Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 19 May 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVL No, 118.

i 1 ■HL . 4r Mak J|| r - ■KHn jfiijf ARMY FIRES BIG MISSILE—A 1,500-mile Redstone-Jupiter intermediate ballistic missile was successfully launched by the Army's new 40th Field Artillery Missile Group at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launching marked the first time that the Redstone had been fired by U. S. military personnel. At left, a crane lowers the rocket to its launching pad. At right is Col. Robert C. Gildart. commander of the 40th Artillery Group.

Anti-American Outbreak Under Senate Study Top U.S. Officials Called To Testify At Secret Hearing WASHINGTON (UP)-Senators called in top U.S. officials today to ask if anti-American outbreaks in Latin America, Lebanon and elsewhere are part of a Communist. - inspired world plan. Allen W. Dulles, head of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Deputy Undersecretary of State Robert Murphy were slated to testify in secret before the Senate Foreign Relatons Committee Serious questions about the effectiveness of U.S. intelligence in Latin America and elsewhere were certain to be raised. « The senators were expected to ask whether the government had advance knowledge of the possibility of serious demonstrations against Vice Richard M. Nixon in Peru and Venezuela; if not, why not; and if so, why adequate precautions were not taken' to protect Nixon who at one time in Carcas, Venezuela, appeared in danger of his life. Today's session could lead to hearings by the Foreign Relations Committee or its subcommittees on various aspects of U.S. foreign policies. Sen. Wayne Morse <DOre.) indicated his sub-committee ion Latin American affairs would hold public hearings on the Peru and Venezuela outbreaks if today's briefing warranted it. Nixon, it was learned, has acknowledged that none of the governments he visited expected attacks as severe as those that occurred- In Venezula, th U.S. Scret Service as assured in advance no greater danger existed. There have been seemingly conflicting reports that the Secret Service and other U.S. security agencies had warned Nixon of the likelihood of serious demonstrations, but that he insisted on making his scheduled appearances. Col. Miguel de la Rose, governor of the Federal District in Caracas who has been replaced since Nixon’s visit, was quoted as saying stronger measures for Nixon's protection were not taken because U.S. security agents vetoed them. The Foreign Affairs Committee (Continued on Page Six) Three-Year-Old Girl Is Injured By Auto Cathy Cook, three - year -old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook, 233 Stratton Way, still re- ’ mains in a semi-conscious condition at the Adams county memor- , ial hospital, where she was taken ■ Sunday afternoon after she was struck by a car. Cathy darted out from in front < of a parked car at her home, to cross the street to play with children on the other side. A car driven by Stephen Lee Brandenburg, 16, route five, Monroe, was unable to stop and struck the girl, throwing her to the pavement. She was taken to the hospital before the police arrived, and has b» p n semi-conscious since the accident The girl’s physician said that the girl is slightly improved today but that she is still in seri- 1 ous condition. Further X-rays will be taken of the girl later, when her • condition permits.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER «4 ADAMB COUNT*

Skillen Reelected Democrat Chairman Defeats Opponent On Initial Ballot INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—lndiana Democrats claimed “unity” today behind the winner and still champion Charles Skillen of Winamac their reelected state chairman. Skillen, entrenched as chairman since May, 1952, didn’t win his latest test Without opposition. But he was reelected to a fourth term Saurday by a 15-7 vote over Is Disrict Chairman Griffith Rees of Gary. The vote of the 22-member state committee followed a move by some of them to put effthe biennial election until after the June 25 state convention. But others thought this would vitiate state law, and he idea was dropped. This meeting was similar to others. Those who wanted Skillen removed failed to come up with a replacement agreeable to a majority. To Renew Ouster Those appeared to be lined up for Rees included Marshall Kizer of Plymouth and Mrs. Ruth Lloyd of Elkhart from the 3rd District; Argyle Shelton of Boonville and Mrs. Kenneth J Luckett of English in the Bth; Mrs. Mary Schmitz and Rees in the Ist. The names of Skillen and Rees were the only ones presentd during a 2%-hour meeting. But others had been mentioned, including Fort Wayne attorney Alex Aampbell and former 2nd District Chairman William Shaw of Knox. Observers figured a more serious move to oust Skillen might come after the nominating convention, where more party candidates for the November election will be chosen. Some committee said privately Rees lost out because he was from the industrial First District, and his chairmanship might pin the “labor” tag on the party too prominently. Mrs. Amsman Stays It would take a two-thirds vote of the committee to remove Skillen before his term is up in May, 1960. Skillen told newsmen after the meeting he could not “assume” that he would serve that long. Seventh District Chairman Curnel Richardson of Spencer nominated Skillen, and Mrs- Schmitz nominated Rees. Mrs. Lawrence Arrisman of Lebanon was rejected vice chairman, but the committee postponed election of the state scrtary and treasurer. Those jobs are held now by Thomas Faulconer, Indianapolis, and Eugene Crowe, Bedford. No action was taken pending a decision cm whether these jobs would be made full-time. • Faulconer, for one, said he could not serve fulltime. Kizer said he did not consider Skillen’s reelection a blow to his U. S. senatorial candidacyRecognises No Faction Kizer has backing from National Chairman Paul Butler of South (Continued on page flvol Lions-Rotary Joint Meeting On Thursday The Decatur Lions club will not meet tonight, but will meet jointly with the Decatur Rotary club Thursday at 6 p.m., M. C. Sieling, president, said today. Lions must check out with secretary G. Reriiy Bierly by 10:30 Thursday morning if they are not , planning to attend the Thursday . night meeting, which will not be : a ladies night. j

House Passes Bill Against Obscene Mail Tightens Federal Control On Mailing Pornographic Matter By UNITED PRESS The House passed a bill today to tighten federal controls on distribution of pornographic matter. Approved by unanimous consent, the measure was requested by the Post Office Department. The legislation now goes to the Senate. Transportation of obscene matter by “common carrier — as opposed to the mails—also would be outlawed. Penalties of $5,000 fine and five years .m jail, now applicable to the senders, would be doubled. The Post Office requested the bill after the U.S. Courts of Appeals held that the offense could be prosecuted only in the judicial district where the pornography was mailed. The new bill would permit prosecution at the city of delivery as well, or at any point in between. Elsewhere in Congress: Housing: Mayor Richard C- Lee of New Haven, Conn., said President Eisenhower’s urban renewal program is so short of its objective that sluni dwellers will have to “wait in line” for action. Mouse: Maj. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, commander of the Air Force ballistic missiles division, apologized to Congress for denying there was a mouse aboard a rocket fired into the upper atmosphere. The apology was in response to a letter from Chairman John E. Moss (D-Calif.) of a House government information subcommittee, who demanded an explanation after the Air Force confirmed officially April 28 that the mouse had been sealed in the rocket nose. Labor: Sn. Joseph W. Clark (D-Pa) urged a Senate Labor subcommittee to repeal a section of the Taft-Hartley Law which prohibits strikers seeking economic gains from voting in union representation elections. He said the provision was “an open invitation to union-busting.’’ Research: Rep. Melvin Price (D-Ill.) said the Atomic Energy Commission’s fiscal 1959 construction budget contains “a pitifully small” budget for basic research projects. He made the statement at a House-Senate Atomic Energy subcommittee hearing on a bill to authorize the AEC to make a fiscal 1959 capital outlay of $193,379,000. John Colchin Dies Saturday Evening Retired Decatar Business Man Dead John S. Colchin, 94, of 119 North Fifth street, well known retired Decatur business man, died at 5:15 o’clock Saturday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been in failing health since January. Mr. Colchin, a lifelong resident of Decatur, operated a confectionery on Monroe street, where the Citizens Telephone Co. office is now located. He conducted the business for many years until his retirement in 1926. He was born in Adams county March 4, 1864, a son of Peter H ( and Magdalena Schoen-Colchin. and was married to Anna McLaughlin in 1890. Mrs. Colchin preceded her husband in death July 3, 1940. Mr. Colchin was a member of St. Mary’s .Catholic church. He was an honorary life member of the Knights of Columbus and was a past faithful navigator of the Decatur assembly. He was also a member of the Fourth Degree, K. of C., the Holy Name society and the 'Third Order of St. Francis. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. James Carnail of Bluffton, < and Miss Helene J. Colchin of San Francisco, Calif.; one granddaughter; one great-grandson, and two brothers, Herman Colchin of Decatur, and Anthony J. Colchin of Kingfisher, Okla. One son, two sisters and four brothers are deceased. ..... , Funeral services will be conducted at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning at the St. Mary's Catholic church, the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call until time of the services. The Third Order of St. Francis will recite the , rosary at 7:30 o’clock this evening and the Holy Name society an<j Knights of Columbus will hold serv- ( ices at 8 o’clock tonight. 1

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 19, 1958

De Gaulle Willing To Head Government But Condemns Force Idea

Algerian Army Generals Back Gen. De Gaulle Confident General To Become Leader Os French Nation ALGIERS (IP) — The ruling army generals of Algeria waited today in triumphant mood, convinced that Gen. Charles de Gaulle would take over leadership of the French nation. Jacques Soustelle, de Gaulle’s right-hand man, was the focal point for massive demonstrations which marked the most tempestuous week end in modern Algerian history. Under JSoustelle's direction —he arrived from Paris on Saturday—the generals were more firmly committed to their stand against the central government in Paris than ever before. In a sharply worded resolution to President Rene Coty the Committee of Public Safety of Gen. Jacques Massu denounced the “disastrous policy” of Premier Pierre Pflimlin. The revolutionary committee lambasted the National Assembly which gatfe Pflimlin emergency powers to crush the threat to the Fourth Republic. Soustelle and the generals initiated a deliberate campaign to display Franco-Moslem solidarity in all major Algerian cities. In Algiers Moslem women removed their veils as a symbol of unity with the French. L’EchoD’Alger, the city’s most ardent right-wing newspaper, reported today a second Gaullist deputy, Raymond Droone, had slipped out of Paris and reached Algiers. It said he probably would place himself immediately at disposition of the Committee of Public Safety. Embassy Official Ousted By Russians Return Denied For Embassy Secretary WASHINGTON (W — Russia has declared John A. Baker Jr., sec-* ond secretary of the U. S. Embassy in Moscow, unwelcome>and refused to let him return to Moscow, the State Department announced today. The Soviets accused Baker, 30, of Westport, Conn., of “violating the norms of behavior for diplomatic representatives.” The accusation was filed With the charges d’affaires of the American Embassy last Wednesday. ' . • The State Department called Russia’s vague explanation for Baker’s ousted “absolutely” unsatisfactory. U. S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson protested the Soviet action on his return to Moscow Saturday. The Russian charges apparently stemmed from Baker’s conduct in connection with attending lectures at Moscow University. He is believed to be the only American official ever permitted to attend regular classes at the school. In London, Baker said his conduct at the university was “quite normal.” He said the Soviet Union “apparently decided to terminate my friendships with Soviet students by the rather extreme means of declaring me persona ' non grata.” ; Baker, his wife and small child were on vacation in West Europe at the time of the Russian deci- : sion. He will not be permitted to ; return to Moscow. Indianapolis Woman Is Killed By Fall " 1 INDIANAPOLIS (W —Mrs. Georgianna Letchford, 82, Indianapolis, died Sunday in General 1 Hospital from injuries sustained Thursday when she fell down an i outdoor flight of stairs at her - home. * ■

Cardinal Sfrilch Suffers Relapse Partially Paralyzed After Thrombosis ROME (IP) — Samuel Cardinal Stritch, who lost his right arm tn a major operation a month ago, suffered a cerebral thrombosis today and was left partially paralyzed. His doctor's admitted the illness was grave but said they were “hopeful” the 70-year-old prince Os the Roman Catholic church Would survive. The sudden relapse ’of the Chicago churchman was a shock to bis associates ’ because only Sunday the cardinal had celebrated his first mass since he was stricken a month ago with a blood clot in his arm that cost him his right arm. The operation had ended suddenly the festivities marking his journey to Rome to take up the high Vatican post of pro-prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. Prof. Pietro Valdoni, director of the clinic where the cardinal lay, said “the cardinal has suffered a thrombosis. The cardinal’s condition at this moment is stationary —no better or worse. The cardinal is conscious and lucid.” A church source told United Press earlier that "this is a period of crisis. Anything could happen.” Dr. Ralph Bergen of Chicago, Stritch’s physician, shrugged his shoulders sadly when newsmen asked him if the cardinal’s condition was serious. Thrombosis is coagulation of the blood in some part of the circulatory system, forming a clot that obstructs circulation in that section. It also was a thrombosis that blocked the circulation of the cardinal’s right arm and forced amputation midway between the shoulder and the elbow April 28 to prevent gangrene and save his life. A medical bulletin sajd the blockage was in the cardinal's brain. It said he had suffered “cerebral vascular accident” and that there was “weakness of the muscles of the right leg and fe.ce.” Cerebral refers to the (Continued on page five) Recover Nose Cone From Army Missile Army Chalks Up New Victory On Re-entry WASHINGTON (UP)—The Army today chalked up a hew vietory in the inter-service missile-shooting contest and hoped the success would win favor for its Jupiter intermediate range rocketThe Army fired a full-range Jupiter from the Cape Canaveral, Fla., Test Center early Sunday and Navy ships recovered its rounded nose cone a few hours later In the Atlantic somewhere to the southeast. A Defense Department spokesman said first examinations indicated “complete success” of the nose cone’s re-entry, meaning it apparently was not damaged by the heat generated by its plunge back through the earth's atmosphere. The spokesman said it was the first time a full-scale intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) nose cone had been recovered after successful re-entry. A scale model cone retrieved after a Jupiter firing last Aug. 8, was shown by President Eisenhower during a televised speech. The spokesman declined for security reasons to say exactly how far Sunday’s missile traveled. The normal range of an IRBM is at least 1,500 miles. Defense " Secretary Neil H. McElroy last December chose the Ar Force to operate the nation’s missile squadrons. But he told both the Air Force and the Army to begin producing their respective IRBM’s — the Air Force Thor and the Army Jupiter. McElroy recently said there still was not enough information to justify choosing one ot the weapons and dropping the other-

Lebanon Wins Major Victory . Against Rebels L ‘ Government Says Rebels Surrender , At Tripoli Sunday ' BEIRUT (UP)—Lebanon’s proWestern government appeared to1 day to have won a major victory in the northern port of Tripoli after a 24-hour battle which took a ' toll of anywhere from 20 to 85 dead and 250 wounded. A spokesman for President Camille Chamoun’s administration said the battle — fiercest yet reported in the 10-day-old uprising —ended at noon Sunday with the “unconditional surrender” of the rebels entrenched in the city. Opposition sources confirmed that the fighting in Tripoli has ceased, but said it was the result of a truce rather than a surrender. Reports from the north indicated, however, that loyal troops control most of the city. Rashid Karame, rebel leader in Tripoli, vowed that -his men will continue the fight until Chamoun and his government resign. Southeast of Beirut, rebellious Druse tribesmen drove loyal troops out of the village of Batloun Sunday after a four-hour battle in which at least one soldier was killed. A U.S- amphibious task force, with some 3,500 combat - ready Marines aboard, and warships of the British Mediterranean Fleet (Continued <xn pare five) Funds Are Needed For Yoder Surgery Funds Are Needed For Special Nurses i Money is urgently needed for the Aaron Yoder heart operation fund J to provide two special nurses duri ing the surgery, representatives L, of the fund said today. More than enough blood donors have been found now, but nurses will be needed during the operation to keep a close check on circulation, oxygen, and other extremely important factors during the delicate surgery. Yoder will undergo surgery June 17 to correct a heart condition. During the operation an artifical ' heart-lung will be used to keep his blood moving through his body, A total of 13 donors must give , blood this morning of the opera- ■ tion. 7. ''' ' , The Adams county Red Cross ! and Post 43, American Legion, • have set up a special fund, the Aaron Yoder heart operation fund, ■ to raise money to help the Decatur man during the surgery. - Those wishing to give may do so by sending the money to Wendell Macklin, Decatur, or to the Red Cross office, c/o the Aaron Yoder heart fund, Decatur. In Berne a collection is being taken at the Berne Witness office. New donors are Glen Griffiths, of route 2; Don Moore of route 2, eneva; and Robert D. Moser, Erwin Schindler, Milton Liechty, Laurence Baumgartner, Palmer Moser, Roger Moser and Mrs. Walter Fenstermaker, all of Berne. D an Yoder, brother of the Decatur man, will drive a carload from Berne, and will also give blood. Democrat Publisher To Undergo Surgery Dick Heller, Sr., publisher of the Decatur Daily Democrat, will undergo Surgery at the Parkview memorial hospital next Monday to remove scar tissue from a former incision. Heller was operated on a year and a half ago for the removal of a brain tumor. Scar tissue has developed which* has hampered his recovery. Dr. Warren Hastings stated that there was no evidence ot growth of the tumor, but that the scar tissue must be removed to facilititate his recovery.

Pastor Resigns J'*"’ - **’ B I I j. r - ' i The Rev. Lawernce T. Norris, j who has been the pastor of the Union Chapel Evangelical United j Brethren church for the past 10 years, announced to his congregation yesterday that next Sun- ' day, May 25, will be his farewell sermon, as he is accepting a position elsewhere. Starting Monday, May 26, the Rev. and Mrs. 1 Norris will take a two week vaca- ■ tion, after which they will attend ■ the annual conference at Oakwood 1 Park, Syracuse. ( — — ] 65 Persons Killed In Airliner Crash Worst Tragedy In Belgium's History CASABLANCA, Morocco (W — A Beligan airliner with 60 persons aboard faltered short of the runway during an emergency landing , Sunday, ripped through an airport building and burned. Sixty-five persons including nine children were killed. It was the worst crash in Belgium’s airline history. Four persons escaped through a hatch from the flaming wreckage. Three of them were reported in critical condition. Belgian aeronautical officials ; and officials of the Sabcfi Air- ; lines flew here to investigate the wreck of the large Douglas air- ’ liner. ’ Five airport firemen sleeping in ‘ the firehouse at the airport es'r caped injury when the huge plane sheared through their dormitory, wrecking it completely. — , The plane’s pilot, en route to Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo from Brussels and Lisbon, had radioed Casablanca’s Camp Case Airport control tower shortly before 6 a.m. that he was having engine trouble and would attempt a forced landing. Mt. ui tne plane’s passengers were beligans on their way back to homes in the Congo. Sabena officials later announced the names of British. Swiss and . Portuguese passengers as well. j Quinonce Infant , Is TakeQ By Death i ... - Ji Julius Quinonce, infant son of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Julius Quinonce, < 1003 Elm street, died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the Lutheran hospital 1 in Fort Wayne after a three-day 1 illness. The infant was born May 2 The father is stationed with 1 the U., S. Army at Ft. Chaffee, ! Ark. Funeral services will be held ! at 3 p. m. Tuesday at St. Mary's 1 Catholic church, the Very Rev. 1 Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. 1 Burial will be in the Catholic ' cemetery. Friends may call at 1 the Gillig & Doan funeral home * until time of the services. , i ..... i _ i INDIANA WEATHER 1 Fair, cooler most sections to- i night. Tuesday sunny and ’ i pleasant. Low tonight 44 to 52. High Tuesday mostly in the 70s. Sunset today 7:56 p.m. < Sunrise Tuesday 6:26 a.m. Out- i look for Wednesday: Fair with 1 higher afternoon temperatures. 5 Lows Tuesday night upper 40s 5 and low 50s. High Wednesday , in high 70s. 1

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Condemns Use Os Force In French Crisis Willing To Assume Power If People Os France So Desire PARIS (UP)—Gen. Charles de Gaulle declared today he is ready to head a French government "if the people wish it ” But he condemned the idea of a “solution by force.” “I could only assume the powers of the Republic if they had been delegated to me by the republic,” the resistance hero said. De Gaulle made his statement before a news conference summond to answer a government challenge that he say whether he intended to take over leadership by force. More than 35,000 armed police and security guards were massed in Paris to crush possible Communist demonstrations. Not since the Communist-generated disororders of 1947 and 1948 had Paris been so tense. On Verge of War Last Thursday De Gaulle, breaking a silence of more than four years* announced that he.. was “ready to take over-the powers of the republic.” With France already pn the verge of civil war as- a result of a take-over of power in Algiers by rebellious army officers. De Gaulle’s sudden re-entrance on the political scene only deepend the crisis. The government asked for and received emergency powers and challenged De Gaulle to clarify his stand. The powerful Communist Labor Union (CGT) had ordered its workers to stop work at 3 p.m,, in a massive reply to De Gaulle. While the general’s press conference was still under way, the workers responded. Subway workers pulled switches and halted all traffic ,on the city’s lines and the city’s big green buses began returning to their terminals. Explains His Position Before 1,000 newsmen and De Gaulle supporters jammed into a reception room of the Palais D'Orsay, the general explained his position. In a prepared statement he condemned the weaknesses of past and present French governments and then replied to questions. Asked what he would do if given powers, the general replied amid loud applause from his supporters: “I would reestablish republican liberties. . “Do you believe that at 67 r would begin the career ot a dictator?” he asked. De Gaulle had travelled 150 miles to Paris from his’ country home at Colombey-les-deux-Eglises for his long-heralded news conference. . „ ~, .Praises Rebel Generals He said it is a “well established fact” that a- regime of political parties had failed and would continue to fail to settle France’s enormous problems, including the problem of Algeirs. “Everyone must take note of the fighting in Algeria and the fever that reigns there,” he saidThen in an outspoken tribute to the rebellious Algiers generals, he said: .... “These people have seen for some time that this (political) policy was leading to a political Dien Bien Phu”-a reference to the loss of the key battle in Indochina several years ago that led to French withdrawal from IndoHis voice quivering, De Gaulle asked: "How can they help rising ? The now are offering a magnificent spectacle of brotherhood that can be the political and . moral foundation for an agreem Deniea Desire far Dictatorship De Gaulle said that “if things continue in this way, we know that the present regime, such as it is, will find no result It will work out a multitude of solutions without achieving any result. Carefully choosing his words. De Gaulle went on: (Continued on pace five)