Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 117,

— , , 11l I I „ ’ *ji« *'■’ ’'’•**£’** * GUARD DE GAULLE HOME DURING CRISIS— With Premier Pierre PflimUn charging that a plot is afoot to overthrow the Fourth Republic and asking the National Assembly of France to declare a state of emergency, a heavy cordon of guards takes up position around the Colorqbey les deux Eglises home of war-time hero Gen. Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle has declared he is "ready to take over powers of the Republic” to save France from "degradation.” <

Lebanon Studies Appeal To U.N. To Take Action Police Equipment _ ■ Arrives From U.S. To Aid Government BEIRUT (UP)— The Lebanese Cabinet, heartened by the prospect of increased military aid irom the United States, meets today to decide whether to ask the United Nations to take immediae action against the United Arab Republic. Unconfirmed reports said the • first shipment of U.S. "police equipment” arrived by air Friday night. In Washington, the State Department said it plans to send an unspecified number of tanks to Lebanon "in the near future " A statement issued Friday night, formally accusing united Egypt-Syria of trying to destroy Lebanese independence, served notice that President Camtile Cha maun is ready to stand up to UM.R. President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Pro-Nasser Press Hit Informed sources said the Cabinet has “decided in principle" to take its case against the U.A.R. to the U.N. Security Council, but it is not certain whether a complaint will be filed at once. It was reported the government wants time to study Nassers statement Friday that “we support the independence of Lebanon,” and to sound out Security Council members on the advisability of a protest now. Three pro-Nasser newspapers here were ordered today to suspend publication for three days New press rules forbid local newspapers to print information on troop movements or strike calls, “exaggerated news" or “news aimed at provoking disorders.” Violence Continues Two bombs went off in Beirut during the curfew, hours Friday night but there was no report of casualties. Sporadic violence was reported from the provinces, notably a clash between police and rebels north of Tripoli Friday in which eight persons were killed. It was officially announced that strafing planes inflicted “heavy losses” on a donkey train carrying weapons and ammunition “from the direction of the Syrian border.” Government sources charged (ConnnuM on Far* Six) Four Novy Fliers Die In Air Crash cr JACKSONVILLE, Fla. «PI — An aerial collision between a jet fighter and a photo reconnaissance plane near the mouth of the St. Johns River Friday killed four Navy fliers, the Navy reported. A fifth flier, Lt. < jg) David McCulley, 24, of Garden City, N. Y.. safely ejected from his Cougar Jet fighter plane after the collision and parachuted to earth uninjured. The identities of the victims, all occupants of the AJ2P photo plane, were withheld pending notification of kin. Court House Clock Again In Operation The clock in the court house tower has been restored to working condition after two weeks of waiting for a new motor to replace the old, wornout motor that stunned running some time ago. Gage Tool and Engineering Co. has the contract to keep the clock running. The county commissioners are responsible for the main- , tenance of the court house property and let the contract some < time ago.

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Employment Pickup Lags Behind Season Improvement Behind Seasonal Average WASHINGTON (UP)—The government says unemployment among Americans covered by jobless benefits dropped more sharply two weeks ago than it has in almost a year. But it said the improvement lagged behind the seasonal average. The Labor Department reported Friday night that 3.194,000 workers were carried on state benefit rolls as of May 3, reflecting an increase in outside work. The figure still was more than double the 1,427,900 listed in the corresponding week of 1957. The department said insured unemployment dropped by 70,900 in the week ended May 3, bringing the total reduction in benefit rolls since mid-April to 168,000. As a result, the total was the lowest since Feb- 15. The figores were made public after a Democratic senator and the AFL-CIO denounced a Housepassed bill to extend unemployment benefits as worthless and a "cruel sham." Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) told the Senate Finance Committee it “might as well do nothing” as to approve the House bill. He urged consideration of his broader bill to expand coverage and extend benefit periods of the compensation system. — -T Al Whitehouse, director of the AFL-CIO industrial union departmnt, called the watered-down version of President Eisenhower’s proposal “a cruel sham on the jobless." The House bill provides for federal loans to states to expend the term of unemployment up to 50 per cent on a voluntary basis. The President had asked tor a mandatory program but has indicated he would accept the House version. _____ Annual Concert At School Sunday Night Catholic Students To Present Concert Climaxing the year’s musical activities, the band and chorus of Decatur Catholic high school will present its annual spring concert Sunday in the school auditorium 'at 8 p. m. The public is invited to attend. Under the direction of Clint Reed, band director, and Sister M. Margaretta. chorus director, the following program has been arranged: Band — "Valse Suite from ESpana’ ’ —Chabrier. Girls’ chorus — “Nightfall,” Liszt-Wilson; "China Figure”, Klemm; “Getting to Know You," Rodgers. Junior-senior mixed ensemble, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” Rodgers; “My Buddy,” Donaldson. Band, “Waltz King Favorites,” Strauss. Boys’ chorus, “Our Good Old U. S. A,” Enos; ”01’ Man River,” Kern; "Whistle a -Happy Tune,” Rodgers. Band—“ Jumping at the Woodside.” Mixed chorus — “Skip to my Lou,” Riegger; “Put on your old grey bonnet,” Wenrich-MacLean; “De Gospel Train,” arr. Cain; “The Best Things in Life Are Free,” DeSylva. Band—" March Melody.” Judith Braun and Robert Murphy wHI be the accompanists. Members of the girls’ ensemble are: Geraldine Schultz, Theresa Laurent, Angela Andrews,- Diane Baker, Judith Braun, Betty Baker, Carol Rumschlag, Nancy Gase, Susan Parrish, Suzanne Hess, Sarah Gass, and Patricia Kintz. .Continued on p*<* aix)

Defense Bill Approved By House Group Military Probers Os House Turn To Civilian Aspects WASHINGTON (UP) — House ' military investigators, who agreed to most of President Eisenhower's defense reorganization plan, indicated today they may next turn their attention to the civilian side of the Pentagon. T The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill Friday which, with two important exception, met with the President’s approval. A rival bill proposed by Chairman Carl Vinson (DGa ) practically was ignored by the 37-man group. But the Vinson bill is not dead, according to Rep. Paul J. Kilday (D-Tex). Kilday and assistant Republican House leader Leslie C. Arends (Ill.) co-sponsored the measure. Has Different Ain Kilday said the Vinson bill was aimed at the civilian aspects of the Pentagon organization. Its major features would have wiped out 14 of the 29 Pentagon secretaries, and limited the defense secretary’s staff — now 3,400 — to 800. “That bill is not abandoned," he declared. The President’s bill, Kilday said, emphasized f the “military side" He said the committee’s hearings dealt with this angle and therefore the legislation approved Friday did, too. The committee’s bill is expected to reach the House floor the last week of May or the first week of June. Kilday said he foresaw overwhelming House approval as the bill stands now. He cited the unanimous 32-0 committee vote and the President’s letter generally endorsing the legislation. House Fisht Possible But if the administration insists on trying to make two changes which the President called “quite important" there could be some fireworks on the House floor. The first point concerned the President's request for Congress to repeal a provision that the Army, Navy and Air Force are "separately administered” by their civilian secretaries. This, he argued, too often leads to challenges of the defense secretary’s authority. The committee bill would change this to say the services are separately “organized” under their secretaries, but that .the defense secretary exercises his power "through" them. Eisenhower wants this last provision removed from the bill. Hits At Veto Power The President also objected to a provision inserted by the committee to insure that Congress retains veto power to overrule any move to transfer or merge combat functions of the services. The Committee would grant the secretary power to shift or consolidate these functions, provided both houses of Congress don't adopt a resolution to veto the action. The administration would have required a passage of a bill against the shifts or consolidatoins- The law then could have been frustrated by a presdential veto. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight with showers this evening and tonight. Sunday showers ending and turning cooler. Lows tonight in the upper 50s and low 60s. Sunday’s highs from 74 to 82. Outlook for Monday: Generally fair and cooler. NOON EDITION

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French Premier Given Broad Powers, Seeking Peace With de Gaulle \ ’ ' • ■- 1 ’• ~ . . W '

Study Radar Sighting Os New Sputnik Scientists Trace Russian Satellite By New Telescope CAMBRIDGE, Mass (UP) — Smithsonian scientists, who usually must depend on the eyes of the nation’s “Moonwatch” teams for their Sputnik data, today studied the results of the first “electric eye” radar sighting of the new Russian satellite. While cloudy skies prevented Moonwatchers in the eastern section of the nation from spotting Sputnik 111 as it whirled overhead. Air Force scientists at the Millstone Hill installation at Westford, Mass., traced the satellite with a new experimental radar telescope. Reports indicated that the telescope had provided important information. Results showed that the low point, or perigee, of Sputnik 111 was about 150 miles above the earth. Scientists said that an exact estimate of the perigee was needed before any accurate estimate of the new satellite’s exected life span could be made. They said it was the first time a satellite had been tracked by radar. Meanwhile, Smithsonian astrophysicists worked on a report from the China Lake, Calif., naval ordnance station where observers said they sighted the "moon” and expressed the belief there may be "four pieces flying together” in orbitA similar report came Thursday night from Edinburg, Tex., and officials at the time said they had “no idea” what two of the objects were. They said the other two might have been Sputnik 111 and its rocket Lockheed Aircraft Corp, radio monitors at Sunnyvale, Calif., reported that Friday when the Sputnik’s radio signal should have been heard strongly it came in weakly. Two hourjF later on the bases of theWptillite’s calculated orbit tfiffi signals again should have BWn strong, they were not picked up at all. Lockheed speculated that this indicated poor functioning of the radio transmitter. However, International Telephone and Telegraph’s Mackay Radio Center at Southampton, N.Y., reported reception of the signal today. A spokesman said the signal was weak, but this was usual, due to poor early morning receiption conditions. Heart Foundation Helps Pay Expense Defray Food Cost For Blood Donors The Adams county heart foundation will pay for the food expense of the blood donors who will help Aaron Yoder, Decatur man who will undergo heart surgery June 17, Mrs. R. C. 'Hersh, county heart foundation president, said today. The Red Cross at the same time announced that a fund has been established so that those who would like to give money to obtain two special nurses for Yoder during the operation may do so. Money may be brought in person or mailed to the Aaron Yoder Heart Operation fund, Red Cross, Decatur. Thirteen blood donors will go to Indianapolis Tuesday, June 17, to provide blood necessary for the delicate heart surgery. A heartlung apparatus, which will pump fresh blood to Yoder during the time his heart is worked on, will be used. This apparatus calls for fresh blood, as the regular bottled blood coagulates in the machine. The donors will be taken to Indianapolis in a bus furnished by the Teeple Trucking company.

Fourth Dog-Biting Incident Reported Health Officer In Warning On Rabies A fourth Decatur child was bitten by a dog recently at Northwest school, pointing up the necessity of keeping dogs penned or chained during the spring and summer, Dr. John Terveer, city health officer, said today. Recently, a young lad reached Under a car tA help a lady get a dog out before she drove away. The dog snapped at the youth, and pit him c~ the hand. The -two were unable to get the dog out, and when the lady drove away, the dog was hurt. Decatur city police investigated, and found the injured dog. They humanely ended the dog’s suffering, and then discovered that the boy had been bitten. The dog's head was sent in for rabies examination, but a negative report was returned. This was the fourth dog-biting incident this spring, Terveer stated. State |aw requires every dog to have rabies shots, and to wear around its neck a tag stating when the shots were given. Each dog must also be licensed by the city. Dogs are not allowed to roam at will even when they are tagged because of the danger of rabies. Rabies has been present in the county this spring, it was learn* W At least, two horses in the Decatur area are known to have died of the dread disease. Shots will prevent it, if taken in time. All local dogs should be immunized against rabies immediately, and should wear a city tag, Dr. Terveer stated. This is necessary to protect the health of children, he emphasized. National Hospital Week Ended Today National Week's Observance Clones National hospital week, which ends today, marks the 138th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the mother of the nursing profession. Adams county memorial hospital now has 25 fulltime and parttime nurses on their staff list. More nurses are required all the time, as the staff enlarges and as nurses retire from fulltime nursing to get married and raise families. At the present time 15 nurses work full eight-hour shifts, and ten do parttime work. Florence Nightingale was sent by the British government to the Crimean War in 1854 to take care of the wounded and the sick. From her experience at the front she developed principles of sanitation. On her return home she revolutionized nurses' training throughout the world. Although the nursing profession has advanced far from the day of Miss Nightingale, nurses still enter the profession because of their desire to relieve pain and suffering. In 1907 King Edward VII presented her with the Order of Merit, just three years prior to her death at the age of 90. Florence Nightingale did more than nurse a sick army back to health; she established a firm footing for the training of nurses and gained a high respect for a profession previously regarded with disdain. Today’s nurses carry with them a reflected glory and a high ideal for their honorer and respected vocation. In them, the lady with the lamp still walks hospital corridors bringing comfort, healing and hope. The Nightingale pledge speaks well for the profession today just as it did more than a century ago: “ I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly: "To pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. "I will abstain from whatever (Continued on page atx)

Military Junta Tightens Grip . Over Algeria ; For de Gaulle As i Reiterate Derhands Head Os Government 1 ALGIERS (UP)—Lt Gen. Raoul 1 Salan and the junta that seized ■ power in Algeria tightened their grip on the sprawling "overseas ’ province” today in open defiance ■ of the Paris government. The junta extended its organization Friday by setting up a ’ province-wide “committee of public safety” to coordinate the work 1 of similar local committees in I cities and towns throughout Algeria. A crowd of 45,000 persons Fri- ■ day night hailed Salan, paratroop Brig. Gen. Jacques Massu and : other committee leaders. Army spokesmen estimated nearly half of the crowd were > pro-French Arabs, who swarmed out of the Casbah waving banners bearing such slogans as “Algeria is French’’ and “Vive Salan and ■ MaSsu.” Massu ana otner speakers at • the mass meeting reiterated junta demands for the nstallation of ‘ Gen. Charles de Gaulle as head ' of the French government. They ! said any other solution is “unacceptable.” They cited the huge turnout at the meeting, and especially the high percentage of Arabs present, as proof that operation of the junta is “best for Algeria as well as France.” Massu declared the committee is not rebelling against the Fourth Republic. The committee indorsed his words by cabling President Rene Coty that it wants only a “strong” French government—headed by De GaulleSavings Bond Sales Reported Increased --—r Indiana’s basic economic strength was demonstrated again i for the eighth consecutive month • during April when U. S. savings - bonds sales were substantially f ahead of sales for the coresponding period of last year. The state’s ■ savings bonds sale for April were ■ 11 per cent greater than last year ■ compared with a national gain of : 1 per cent. ; These facts were revealed in a ■ report sent to T. F. Graliker chair- ■ man of the Adams county U. S. > savings bonds committee. The re- , port disclosed that April ’sales for the state were $12,921,571 and sll,- ; 631,468 for April, 1957-*-a gain of ■ $1,290,103. Adams county’s sales i for the month were $84,166.85, com- . pared with $74,279.88 for April of ; last year. Rev. Sexion Heads Community Fund Officers Chosen By Fund-Raising Group The Rev. Virgil W. Sexton, pastor of the First Methodist church, has been elected president of the Decatur Community Fund, Inc., fcS* the incoming year. The Community fund organization takes budgets from all member organizations, pares them down to meet the fund-raising ability of the community, and appoints a drive chairman to raise the money during the month of October. Other officers ’elected were: Ralph Habegger, first vice president; Weldon Bumgerdner, second vice president; Ted Hill, treasurer; Glennys Roop, secretary. Mrs. Robert Boch was reappointed executive secretary. Art Burris waa named chairman of the budget committee, and Louis Jacobs and Ray Leitz were named as members. The next meeting of the committee will be at 8 p.m. June 12 in the Youth and Community Center,

Little Girl Killed By Lioness At Zoo Child Pulled Into Lions Cage At Zoo WASHINGTON (UP)—The hungry African Bon which killed a little blonde-haired girl at the Washington Zoo probably will not pay with its own life, a zoo of- _ ficial said today. Julie Ann Vogt, 2Vi a visitor from Canada, was snatched into ‘ the outdoor cage of a full-grown ' brother and sister lion pair Fri- ' day. The blue-eyed child was de- ’ capitated by the narrow bars ■ while her horrified grandfather and sister watched. Associate National Zoological i Park Director J. Lear Grimmer said fate of the killer, believed to ■ be the 10-year-old female called Queenie or Princess, would be decided after a complete investigation. But he said he did not think the 1 guilty cat would be killed. ‘ What good would that do’0” he asked. The male lion, called Ceasar, Pashah, or Baron, mauled a six-year-old girl about five years ago 1 before he came to the zoo. Both 1 beasts are former circus perform- ■ ers. Julie’s father, Benjamin Vogt, a t truck driver, was scheduled to ari rive today by air from his home f in Chilliwack, British Columbia. 1 He will join the little girl’s mothr er, sister Judy, 4, and grandfather, Harry Jackson, 67, whose lesurely vacation trip through the United States was turned into a nightmare by the tragedy. Police said Julie Ann broke away from her grandfather, squeezed through an iron guard rail, and tried to feed the lions some peanuts. One of the lions lashed out, grabbing the little girl by one leg. She screamed, and Jackson pulled on her arms, shouted foi; help, and beat the lion with his cane. But the girl was ' swished through the cage bars, which were three and one-half inches apart. ’ Annual Mail Box ; Improvement Week Annual Observance Here For Next Week E Adams county will observe the annual mail box improvement , week Monday through Saturday of next week, Leo Kirsch, Decatur . postmaster, said today. Rural delivery patrons are en- . couraged to provide neat appear- ! iag, suitable mail boxes, erected in a safe place easily accessable to the rural postmen. Boxes that i are improperly erected or in poor condition slow .mail delivery and expose letters to the weather. Names of owners should be Inscribed on the side of the box visible to the carrier as he approaches, or on the door of the box if the boxes are grouped. The box number may be inscribed on the box if the owner so desires. Postmaster Kirsch requests that all the boxes on the Decatur rural routes be kept painted. Posts should be painted, too, and if posts are mounted near the edge of the road, reflectors should be used to avoid damage to the post and box ' at night. White or aluminum is recommended for boxes and posts, however, any color of paint is tiow permitted. If posts are loose or leaning and need to be reset, it is requested that the boxes be set so that the bottom of the box is approximately 36 to 38 inches from the roadway. All rural routes are inspected bp the postmaster during the month of May each year. Boxes found to need attention will be noted and notices to correct the irregularities will be mailed to the boxholders. “Patrons of the Decatur office will express appreciation for the rural free delivery service and pride in our community by keeping their boxes and posts in tip-top shape," postmaster Kirsch confided.

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f / • . . . i, '. - j* % > Unprecedented Power Granted By Parliament 1 Premier Puts Out Peace Feelers To de Gaulle, Leaders 1 PARIS (UP)— Premier Pierre ' Pflimlln, his position strengthened by unprecedented emergency power for the next three months, put out peace feelers to Gen. Charles de Gaulle and the dissident generals in Algeria today in hopes of saving France from a threatened civil war. Pflimlin’s harassed middle-line government faced a possible split within the armed forces over right-wing demands that De Gaulle be brought out of retirement to head the government in its worst postwar crisis. Addressing the Council of the Republic, the upper house of Parliament, before it approved the government’s emergency powers bill early today, Pflimlin appealed to De Gaulle to declare forthrightly whether he Intended to overthrow the Fourth Republic . regime by force. Directs Peace Feelers “I personally refuse to be- . lieve," the premier said, “that . the man who restored the repub- ! lie would want to damage repub- > Mean legality. But I am sure that General De Gaulle would render France a greater service if he would be good enough to clarify that point.” Pflimlin’s references to the rebellious generals in Algeria were equally conciliatory. He conceded the generals might have believed they were doing their duty by joining the revolt to prevent bloodshed- He expressed the hope that Gen. Raoul Salan, .commander-in-chief in Al- , geria who declared publicly for i De Gaulle this week, “intends to i defend not only France but the institutions of the republic.” Rebuff For De Gaulle The upper house approved the government's emergency powers, 211 to 94, after the National Assembly, the lower house, passed the bill, 461 to 114, Friday. The large majority in both cases was regarded as a clear rebuff to De Gaulle who made a bid Friday to return to power. It also was considered a mandate ‘ from all parties for the govern- > ment to continue to resist the as- [ sumption of authority in Algeria [by the military-civilian junta . which backs De Gaulle. The big unanswered question was the army, which has not yet made its position clear. Gen. Paul Ely, chief of the general staff, offered his resignation to President Rene Coty Friday night after the government ordered him to break off contact with De Gaull. Junta Tightens Control Pflimlin personally rejected Ely's resignation, but it was not withdrawn. The military-c ivil ia n junta which seized power in Algeria Tuesday tightened its grip on the sprawling “overseas province” in continued open defiance of the (uoutiiu •" t'aa* Six) Historical Society To Meet At Geneva Members of the Adams county historical society will tour the home of Gene Stratton Porter in Geneva and hear the story of the famous author’s life by one closely acquainted with her, Gerald Durkin, president of the society, said today. The historical society will meet at the state monument in Geneva at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 27. The talk will be tape-recorded and preserved by the Geneva high school. Jack Lee, principal, announced. Music will also be furnished by Geneva high school. The historical society met last month at Berne, and the month before that at Pleasant Mills. All persons interested in finding out more about the history of Adams county are invited to attend the meetings of the society, Durkin added. The society meets the last Tuesday of each month.