Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 120, Decatur, Adams County, 21 May 1958 — Page 1

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Ike Declares Recession Is Slowing Down Eisenhower Warns Inflation Threat In Wages, Price Rise NEW YORK Wl — President Eisenhower said Tuesday night the recession was slowing down and he foresaw an upturn in the economy. But he warned against the threat of inflation in rising price; and wages. “We have about '-aught Gilbreath’,” he satd, “there is nothing wrong with our oxygen supply” Eisenhower arrived in New -York Tuesday to give the main dinner speech before 2,000 business leaders meeting to report on industry’s progress in owibattinf' the recession. | He flew back to Washington late Tuesday night. 1 Both the President and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, who appeared before an afternoon session’of the American Management Association meeting stressed that the administration w’as thinking in terms of a reform of the tax structure rather than a tax cut which would benefit consumers alone. “We would like a tax structure which least interferes with sound economic growth,” the President said. Gets Favorable Reports In speaking of the economy, the President said that “reports from the country’ strongly indicate that the economic decline of recent months is slowing down.” Although, he said, our economic troubles are not over there “is a change in the making.” “That it will prove to be a change for the better, I have no doubt,” he said. The President received his most enthusiastic burst of applause when he advocated that labor forego wage increases to halt “ever * rising costs and prices.” He said the American people “are going to be looking over the shoulders of those sitting at every bargaining table ... to see whether the wage settlement and subsequent price decisions are consistent with a stable dollar ...” Against Slow Program He also was applauded when he said the administration was “determined not to get bogged down in a slow-starting, emergency public works program . . .” Eisenhower was introduced to the business leaders by Nixon, who earlier had called for “the kind of tax cuts that would P ut money in the hands of the cerators as well as the consumers.” Nixon also said that it was the responsibility of American business not only to show the world that the free enterprise system works but also to work toward expanding trade and helping othe? nations become strong enough to resist Communism. INDIANA WEATHER Fair this afternoon and tonight. Not so cool north tonight. Thursday partly cloudy, chance of isolated thundershowers north portion late tonight or Thursday. Low tonight 47 to 54. High Thursday 78 to 85. Sunset today 7:58 jp. m. Sunrise Thursday 5:25 ■Ja. m. Outlook for Friday: Cloudy and turning cooler with chance of showers south portion. Low Thursday night in the 50s. High Friday .low 70s north to the 80s south.

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State Medical Board Irregularities Cited Judge Byrd Charges State Irregularities INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Steps were taken by Governor Handleys office today to investigate a circuit judge's charge of favoritism and irregularities in the granting of chiropractic licenses in Indiana. Vernon /’.nctrson, administra- ‘ tive assistant to Handley, con- ' ferred with State Police Supt. 1 Harold S. Zeis and scheduled further conferences to discuss the ! charge of Judge Homer J. Byrd of Bluffton that conspiracies existed in the distribution of licenses by the Indiana State Board of Medical Registration and Exami- . nation Byrd ruled in favor of the board Tuesday in Wells Circuit ' Court in its suit for an injunction i tn prevent Charles A. Engle, Fort • Wayne, from practicing chiropraci tic without a license. I Despite the ruling favoring the board, Byrd issued from the bench , in open court a statement charging that a board inspector, Elmer A. Nordholm, “probably received ' compensation for holding off in- ' vestigations” of certain chiropractors allowed to operate in defiance of state law Byrd said that Nordholm was aided by “conspirators” t|c> rig examinations so that some passed and some failed. Byrd also expressed his opinion that Engle’s charge that Nordholm told him before an examination that “ysu won’t pass—you aren’t in the group” was true. Nordholm, nowever, had denied the charge. Byrd silso said that Nordholm “sought advice from favored chiropractors as to whether or not certain other chiropractors should be licensed.” Byrd ruled and issued his statement on the basis of testimony heard in hearings in his court and lie detector tests of Engle and four other chiropractors who had charged the board with irregularities in sworn statements issued during the hearing on the Engle injunction. Anaerson, speaking in behalf of Governor Handley while the chief executive was in Florida attending a governors’ conference, said police would conduct a complete examination of the medical board. Anderson steered clear of a flat statement on repercussions which might affect the medical board. But he hinted that somebody might be firedAnderson said he would contact Handley in Miami Beach today to discuss the case with him. The governor recently made two new appointments to the board. Byrd said he was forced by the law to restrain Engle from practicing because he did not have a license. But he added: Local Man's Sister Dies At Fort Wayne Mrs. Sophia A. Scheumann, 78. of Fort Wayne, died at 1:10 p.m, Tuesday at the Lutheran hospital in that city after an extended illness. She was a member of the Trinity English Evangelical Lutheran church, its Mary Rachel circle, and a charter member of the Ladies Aid society of the church. Surviving are the husband, Otto W.; one son, Robert 0., at home; two brothers, W. A. Klepper of Decatur, and Ernest A. Klepper of Fort Wayne, and one sister, Mrs. James Dorsey of Los Angeles, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Chal-fant-Perry funeral home, Dr. Paul Hi- Krauss officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery. Friends may call at the funeiral home after 5 p.m. today. «

Jet-Airliner Crash Touches Off New Demand Voice New Control Demands As Result Os Aerial Tragedy BRUNSWICK, Md. (IP) — Investigators today combed wreckage of an airliner and a jet trainer that collided in air and an aroused Congress asked how such accidents can happen and what the government can do to prevent more of them. There were new demands for an end to the “see and be seen” rule that has governed pilots. Critics called for more central and posi tive federal air traffic control and speedier output of electronic devices to guide civil and military aircraft through the skies. It happened in the blink of an eye Tuesday— the collision of a Maryland Air National Guard T 33 jet with a Capital Airlines Viscount in clear weather at about 8,000 feet. The toll was 12 dead: seven passengers who boarded the Baltimore-bound plane at Chicago and Pittsburgh, Pa., the four Viscount crew members and an Army first class private, Donald Chalmers, 24, of Baltimore, Md.. who was having his first airplane ride in the T 33. Pilot Only Survivor The sole survivor was Capt. Julius R. McCoy, the jet pilot, from the Maryland National Guard’s 104th Fighter Squadron at Martin Airport near Baltimore. He miraculously escaped death when he was blown from his plane after the collision and parachuted into a tree. At Frederick, Md., Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for burns, McCoy told questioners he “never saw” the Viscount. His last memory was of being at 8,000 feet heading east. The time of the air collision — second in a month between civil and military planes — was about 11:43 a.m. e.d.t. Up to that moment, life was proceeding leisurely here in the Potomac River Valev near Harper’s Ferry where Maryland joins Virginia and West Virginia. Bertram Miskell of Point of Rocks, Md., had just cast his ballot in the Maryland primary. William G. Care was at his Baltimore & Ohio Railroad job near Brunswick. Leo Davis was working on a farm implement at his farm east of here. Malcolin Loy had just got a drink of water and was heading back to his field. Heard Great Noise Suddenly they, and many like them, were galvanized by an explosive noise in the sky about four miles east of Brunswick near the Catoctin Mountains. Horrified, they saw the collision of the jet with the airliner, the two planes brought together by fate at a precise moment in time and space in a seemingly limitless sky. v How and why did it happen? No one can say yet, any more than the collision of an FIOO Super Sabre fighter and a United AuLines DC7 near Las Vegas, Nev., on April 21 with 49 deaths can yet be explained. The Civil Aeronautics Board's crack investigator, Joseph O. Fluet, and his expert team most likely will determine the cause of Tuesday’s accident. But others high in the U. S. government will have to take the steps to eliminate the causes of all such potential lamities.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, Moy 21, 1958.

Pennsylvania Voters Scuttle Stassen Bid To Become Governor

Vole Pflimlin Sweeping Win Over De Gaulle Emergency Powers ~ For Algeria Voted To French Premier PARIS (UP) Premier Pierre Pflimlin will send France’s new army chef to Algeria with full authority to make peace with insurgent generals demanding the return to power of Gen. Charles de Gaulle, informed sources said today. Pflimlin won a second victory over Gaullist forces today when the Council of the Republic (upper bouse) approved his request for an extension of emergency pow- ' ers in Algeria. Poltical sources, however, believed it might be a short-lived victory, merely post- ; poning the ultimate struggle. In Algiers a leading member of i the rebellious military - civilian junta rebuffed any overtures from ! Pflimlin. “We will accept no one but De , Gaulle,” Alain de Serigny said. ’ “We would reject any representative of the present Paris government.” Lorillot Assigned Mission ' Bat the mission from Paris will go through, it was learned- It will >bd undertaken by Gen- Henri i Lorillot, France's new chief of the I general staff. He will go with full power to ;. seek re-establishment of Paris control in Algiers and to step up i the battle against Moslem reb- , els who have been seeking to wrest complete control of Algeria from France. The parliament victory for Pflimlin’s middle-of-the-road government was the second defeat in two days inflicted on De Gaulle in his bid for power. The emergency powers bill passed its final stage in the upper house by 233 votes to 62. It already had been passed by the National Assembly Tuesday night bp a 473-93 majority. .Censorship Is Abolished The two legislative votes greatly strengthened Pflimlin’s hand and set back De Gaulle’s chances at a moment when all signs pointed to “peace” moves between the Paris government and the insurgent generals in Algeria who have been De Gaulle’s chief supporters. (Continued on pa«e two) Finish Blackfopping Os Oak Ridge Road County Department Makes Improvement The one-quarter mile of Oak Ridge road has been blacktopped by the county highway department, the work having been completed Tuesday. The Oak Ridge addition lies adjacent to Decatur north of Monroe street, just west of the city limits. Blacktopping was possible because the contractors had already placed 1,000 tons of crushed stone on the' road. It was possible to blacktop the road with only 65 tons of stone, 1,500 tons of asphalt, and 11,000 gallons of base oil. The county highway department has just completed Cutting the berm on the Tile Mill road between Monroe and Berne. The berm was higher than the roadway, causing a serious drainage problem. The railway crossing at Curryville has also been blacktopped, it was reported. A total of 46 miles of paved roads in the county have been sealed this spring. Each year one-third of the paved county roads must be sealed to keep them in condition. Every road should be sealed at threeyear intervals. Road building will stars sometime in June. The Blakey road, which lacks one mile of blacktopping between the Adams county section and the pavement in Ohio, will be paved this year.

T— — — Petitions Are Filed To Blacktop Streets Three Petitions On File With Council Three petitions to blacktop city streets were read to the city council Tuesday night and referred to the city street and sewer committee. The appointment of Theodore Baker, of. 839 N. Tenth street, to the volunteer fire department, by the city board of works was approved by the council. An electrical connection between the city line and the Indi-ana-Ohio Pipeline company; located on the locally owned property west of * Thirteenth street, was approved The company will pay for the connection. A petition by John Simerman, R. J. Aschliman, Albert F. Beineke, John R. Zintsmaster, and Calvin Rennaker to pave the street west of Thirteenth street in the 900 block north between Washington and Meibers street, was introduced. A petition to extend the pavement on Marshall street between ,12th and '’th streets, was signed by Edg - Mutschler, Mr. and Mrs. Swearingen, Mr. and Mrs. H man Meyer, and Beulah Burgett. A petition by Carl W. Faurote, Roy. L. Kaehr and others was introduced, asking for tpe paving es a 30-foot. wide street parallel to the Erie railroad between Winchester and Third streets. The petition stated that the railroad dumped cinders there, dust from which was interfering with the established restaurants and paint shops in the area, and was causing water to drain off onto buildings and property which were formerly above the road level. Bernard J. Clark, superintendent ofcity streets, stated that he would see that the area was oiled to keep the dust down until something can be done about paving the area. Mayor Robert D. Cole, city at- . torney John DeVoss, clerk-treas-urer Mrs. Miriam Hall and all five city councilmen were present for the meeting. Rules Taverns Must Close At Midnight Ruling Is Effective At Midnight Friday INDIANAPOLIS IW — Hoosier taverns 'and tipplers were told today that Indiana will start enforcing this week a State Appellate Court ruling which set midnight as the closing hour for drink establishments while the state operates on Daylight Saving Time. The Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission decided at a meeting this morning to start enforcing the 12 midnight closing hour Friday at midnight. Excise officers were notified today to start enforcement at that hour. The enforcement was delayed long enough so that news of the ruling could reach the public, according to acting chairman Gray Levitt of the ABC. The high court ruled Tuesday that liquor outlets must close at midnight during the five summer months of “fast” time. For most of them, it means shutting' up shop an hour earlier than they have been since “fast” time began April 27. The unanimous decision, written by Judge Harry Crumpacker, means the extra hour of night time drinking Hoosiers gained during “fast” time will be lost. Midnight will be the closing hour the year around. Atty. Gen. Edwin Steers said he advised the ABC to “go ahead and enforce the law as soon as practicable.” Acting ABC chairman Gray Levitt said it would not be known how soon tavern owners would be told to close an hour earlier until the commission met. The opinion ended several months of confusion stemming from a 1957 state law ordering ' (Continued on pe«e five

Bill On School Construction Is Killed By Group \House Committee Refuses To Approve Revised Aid Plans By UNITED PRESS Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. (DN. said today school construction legislation is dead for this year. Thompson’s pronouncement was prompted by refusal of the House Education Committee to approve a revised version of President Eisenhower's 1957 school aid proposal The vote on the $1,500,000,000 measure was 15-15. Democratic supporters of the bill failed to get the one Republican vote they needed for approval. Thompson, who had re - introduced the measure this year, said the vote “effectively kills” school construction legisilation in this session of Congress. Other congressional news: Foreign Aid: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to put back 220 million dollars cut by the House from the $2,900,000,000 foreign aid bill. The House cut was in military and “defense support” funds. •Reecsskmi Secretary of Com, merce Sinclair Weeks told the House Banking Committee that “basically, we have hit bottom ” He referred to the business slump. Some signs stll point downward. Weeks said, “but the situation is bottoming out.” Foreign Affairs: Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson told Secretary of State John Foster Dulles that “personal diplomacy is not a substitute for. the well-trained and dedicated diplomatic corps.” Dulles, who frequently uses “trouble shooters” and often takes on the role himself, appeared before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee to ask restoration of some seven million dollars chopped from his budget by the House. Labor: AFL-CIO Vice President George M. Harrison asked Congress to give unions “a decent chance” to do their own cleanup work. He told a Senate Labor subcommittee unions are more sensitive “than anyone else” to the stigma which the public attaches to the entire labor move(Continued on page five) _.../1. y '■[, ■ * Stephen A. Seigrist Is Taken By Death Funeral Services On Friday Morning Stephen A. Seigrist, 86, of 311 North Fourth street, a retired farmer, dieci fft 4:15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Cooper nursing home at Bluffton, where he had been a patient for the past month. ’ He had been seriously ill of complications for three days. He was born in Mercer county, O. Feb. 29, 1872, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Seigrist. H i s wife, the former Margaret Omlor, died in 1947. He had lived ih Adams' county for 53 years, and for the past six years had made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Braun. Mr. Seigrist was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Holy Name society and the Third Order of St. Francis. Only near survivor is a brother, Albert Seigrist of Wausau, Wis. Three brothers preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 9 a. m. Friday 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 Gillig & Doan funeral home, where friends may call after 6 o’clock this evening until time of the services. The rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Thursday by the Third Order of St. Francis and at 8 p. m. Thursday by the Holy Name society.

Hints New Weapon To Stop Enemy Rockets Broad Hint Given By Defense Secretary WASHINGTON Secretary Neil H. McElroy hinted broadly in testimony published today that U.S scientists are on the track of a secret new weapon to put enemy rockets out of commission. t McElroy told a House Appropriations subcommittee there is no assurance yet the Nike-Zeus, being developed by the Army, will succeed in intercepting and shooting down oncoming enemy missiles. Explaining why he did not favor a six-billioh-dollar “crash” program for the Nike-Zeus, he said “there are alternative ways of doing this which look as if they may be very much more effective.” “I am talking about something that is quite highly classified (secret),” McElroy said without elaborating. Some scientists have talked about the possibility of exploding a hydrogen bomb in the sky in the path of a missile, setting up a heat barrier which would melt it- Another theory involves creating a huge cloud of sand in the atmosphere to cause friction and burn up the rocket. The testimony, given behind closed ,d<X)XSJtolng_late April and early May, also revealed that: > —Defense officials dp not rule : out the possibility that a “death t ray” may be invented which ’ could be beamed to earth from 500 miles in space. —The Defense Department has programmed space projects costing a total of $601,981,000 in th 12 months beginning July 1. The biggest single item is $153,500,000 for satellites to map parts of the earth. Under study is a program to launch a satellite carrying a chimpanzee in 12 to 15 months as a preliminary to a “man in space” effort. —McElroy expects de f ens e spending to climb at a rate of about $1,200,000,000 annually for the next several years just to maintain present military strength. County Apparently To Lose Fund For Roads Insufficient Time To Prepare Plans Adams county appears likely to lose $28,808 in federal emergency aid appropriations to help pave more county roads because plans cannot be submitted by the end of May. . Adams county received word some time ago that $13,196 would be granted in emergency aid under the 1958 federal highway act. Just recently Wabash county requested a waiver in favor of Adams county so that Adams could use the $15,612 allotted to that county. But there was a catch in the submitted by the end of May as entire program. Plans had to be it takes 2Ms months for the state to approve them. Contracts must be let by August 15. Each county must put up $1 for every $2 authorized by the federal government. Only counties who were prepared, and had, engineer's plans for blacktopping roads and improving bridges, will be able to use the funds, It was learned. Not enough time remains for ane ngineer to draw up plans. The money not used by the counties will revert to the state program for the improvement of state roads. Nine-Year-Old Boy Is Killed By Auto LAPORTE — (ffl — Charle William Solmos, 9, Pinhook, was killed late Tuesday when he ran from behind a pickup truck into the path of a par on U. S. 2 in his little home town eight miles southwest of here. State police said the driver was Leon S. Nageray, 27, LaPorte.

Stassen Given Sound Setback In GOP Vote Organization Slates Os Both Parties Win Nomination Tuesday PITTSBURGH (W — Pennsylvania Republicans scuttled Harold E. Stassen’s gubernatorial bid in Tuesday’s primary and told political newcomer Arthur T. McGonigle to fight it out with Democratic Mayor David L. Lawrence of Pittsburgh for the Executive Mansion. The organization slates of both parties rolled to smashing victories in a comparatively light turnout of citizens. Stassen and 13 other independent candidates, for statewide offices were swept aside by decisions of less than half the 2,718.179 registered Republicans or the 2,451,414 eligible Democrats. The ability of party organizations to get out the “regular” vote also resulted in easy triumphs for Democratic Gcv. George M., Leader and veteran Republican ’ Cong. Hugh D. Scott Jr. for their party nominations for the U. S. Senate, paving the way for their battle in November for the seat of retiring ’Re*™ r publican Sen. Edward Martin. ) , HeM Special Election 1 The only special election in 1 Tuesday’s voting gave Philadelphia its first Negro congresman. ! Attorney Robert C. Nix, a Democrat, defeated Republican Cecil ‘ B. Moore for the unexpired term i of Earl Chudoff, now a Philadelphia judge. Returns from 7,898 of the state’s 8,887 precincts gave: Governor: Republican, McGonigle, 511,896; Stassen, 287,946; William S. Livengood, 123,947; Harold J. Vaughn, 19,425. Democratic, Lawrence, 575,132; Roy E. Furman, 149,418; Edward P. Lavelle, 45,722. Returns from 7,938 precincts gave: U. S. Senate: Republican, Scott, 674,892; Weldon B. Heyburn, 139,082; Harrison A. Moyer, 85.814. Democratic, Leader, 569,125; Clarence P. Bowers, 201,354. The winners on both sides hailed the results as displays of confidence in the leadership of the parties, and called for an end to intra-party squabbles in order to close ranks against their opponents in the November general election. Predict. Fall Victory Leader and Lawrence saw the results as the prelude to victory for their party in the fall. The other running mates on the Lawrence - Leader and McGoni-gle-Scott tickets, for lieutenant governor and secretary of international affairs, coasted in with the tide. The independents in both camps never had a chance when the tally got underway. The organization teammates jumped into the lead and were never headed. Stassen, former Minnesota governor, gave the primary a national flavor when he quit as President Eisenhower’s disarmament advisor to enter the lists. But his uphill fight with a slate of running mates was not enough to combat the power of the state GOP organization which leveled a “carpetbagger” charge against him and contended he sought the governorship only to be in a key spot to rffake another presidential bid in 1960. Hillsboro Woman Is Killed In Accident CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (W — Miss Cletus Burk, 45. Hillsboro, was injured fatally Tuesday when her automobile and another driven by an optometrist’s wife collided head-on on the crest of a hill in Ind. 32 six miles west of here. Mrs. Bessie L. Haffner, 60, wife ofDr.C. O. Haffner of Crawfordsville, was injured critically and taken to Culver Hospital. Miss Burk died faere five hours after the accident.

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