian foreign minister said a protest was being sent from Ottawa to Washington. But the subcommittee maintained that its information led it to the “inescapable conclusion” that Norman was a (Continued on Page Seven) Sylvester 6. Sorg Dies In California Former Decatur Man Is Taken By Death r " • i Sylvester G. Sorg, 54, of Markle, ■ former Decatur meat market own- ! er, died at 1:30 o’clock Wednesday f morning at Los Angeles, Calif., ■ where he has been visiting relatives. Death was caused by a cerel bral hemorrhage. He has been in 1 failing health for three years and . seriously ill for 10 days. . Mr. Sorg operated a meat market for several years on North I Second street, where the Schmitt . market is now located. L He was born in Fort Wayne Nov. . 22, 1903, a son of Bernard F. and j Matilda Van Allen-Sorg, and was married in 1924 to Miss Madiline Jacquay. ' Mr. Sorg was a member of St. Peter and Paul Cathloic church at Huntington. ’ Surviving in addition to his wife : are one son, George Sorg of Huntington; one daughter, Mrs. Mar- ' ion Gilpin of Decatur; seven : grandchildren, and two brothers, Marvin F. Sorg of Montebello, 1 Calif., and Walter Sorg of Arm--5 ona, Calif. Funeral services will be conduct--sedat 10 a.in. Monday at St. Peter 1 and Paul church at Huntington, • tiie Rev. J. H. Roessler officiating. - Burial will be ip Mt. Calvary ce- - metery. The body will be return- ■ ed to the Kroeger funeral home at ) Huntington, where friends may ; call after 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The i rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Sunday.

New Contract # Jr • W. Guy Brown Decatur School Head Signs New Contract Three-Year Contract For W. Guy Brown The contract of W. Guy Brown, superintendent of public schools in’ Decatur, has been renewed for three years, the Decatur school board announced today. Brown, principal of the Deca- , tur high school for 21 years, suc- , ceeded the late Walter Krick as superintendent on the death of the latter in 1951. Working closely with the Decatur school board. Byown has supervised the continuously expanding school program in enrollment, curriculum, and physical plant. In 1951 there were 1,128 pupils in the public School system, ana a faculty of 41 members. This school term, there are 1,580 students and 55 faculty members. In seven years the number of pupils has increased 40 per cent, and the teachers have increased 34 per cent. In 1953 the board of school trustees adopted a ten-year building program, which has been efficiently administered by Brown. During the ten-year period, Northwest, and South grade schools will be completed, and the Lincoln school remodeled. The Northwest school was completed in 1955. Plans for the South school will be promoted during the coming year. Eventually the Lincoln school will be remodeled to house the entire junior high grades, and kindergarten through the eighth grades. Brown holds degrees from Valparaiso University, Ball State Teachers College, and Indiana University. During his administration, the school has maintained active connections with the North Central Association of Colleges and secondary schools. By being a recognized member of the association, Decatur graduates may enter many colleges and universities without special tests. Three-Year-Old Girl Is Killed By Auto GREENWOOD (IP) — Ellen Doty, 3, was killed late Wednesday when she was struck by a car driven by Tillie A. Isley, 35, Greenwood, as she ran along a Johnson County road near her home at Smiths Valley, just southwest of Indianapolis. ■ Memorial Service At Moose Lodge Sunday The annuaf memorial services for deceased members of the Loyal Order of Moose will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the lodge hall. The joint services for both the men and women of the church js open to the public. Anthony Mufjjhy, lodge governor, and Mat Breiner, program chairman, announced that the Rev. Stuart Brightwell, pastor of the First Baptist church of Decatur, will deliver the memorial address. 4 12 Paget

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Over Twice As Large As Any Previous Moon 100 Times Heavier Than Any Satellite Launched By U. S. MOSCOW (UP) — The Soviet Union today successfully launched a giant new Sputnik—its thirdweighing nearly tons. It was more than twice as large as any previous earth satellite. The anhouncement did not say whether the Russians had placed any animal board, but the new Sputnik dwarfed the huge satellite that carried the dog Laika into space. It was about 100 times heavier than the biggest U.S. satellite. In Bonn, Germany, the Soviet embassy said there was no living animal aboard the Sputnik but that it contained “very important” apparatus. Signals from the new Sputnik were picked up “loud and clear” at the United Press monitoring station in Bickley, England, to- . day Bickley is just outside Lons don. r Every 106 Minutes 1 The newest satellite is a coneshaped object 11 feet 8 inches - long and 5 feet 8 inches wide at - the base. Its weight was given as s' 2,972.48 pounds. f The announcement by the official Tass news agency said the . new satellite was making an»orbit ; of the earth every 106 minutes . and that its greatest distance . from the earth was 1,167 miles. [ It was in an orbit of 65 degrees in the equatorial plane. So far the United States has put i three satellites into orbit and all . are still up. The Russians also have launched three but have an over-whelming edge in the weight ' sweepstakes—the Sputniks are far larger than the American efforts. • Russia has launched a total of 1 4,329 pounds of hardware in three successful tries. The United States ' has successfully launched 65.05 ! pounds—the total of three small - satellites. How They Differed , The new Russian Sputnik also • was orbiting higher than either of 1 the two Russian efforts which preceded it Its maximum height -of 1,167 miles compared with 1,056 j miles for Sputnik II and about 630 I miles for the pioneer Sputnik I. Russia entered the space age > when the first of the Russian sat- » ellites went up on Oct. 4, 1957. 1 The second rose less than a month later, on Nov. 3. ’ The first of the Soviet satellites , weighed 184 pounds and was about . 23 inches in diameter. The second was more than six times heavier and weighed 1,120 pounds. Here is how the three American satellites, aU still in orbit, shape up: Explorer I, the first to orbit successfully, weighs 30.8 pounds ; is 80 inches long and is tube--1 shaped. The Navy’s Vanguard I weighs 3.25 pounds and is a sphere 6.5 inches in diameter. The Explorer 111 weighs 31 pounds and is a tube 79 inches long. Explorer II was a failure. Packed with Equipment Today's official announcement ’ said the newest Sputnik was 1 packed with equipment enabling it 1 to carry out the following re- ■ search along its entire orbit: (Continued on pare eight) i -———' —‘ ! Milton Hannie Rites Saturday Afternoon Funeral services for Milton Hanie, Monroe fire chief who died Wednesday morning, will be held ! at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the ' Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. 1 at the Zion Evangelical and Re--1 formed church. The Rev. William ’ C. Feller will officate and burial f will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral ■ home after 7 o’clock this evening i The casket will not be opened at . the church. Pallbearers will be J Kenneth Singleton, W. E. Petrie, , Roily Ladd, Gene Moser, Paul . Schroeder and Clarence Ziner. - Members of the Monroe fire department will be honorary pallbearers.