Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 121.

■ Bk ■k i | THE BEV. VINCENT EHINGER, a native of Decatur, will celebrate his 50th anniversary Sunday with a special mass at 10:30 a. m. at the St. Mary's Catholic church. J—. — Rev. Ehinger, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. X. Ehinger of Decatur, left to begin his religious training 50 years ago. He is a member of the Order of Passionist Fathers, and has spent much of his Christian service as a missionary, working out of Order headquarters in Chicago, and covering most of the United States. During the second World War, Rev. Ehinger served as a chaplain with the aimed forces. « The solemn high mass at 10:30 will be preceded by a procession from the school to the church. The Fourth Degree Knights Cf Columbus will form a guard of honor for the procession. Servers will include a great-nephew, Robert A’Hearn, of Fort Wayne, and a first cousin, twice removed, David Ehinger, of Decatur. After mass, the Rosary society is in charge of a reception at the school until 2 p. m.

French Threat

Os Civil War Is Lessening Two-Fold Plan By Premier Pflimlin To Settle Crisis PARIS (UP)—The threat of civil war lessened today under a two-fold plan by Pemier Pierre Pflimlin to settle the French crisis - without bloodshed. He was reported 'increasingly confident 'of success. First, Pflimlin was moving cautiously to drive a wedge between the army generals in Algeria and the insurgent French colonists who still demand power for Gen- Charles de Gaulle. Second, he was prepar in g sweeping constitutional reforms at home to make it more difficult to overthrow French governments. The reforms also would throw a stumbling block into de Gaulle’s pajh to power. Officials here said they were not unduly disturbed by Gen. Raoul Salan’s public praise of de Gaulle in Algiers or his dramatic cry Wednesday night to a cheering crowd of young settlers: “We shall march together up the Champs Elysees.” The Pflimin government believed on the basis of its confidential reports torn Algiers that Salan, the French commander - inchief in Algeria, was playing a “double game’’ that would weaken de Gaulle. Seeks Peace Settlement They said he was working quietly behind the scenes for a peace settlement with Paris while making occasional inflammatory statements purely for the benefit of the more extremist settlers in Algeria. . The army was believed to have the Algerian situation firmly in hand, but Salan was said to fear rioting and bloodshed fom civilian hotheads in Algeria if they got wind of the deal now in the making with the Paris government—a deal that would mean scuttling De Gaulle, at least for the time being. The key to Pflimlin’s success was his secret negotiations with Salan who commands the 400,000 French troops in Algeria. He has backed Salan in public statements and kept in close touch with him by telephone. There also were reports in Paris that Pflimlin might accept a plan backed by Conservative-In-dependent Party leader Antoine Pinay to ask for help in settling the Paris-Algiers dispute without actually requesting De Gaulle’s retun to power. Contact Offered One report said Pinay broached the plan to President Rene Coty and Pflimlin when he met with them Wednesday' and had offered (Con’', aed on page five) 16 Pages

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER D» ADAMS COUNTY • •

Scout-o-Rama To Open Friday Night

The largest Scout-O-Rama demonstration ever put on’ by the Anthony Wayne council of Boy Scouts will open Friday at 7 p.m. in the Allen county war memorial coliseum at Fort Wayne. More than 8 5,000 Scouts, Cubs and Explorers from the nine northeastern counties of the Anthany Wayne council are preparing to move in equipment for the big Scouting exhibition which wiU continue Saturday from 2to 5 p. m. and 7to 9 p. m. It is estimated that some 3,000 boys, Scouting leaders -and parents invade the coliseum Thursday evening bringing carloads and truckloads of exhibit material. Once unloaded, the exhibition floor will become a beehive of activity as 150 exhibits take shape for the opening Friday evening. : Just about every phase of the Cubbing program for boys 8 to 10 years of age, the Scouting program for boys 11 to 13 years of age, and the Explorer program for boys 14 to 18 years of age will be demonstrated in the show by 'l4B units of the Anthony Wayne council who will participate in the giant exposition. A large delegation of Cubs and Scouts from Auburn will demonstrate cooking skills, clay modeling, nature study, metal tapping and etching. Angola Scouts and Cubs will exhibit types of wood by bark, models, and crafts. Scouts, Explorers and Cubs from Bluffton will show bee keeping, wood carving, animals and pets. Columbia City Scouts and Explorers will demonstrate communications, astronomy, traffic safety, tricks and puzzels. Berne Cubs will put on skits and stunts. Scouts from Huntington will demonstrate cooking skills and Cubs will show their knowledge of Indian lore. A Scout group from Kendallville will exhibit their skills in art. Decatur Scouts will demonstrate their firemanship ability. Scouts from Garrett will show fingerprinting techniques. Other towns and cities represented will be Butler, Dunkirk, Fremont, Geneva, Hamilton, Kimmell, La Otto, Laud, Liberty Center, Ligonier, Majenica, Markle, Orland, Pleasant Lake, Portland. Redkey, Roanoke, St. Joe, South Whitley, Spencerville, and Warren. Fork Wayne will be represented by 92 Scout, Explorer and Cub units. The displays and exhibits of Scout troops will include water safety and canoeing, first aid, journalism, wild life management, woodcrafts, astronomy, silk screen printing, chemistry and masonry. Explorers will feature soil and water conservation, railroading, sculpture, American citizenship and pottery. The local (Continued on page five ,

Living Costs Hit All-Time Peak In April i Record-High Food Prices Push Living Costs To New High WASHINGTON (UP) — The Labor Department reported today that record-high food prices pushed living costs to a new all-time peak in April. The department said substantial price increases for foits, vegetables, meats, poultry and fish sent the index up two-tenths of a per cent last month. The April index rose to 123.5 of average 1947-49 prices. This was 3-5 per cent higher than a year ago. There was some good news for housewives, however. Ewan Clague, commissioner of labor statistics, said the big increases are over and overall living costs were “peaking out.” May “Creep” Higher The department said some foods —bananas, green beans, tomatoes and onions—declined sharply in May. Clague said prices may creep up further during the summer but that August is the most logical month for a drop. The government’s cost-of-living index has gone up in 18 of the past 20 months. It was unchanged in the other two months. It last showed a decline in August, 1956. About 500,000 workers will get wage increases as a result of payescalation ilauses in labor iontracts. About 250,000 workers in farm implements, auto and auto parks firms will receive two cents an hour- Another 180,000 will get boosts of three cents an hour. Clague said he was not including the auto workers at the “Big Three” firms in the calculations, even though they have cost-of-living clauses in the contracts, since their contracts expire and it is doubtful if they will receive the June increases. Car Prices Off Clague said some pieies declined in April New ctar jprices fell seven-tenths of a per cent. Gasoline prices dropped more than 1 per cent to the lowest levl in 16 months. Post-Easter ilearance sales reduced prices of women’s coats, suits and rayon dresses. But mens slacks, suits, and shoe went up. In the food category, orange, apples and grapefruit rose sharp- * (Continued on page five) Circus Ticket Sales “ Open Here Saturday Two Performances By Circus Here June 7 The Mills Brothers circus will appear at Hanna-Nuttman Park Saturday, June 7, with two performances scheduled at 2 and 8 p. m. Tickets may be obtained starting Saturday at a special reduced price from store members of the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce. The purchase of tickets ahead of time will result in more money remaining in Decatur. Profits from the advanced sale will be used locally to improve the? retail promotion program. Adults will save approximately 40 cents a ticket by buying in advance. Children’s tickets will remain the same, but if purchased now, more of the proceeds will remain in Decatur. The circus is billed as "the world’s largest and greatest fund raising circus under canvas.” There are no gambling or obscene side shows, and it is the only show that does not give performances on Sunday. In 1958, Mills Brothers Circus is under new canvas, with a seating capacity of about 3,000. Os that 3,000, there will be only 600 reserved seats. The performance, new each year, is approximately two hours long for either matinee or evening, and features every conceiv(Contlnued <xn pgge five) Burial Rites Held For Kern Infant Graveside services were held at the Decatur cemetery this morning for Katharine 'Louise Kern, 22-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Kern, of St. Louis, who died Monday. Surviving in addition to the parents are a sister, Barbara Linn, at home; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Linn Kern, Fort Wayne, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill, Louisville, and the greatgrandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Kocher, of Decatur.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 22,1958.

House Passes Postal > i. . Rate Increase, Wage Boost For Employes

Orders Action For Preventing Air Collisions President Directs Action Speeded To Prevent Collisions WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower today ordered his Air Coordinating Committee to speed action to pevent military-civilian air collisions like those which have claimed 59 lives in the past month. The White House said the President directed Lt. Gen. E.R. Quesada, chairman of the group, to conduct a series of meetings to “accelerate air safety actions and to eliminate to the maximum degree possible mid-air collisions.” The meetings will start Friday. The President acted as both houses of Congress pushed inquiries into the problem of divided air control which permits military jets to cross civilian air lanes. Congress and the administration were spurred by another nearcollision of military and civilian planes. The new incident occurred Wednesday night. It involved an Air Force B-47 jet bomber and a Capital Airlines Viscount in the sameairlane where ap.-Air .National Guard jet trainer struck down another Viscount Tuesday. To Meet With Peston Eisenhower conferred with Quesada this morning and scheduled a meeting this afternoon with Rep. Prince H. Preston Jr. (DGa.), who is demanding prompt federal action to prevent further collisions. Preston is chairman of a House Commerce Appropriations subcommittee which Wednesday asked the Civil Aeronautics Ad((.ontlnuea on pise flvej * Two Leo Boys Drown In River Wednesday Five Drownings Are Reported In State By UNITED PRESS The season’s first rash of water accidents in Indiana claimed five lives in a period of about 24 hours ending Wednesday night. Two 15-year-old boys drowned while swimming in a river near Fort Wayne. A Terre Haute man drowned in a boat accident in the Wabash River. A Clarksville fisherman drowned in the Ohio River when he fell from a boat. A Bloojnington man drowned in a boat accident while fishing in: White River near Bedford. The victims were James Briley, 15, Leo; Martin M Fowler Jr., 15, Leo; Cal Ester, 55, Clarksville; Herschel Lake, 44, Bloomington, and Robert McCluskey, 39, Terre Haute. The Leo youths were swimming in the St. Joseph River near Grabill in full view of scores of sunbathers Wednesday afternoon when Briley called for help. Fowler swam to his aid and Briley pulled Fowler* under. * Ester fell from a boat while seining near Claksville early Wednesday night. McQuskey was operating a motorboat in the flood-swollen Wabash southwest of Terre Haute Wednesday night when the craft hit a snag and overturned. Robert Smith. 15, Terre Haute, who also was in the boat, was saved by his father who witnessed the accident from the bank of the stream. Witnesses said the motor on the boat struck McClusky on the head. Lake lost his life Tuesday night when a motorboat in which he and a companion were fishing was disabled after striking a pier His companion, Jack Emmons, 23, Bloomington, was saved by witnesses. BULLETIN LEONARDO, N. J. (W — An explosion rocked a Nike anti-aircraft missile base here today, state police reported. First reports said a Nike missile had exploded and "several” persons had been killed.

New Church Planned For Zion Lutheran Long-Range Plans For New Building The Zion Lutheran voters’ assembly took a first step forward toward a long term expansion program at a special meeting Wednesday night at the church. Following the recommendation of its planning commission, its trustees were authorized to purchase the Vernon Hill property at 217 N. Tenth St., as part,of an area on which to build anew church. Negotiations are underway also to acquire the other four properties which represent the north half of the block bounded by Tenth, Jackson and Eleventh streets. Robert Heller, local relator, representing the congregation, reports that each owner has been approached and has expressed a willingness to sell. The plan is a long term program and will take several years to complete. Future plans include construction of a new large church, probably facing Tenth St. Several month/ ago, the voters’ assembly had established a planning commission with instructions to study the congregation’s long term needs. The following men were elected to serve: Phil Sauer, Herman Krueckeberg, Arnold Ostermeyer, Norman Kruse, Louis Zwick, Norman Witte, and Louis Jacobs /This group studied the eon-; gregationTgrowth pattersn anS ph pulation trends in Decatur. It considered enlargement of the present church structure, and the advisability of relocation The congregation has two separate services each Sunday l and will soon need more space, both for worship and for Sunday school. Miss Norma Von Stroh, of Winfield, Kan., who is now completing her work at Concordia Teachers College at Seward. Neb., has accepted the position of third -grade teacher at the Zion Lutheran school. Miss Von Stroh was assigned to the local congregation by the board of assignments of the Lutheran church-Missouri synod late in April. Arnold Conrad presided at last night’s meeting and the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt led the opening and closing devotions.

Auto Workers State Minimum Position Union Retreats To Three Main Issues DETROIT (UP) - The United Auto Workers will sign a two-year contract with the auto industry’s Big Three in the next ten days if it can get improvements on three key issues—unemployment benefits, pensions and job transfer security. This was made clear Wednesday as UAW president Walter P. Reuther and ohter union leaders held an all-day closed meeting 'with seven clergymen on the ethical and moral standards of union demands. 'Die next step will be to put this minimum bargaining position before the union’s national bargaining councils for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler when they meet here Thursday. Some 600,000 production workers are involved in the bargaining. It is a giant step by the union away from its sizeable across-the-board demands and profit sharing goal. But the retreat to the three issues should put the union on solid bagaining ground. General Motors vice president Louis G. Seaton has already acknowledged improvements are due in unemployment benefits. An industry spokesman told United Press the companies would bargain on improvements in supplemental unemployment benefits (SUB), pensions and job rights. This would break the stalemate that has existed since contract negotiations started eight weeks ago. The UAW-General Motors contract expires ii\ only eight days, at midnight, May 29. But due to the long holiday weekend, bar(Conttoued on page Ove)

Lebanon Takes Protest Into U.N. Council Arab Interference la Present Crisis Alleged By Lebanon BEIRUT, Lebanon (UP)—Lebanon decided today to take its protest against alleged United Arab Republic interference in the present Lebanese crisis to the United Nations Security Council. The Lebanese Council of Ministers instructed Lebanon’s envoy to the U.N. to take the case of “(President Gamal Abdel) Nasser’s interference” to the Security Council. In New York, Karim M. Azkoul Lebanese delegate to the U.N., said he had an “information meeting” this morning with Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. He presented a copy of the Lebanese complaint filed with the Arab League and asked that it be circulated to all U.N. members. The council decided that Foreign Minister Ch arl es Malik should go to New York immediately to present Lebanon’s case. Today’s council meeting was presided over, by pro-W e st e r n President Camille Chamoun. ~ Jhq protest to the U.N. was made almost simultaneously with an announcement by police that one person was killed and four others wounded in the latest outbreak of violence today. The casualties occurred when a bomb exploded in Beirut's perfume market in the Moslem quarter of the city, the announcement said Three bombs exploded WdnsiContinued on page five) Barbara Kalver Is Scholarship Winner PTA Scholarship To - Decatur Graduate Miss Barbara Joan Kalver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kalver, has been named 1958 recipient of the Lincoln school PTA scholarship, Mrs. James Burk, scholarship committee chairman, announced today. The scholarship is granted annually to a Decatur graduate who has high grades in high school and who enrolls in a college course leading to a degree as an elementary teacher. Miss Kalver plans to enter Illinois University this fall to take a course in elementary teaching. This is the 11th year that the Lincoln school PTA has sponsored the scholarship, Mrs. Burk stated. The program started in 1948, and Elizabeth Hersh was the first recipient. Others have been Robert Doan, Nancy Callow, Carol Alger, •Japet Everhart, Carol Elzey, Carol Bowman, Anita Smith, Janet Lane, Judy Locke, Sara Brunnegraff, Sue Petrie, Marilyn Jeffries, and Sharon Michaud. The scholarship must be applied for on an annual basis. Committee members include the chairman, Mrs. Burk; Mrs. John DeVoss, Mrs. Robert Yost, and W. Guy Brown. Siegrist Funeral Friday Morning ” ... / A solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic church for Stephen A. Siegrist, who died Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. Urban Siegrist, C. PP. S., of Rensselaer, will be the celebrant of the mass, with the ~ Rev. Robert Traub, of Bluffton, deacon, and the Rev. Robert Jaeger as sub-deacon. “ Pallbearers will be Dale Morrissey, Robert Rumschlag, Victor Ulman, Edward Heimann, Ralph Loshe and G. Remy Bierly. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the Gillig & Doan funeral home until time of the services.,

U.S. Ships Arms To Indonesia Loyalists , U.S.-Jndonesian Relations Better JAKARTA (UP)—The announcement that the United States has okayed arms shipments to Indonesia’s loyalists heightened prospects today of a “new understanding" between the two countries after weeks of coolness. The word that Washington has granted export licenses for arms consigned to Jakarta coincided with the conclusion here of an agreement for the Indonesian purchase of $5,500,000 woth of U.S. rice. Foreign Minister Subandrio said the rice pact, coming on the heels of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles* “Hands Off Indonesia” statement, indicates that U.SIndonesian delations are ing“After several weeks of exchanges of statements whch did not necessarily reflect similar and common attitudes, the signing of this agreement might be the start of a new understanding between the two countries,’' Subandrio told U.S. Ambass ado Howard P. Jones. “There might be some people here who are dissatisfied (with Dulles* statement). But we insiders who know how Dulles thinks and how the state department is set up realize that U.S.-Indonesian relations are improving.” ‘' -MemaWhite,’-- it -appeared that loyalist forces on Celebes Island, riding high on a wave of military successes, are pressing for a quick end to the Indonesian revolt. The government now holds all of Sumatra's major communities, but travelers retorning from the big island say the rebel guerrillas are staging nightly raids on loyalist positionsBurns Prove Fatal ToEvansville Man EVANSVILLE — (IP) Darrell B. Kimmel, 33, an Evansville electri-, cian, died Wednesday in Deaconess Hospital from burns sustained Sunday in an accident at a Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. Substation. Kimel brushed against a power line while climbipg a ladder. Three-Year-Old Boy Is Bitten By Dog Roop Boy Is Bitten On Arm Wednesday Three-year-old Richard Roop, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Roop of 227 Park Place, was bitten on the upper left arm Wednesday afternoon while playing in his yard. This was the fifth report of a dogbite incident this spring. City police have the dog under surveillance for ten days. If the dog appears sick in that period he will be destroyed and his head submitted for rabies examination. The boy was playing in the yard with other children discharging cap 'pistols when the accident occurred. His physician has given him a shot for tetanus infection. Mayor Robert D. Cole again warned dog owners that their animals should be kept at home during the early summer months. At least one animal has died of rabies this spring in the Decatur area, and a possible epidemic could result if dogs are allowed to roam at large. Every effort is being made by the city to kill rats and mice at the city dump in an attempt to prevent the spread of rabies. Rabies in dogs and other animals can result in the dread disease, hydrophobia, in man. Shots can be given, but they are continued for 14 days and are very painful. If no shots are given, death is a certainty. For this reason, dogs arid other pets should- be kept from the streets. Dogs allowed to roam at will are in danger of being bitten by other rabid animals, and would then spread the disease.

BoostsCostOf Mailing Letter To Four Cents Increase Largest In U. S. History; Urges Ike To Sign WASHINGTON IW) — The House overwhelmingly approved and sent to the White House today a 547-million-dollar postage rate increase that would boost the cost of mailing a letter from three to four cents. The increase — biggest mail boost in history—was part of a compromise package bill that includes pay raises of 265 million dollars annually for about half a million postal employes. President Eisenhower was reported yielding in his objections to the pay hike, which exceeds considerably the flat 6 per cent he recommended. The bill contains permanent raises of 714 per cent for postal employes, plus three-year cost-of-living boosts amounting to 2'4 per cent for most workers and 114 per cent for those in higher salary grades. All are retroactive to last Jan. 1. Hie Hou'se vote was 379-0. The bill swept through the Senate Wed'nesday dr vbt& Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield was reported urging the President to sign the measure into law even though the pay hikes were well above the levels which the administration had agreed to accept. ' Besides increasing the rate on first class letters, the bill would raise air mail stamps from six to seven cents and boost second and third class rates on newspapers, rpggadne? and, advertising matter.. Strikers Picketing Churubusco Factory Workers On Strike At J. I. Case Plant CHURUBUSCO, Ind. (UP) — Pictet lines were thrown up around the J- I. Case plant late Wednesday when company and union representatives failed to reach an agreement on a new contract. Ray Priest, president of Local 1236 of the United Auto Workers Union, said about 20 employes walked off the job Wednesday afternoon and another 40 followed about an hour later. He said 150 workers remained on the job. Negotiations on a new contract were stated in mid-January, but they broke down in recent weeks. The old contract expired Feb. 21. Terry Clark, Industrial relations manager for Case, said the firm recently completed contract negotiations for its plants at Racine, Wis.; Rockford and Rock Island, Ill.; ahd Bettendorf and Burlington, lowa. He said 30 negotiation sessions had been held with the union since January. Clak said the company has offered the workers wage increases ranging from 6 to 30 cents an hour, depending on the type of work. Priest said the disagreement “involved the entire contract ” Sore points were believed to be the company’s incentive plan and (Continued ou page two) INDIANA WEATHER Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, turning much cooler north portion with northerly winds 20 to 30 miles per hour, occasionally higher. * Clearing and much cooler tonight. Friday fair and cool. Low tonight 40 to 46 north, 46 to 52 south. High Friday mostly in the 60s north and the low 70s south. Sunset today 7:59 p.m. Sunrise Friday 5:25 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Fair and continued cool. Low Friday night 42 to 52. High Saturday low 60s north to the low 70s south.

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