Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 122, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 122.

W.’ Saffig W Er W S • REPORTS BRUSH WITH JET— -Capt. Jesse S. Bradford Jr., of Capital Air Lines, looks at a photo of last Tuesday’s tragic AirlinerJet crash on arriving in Baltimore after reporting a brush with a jet bomber as his plane passed over Findlay, Ohio. Bradford reported to the Cleveland airport that a jet-bomber came within 500 feet of his craft. I

Labor Measure Near Drafting Stage Today Senate Committee Ends Hearings On Proposed Reforms By UNITED PRESS Labor legislation neared the drafting stage today. Sen. Irving M Ives (R-N.Y.I predicted that a moderate reform measure would go before the Senr“* afe r< hof Tatef ‘than June W”‘ elusion of hearings by the Senate Labor subcommittee of which he is senior Republican member. ■ The New York senator said he thought the subcommittee would write a bill striking a balance between administration proposals and recommendations by AFLCIO President George Meany. He said it may contain .more restrictions on picketing and union trusteeships than Meany would like. But he added that administration proposals for mandatory • secret *l>alloting ih'uhiori elections and curbs on secondary boycotts may be diluted. The last witness was Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell, who said the nation demands broad union reforms. Mitchell, however, opposed proposals by Sens. John L. McClellan (D-Ark ) and William F. Knowland (R-Calif.) for compulsory 30-day pre-strike waiting periods. Other congressional news: Missiles: Dewey Short, assistant armyr secretary, told the House Armed Services Committee that recovery of the nose cone of a Jupiter rocket fired Sunday was "the greatest breakthrough’’ yet in missile development. He said the achievement was “more significant than all your Sputniks and F- all your Explorers put together.” " Military Aid: President Eisenhower told Congress in his semiannual report on the mutual security program that the United States supplied its allies with 17 billion dollars worth of military aid from 1950 through 1957. He said two-thirds of the aid went to Europe, one-fifth to the Far East, and the rest to Latin America, Africa, the Near East and South Asia. Pay Raise: Chairman Tom Murray (D-Tenn.) of the House Civil Service Committee said he hopes to win House approval in two weeks for a 535-million-dollar pay raise for the government’s white collar workers- He said the House Rules Committee was promised to consider the pay bill next week. Air Safety: Chairman James R. Durfee of the Civil Aeronautics (Continued on Page eight) Spring Tax Collection Is Highest On Record A total of $1,037, 191.83 was collected in taxes in the spring setlement, county treasurer Waldo Neal reported today. This compares with $922,260.53 collected last year, and includes some delinquent taxes from the past year. This figure for the spring taxes is the highest ever paid in Adams county. ’’ Approximately $30,000 in delinquent taxes was paid as of March 1. The amount to be collected for the full year totals $1,932,512.70. A total of $178,324.68 was collected on the last day. The Decatur Itoqt township totaled $65,017.89, Dechtur-Washington totaled S2BB, 180.73.

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Graduate Exercises Held Last Evening Annual Exercises Are Held At School “Real greatness depends on the extent to which you cling to the ideals of youth,” Dr. George E. Davis, director of adult education at Purdue university, told 68 graduates, at the 77th Decatur high school commencement program last night. Dr. Davis stated that the graduates were filled with the ideals common to youth, but only those who stuck with their ideals through the hard times in their lives that As examplea Qf men who stuck to their ideals and attained tha* greatness. Dr. Davis cited the lives of George Washington Carver, Albert Schweitzer, Billy Graham, and Lawrence Jones of the Piney Woods school. Davis also used the life of Abraham Lincoln and the ideals instilled in him by his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, as an other example. Dr. Davis injected several anecdotes irtto his - quoted several pieces of verse. He is one of the outstanding interpreters of Riley poetry in particular, and a student of all verse. - James Baumgartner, class president. and Miss Charlotte Vera, class sponsor, led the processional as the 68 seniors filed into the Decatur high school gymnasium. / big crowd, completely filling both the seats on the gym floor and th' bleacher seats, was on hand tr watch the class of ’SB bid farewell to their high school days. W. Guv Brown, superintendent dt schools, introduced the speaker ♦o the audience; Miss Charlotte Vera was sponsor of the senio’class, whose officers were James Baumcartner, president: Jan Kenneth Eliasson. vice president; JoAnn Jones, secretary; Judith Ann Carnenter, treasurer. On the stage was a basket of Howers in memory of Tom Strickler. son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Strickler, who would have graduated with the class of 1958. Hugh J. Andrews, principal of Decatur high school, presented the graduating class. Dr. James M Burk, oresident of the Decatur school board, presented the diplomas to the graduates. The program was introduced with the processional, “Porno and Circumstance” bv Elgar, followed with the invocation by the Rev. Lawrence T. Norris, minister of Union Chapel E.U.B. church. The high school choir, accompanied bv Eleanor Miller, then presented “I Believe” bv StillmanAdes. and "American Panorama” bv Ralph E. Williams. The benediction was given bv the Rev. Harold J. Bond, minister of the First Presbyterian church. The recessional was “D.H.S.” Choir selections were in charge of Miss Helen Haubold. supervisor of music, Decatur public schools. Following graduation, a semiformal dance was held at the school for the graduates and their guests until midnight. At that time ♦he seniors wen* the guests of the sororities of Decatur for a mldrUnM <snnnk at the Decatur community center. After the luncheon, the class enjoyed the movie, "The Brothers Kornmamv” at the Adorns theater as the guests of Roy Kalver. The Cols and Wais Square Dance club, with Max Keeps calling the dances, (Continued on Pare eiirht)

Open Probe Os Explosion Os Nike Missiles Between Seven And Ten Persons Killed In New Jersey Blast LEONARDO, N.J. (UP) — A crack team of Army inspectors opened an investigation Friday into the explosion of eight supersonic Nike Ajax missiles that killed between seven and 10 persons and injured three others at a “safe as a gas station” Nike base near here. .Investigators from the Army Safety Inspector’s Office in Washington rushed to the Chapel Hill Nike Base two miles from here Thursday after it was devastated by an explosion of Nike-Ajax silesThe disaster came only three days after Army inspectors hack rated the installation “superior” in overall safety. And the explosion coincided with an Army announcement it was rearming nine New Jersey anti-aircraft bases with deadlier Hercules missiles in place of the Nike-Ajax types. The Hercules can carry a nuclear warhead. The Nike-Ajax cannot. The disaster set aft a wave of bitter indignation among municipal officials in the area, who charged they had been assured by military officials that the missile base posed no threap to the civilian population. At least seven men were killed in the thunderous explosion, -according to Brig. Gen. Charles FDuff, commander of the 52nd An-ti-aircraft Brigade at Fort Wadsworth, N.Y. Three were missing and feared blown to bits. Three men were injured, one seriously. Army pathologists were called in to try to identify the dead. All the casualties, including civilians and soldiers, were on the base. Damage to the base, about the size of a baseball field, was estimated unofficially at $150,000. -■No one was: reported injured off the ' edge of New York by. . . The explosions, which came in rapid succession about 1:30 p.me.d.t, caused deep resentment among municipal officials of the Mayor Frank F. Blaisdell of Middletown Township said he doubted that the Army wduld move the missile base despite the explosions. The explosions sent chunks oi missiles flying several miles through the air, landing in yards, fields and forests. Windows were shattered, foundations were cracked and houses trembled as though they were being shaken by an earthquake. The blasts knocked down one woman a mile and a half from the scene. Circus Tickets On Sale Here Saturday Reduced Prices On Tickets For Circus Tickets at special reduced prices for the Mills Brothers circus to appear here June 7 go on sale Saturday at store members for the Chamber of Commerce. The tickets may be used either for the afternoon or the evening performance, and if purchased ahead of time will save an adult 40 cents per person. Tickets for the children will remain the same. „ L , Dave Moore, retail chairman for the Chamber of Commerce, has seen the circus and stated that everyone, both young and old, that--attends will have an enjoyable time. The purchase of tickets ahead of time will result in more money remaining in Decatur. Profits from the advanced sale will be used for the promotion of Decatur, and for the industrial site located on 13th street. Only 600 seats will be reserved of the 3,000 that will be available for the performances. The circus is new each year, and each performance is approximately two hours in length. Clowns, elephants, acrobats, aerialists, and animals of all kinds, are just a few of the thrills and spectaculars to be featured at the park June 7. All three rings will Operate at the same time, except when specialty numbers will be featured. Breakin Attempted At Local Law Office An attempted breakin was teported to the sheriffs department this morning by Robert Smith, at the law office of Custer and Smith. During the night, someone tried prying the lock oft the door and broke a key or object in the lock in an attempt to enter the office.

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Algiers Army Rebels Challenge French To Overthrow Republic

Restrictions On Jet Planes Are I Ordered By Ike Eisenhower Issues Order To Halt Rash Os Air Collisions WASHINGTON (UP) — Flight restrictions on military jet planes ordered by President Eisenhower to halt the rash of air collisions and near misses raised the posi sibiity Friday that some military flights may be curtailed temporarily. Civil Aeronautic Administrator James T Pyle hinted at the possibility. He told the United Press the CAA might not be able to handle all the flight plans military planes would be required to file under the President’s order. But he said that if such were the case, “They just won’t fly.” The Air Force refused immediate comment on a query whether the new orders would affect Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombers. The Air Foce said it was studying the President’s order. Eisenhower late Thursday issued immediate orders putting sonw mjlitery.,tyghta fan .control, ana tightening night ' ; frictions <« : Lt. Gen Elwood R. QuesadtL chairman of the President’s Ah’ Coordinating Committee, scheduled a meeting of the committee Friday to take up the safety orders. Quesada said a start could be made on putting the new regulations into effect within a few days but that technical problems would prevent them all from being completely carried out for some time. The Senate Aviation Subcommittee, meantime, continued its probe of the air safety problem, scheduling testimony from a string of witnesses Friday Subcommittee Chairman A- S. Mike Monronev (D-Okla.) disclosed that

33 senators have joined him in sponsoring a bill to put all air traffic under one big civilian control agency. An identical bill is under study in the house. Menaces Still Exist Aviation experts pointed out the President’s orders did not iCui.t.uued on Pure eight) Glen Rekeweg Wins Tri Kappa's Award Scholarship Grant To Decatur Senior It has been announced that the 1958 Tri Kappa scholarship award of SIOO was won by Glen Rekeweg. a senior at Decatur high school and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rekeweg of 1303 Master drive Glen plans to attend Purdue this fall and the scholarship award will be applied on his tuition. The award has been given annually since 1950 by the sorority to a student from one of the Decatur high schools who receives the highest grade on a special exam given. To be eligible, a student must be in the upper one third of his class. Winners in the past are Miss Phyllis Kohler, Palmer Johnson, Tom Cole, David Uhrick, Ralph Thomas, and Ted Schrock from Decatur high, and Miss Margaret Schmidt and Mike Kohne from Decatur Catholic. This spring the exam was given to 14 seniors from the two schools. INDIANA WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Saturday. Cooler extreme south tonight. Warmer over state Saturday. Low tonight 38 to 46 northeast, 46 to 54 southwest. High Saturday in the 70s. Sunset today 7:59 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 5:25 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Cloudy and turning cooler with scattered showers late Saturday night and Sunday. Low Saturday night around 50. High Sunday in the 70s.

Jury Deliberating Starkweather Fate Mass Killer's Fate In Hands Os Jurors LINCOLN, Neb. (ffl — A jury of eight women and four men, moved by an emotion-packed defense plea, deliberated Friday on Whether to put mass killer Charles Starkweather behind bars for life —or send him to the electric chair.* The jurors retired Thursday night without reaching a verdict, raising defense hopes they would spare the life Os the 19-year-old garbage hauler who admitted involvement in 11 killings. The case went to the jury late Thursday after closing arguments by the prosecution and defense and instructions by District Judge Harry A. Spencer. The jury deliberated about four hours, with time out for dinner, before retiring in a downtown hotel. • Defense attorney William Matschullat predicted the jury's inabiltiy to reach a quick decision would mean a guilty verdict with life imprisonment rather than the death penalty. The jury and a packed courtroom sat hushed and horrified as chief defense lawyer T. Clement .Gapghai) ..painted-,- 4 ... wvid .jKQjd .picture, of., .the., deathheuse.. . preparations ter electrocution and “the smell of burning human ’flesh.” ’ ' He told the jurors he would take them to the state penitentiary and “show you this boy (Starkweather) with pants slit up the leg, the hair ■ shaved from the leg, the arms bare.” The tearful plea brought a reaction from Starkweather who, during a recess, leaned over to Gaughan and asked: are you trying to do — scare me?” County attorney Elmer Scheels pressed for the death penalty, and termed Gaughan’s plea “the most clever appeal I have ever her rd in a courtroom in my experience.”

Miss Jane Wass Is Top Senior Scholar Scholastic Leader Os Graduate Class ~r Miss Jane Wass, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Wass of route 2, Monroeville, was the top scholar in the senior class at Decatur high school, Hugh J. Andrews, principal, announced today. Miss Wass attended grade school in Union township, where she lives , with her parents. During her high school career, she received only : A’s and B’s. At the present time she plans to attend technical training courses at Parkview memorial ' hospital in Fort Wayne. Second place scholarship honors ‘ in the senior class went to Miss Barbara Kalver, daughter of Mr. ’ and Mrs. Roy Kalver of Decatur. ' Miss Kalver has received all A’s and B’s in her entire school career, having come to Decatur high school from Lincoln school. She received the Lincoln school PTA scholarship, and in addition won a scholarship to Indiana university based on her record of school achievement, in expectation of continued academic success, and on the recommendation of the principal and faculty of Decatur high sehool. At the present time she is planning to attend Illinois University. * Miss Jean Wass, a sister of top scholar Jane Wass, won third place honors. She will also train at Parkview Memorial hospital in a technical field. Glen Rekeweg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rekeweg of 1303 Master Drive, won the Tri Kappa scholarship, and also a scholarship to Purdue university. The latter is granted for the freshman year, and may be renewed for additional semesters if high grades are maintained. Miss Emily Swearingen, daugh(Contlnued on page eight) I * .

Unidentified Sub Attacked By Argentina Submarine Thought Sunk Or Damaged By Argentine Vessels BUENOS AIRES (IP) — President Arturo Frondizi told a press conference today that the Argentine navy attacked an unidentified submarine off the Patagonian coast on May 21. Frondizi, said the submarine was believed sunk or damaged. The president said a squadron of Argentine warships sighted a submarine northwest of Pureto Cracker in the Golto Nuevo Gulf on May 21. After fruitless attempts at recognition signals, four depth charge attacks were made. He added that the warships searched the vicinity without finding the submarine, which was. believed to have been sunk or damaged. The U. S. Navy Department in Washington said “no American submarines” are missing in South American waters or elsewhere. ' British" in -to dmf' ” -6t>had been operating in the area at the time of We attack. ’ Western naval sources in London speculated that the unidentified submarine reported by Frondizi may have been from behind the Iron Curtain. Soviet submarines are known to be operating in Western hemisphere waters. .Red China, Poland and East Germany also number submarines in their small fleets. Frondizi called an emergency press conference -to announce “most important” news. “The navy minister just informed me of a naval action which - occurred,” he said, “and after ■ consultation with the ministers of ’ the three armed forces, I decided in my role as commander in

Ifct MM a a aMaaM M* **■ Chief to inform newsmen of some details.” "As you know, three cruisers— Nueve de Julio, General Belgrona and Argentina—and four destroy(Contlnued on page three) Service Clubs Hear Ford School’s Dean John Heflin Speaks Here Last Evening John Heflin, dean of the Ford merchandising school at Detroit, Mich., was the guest speaker at the joint meeting of the Lions and Rotary clubs Thursday evening at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Robert Smith, Rotary president, presided and Harry Sehwartz, of the Lions club, was chairman of the program. Heflin told the service club members that the nation’s economy is fundamentally sound, and that an optimistic attitude could speed the business upturn. The speaker, a graduate of West Virginia University, has been dean of the Ford school since 1947. He told his listeners, “Coming from Detroit, which has been harder hit by the recession than any other city, and representing an industry which is off about 30 per cent in production, I still feel that our economic upturn has already begun. Tight money, inventory cutbacks, and Russian sputniks all have had a negative effect on our economy.” Heflin urged a three-step program to speed improvement, rather than wait for its gradual but certain return. He suggested straight thinking, a vigorous “buy now” .Campaign, and improvement in merchandising techniques. In closing, he said, “success should never be taken for granted and selling can still be a creative job. Employe and customer habit long tends to resist change but , a positive, vigorous selling program will tend to speed our recovery."

Storms, Hail Hit Stale's Midsection Temperature Drops To Near Freezing By UNITED PRESS A band of thunderstorms with strong winds and hail swept across Indiana's midsection ThurscW and tumbled temperatures fro® the 80s to near feezing. Only a few hours after the mercury hit 88 Thursday afternoctp at Evansville and 82 at Indianapolis, it plunged to 34 at Goshen, 35 at South Bend and 38 at Fort Wayne early today. The wave of storms hit the state in the early afternoon, striking such areas as Richmond, Noblesville, Wabash and Kokomo. At Wabash, power lines and telephone lines were put out of service. Fallen trees blocked streets and roads. Kokomo had some hail and several homes and buildings were damaged by lightning bolts. Hail hit Noblesville, wind caused damage in southern Fulton County near Rochester, and , Mrs. Carl Jones, 45, was shocked and hospitalized sft Hartford City when lightning struck her home. The rain hit heaviest at Richmond, where 1.52 inches were recorded, at Lafaytte, which had .91 of an inch, and at Indianapolis, where .86 was recorded. Other measurements included .71 at ‘ Bluffton, .43 at Fort Wayne. South ' Bend and Evansville in the state's extremes had scarcely a measurable amount- v Temperatures were in the high 60s and low 70s in the state’s north portion Thursday as the cool air bathed upstate areas be--1 fore it took over in the south. ’ Lows during the night included 46 1 at Indianapolis and 54 at Evansville. The weatherman expected highs ' today ranging from the low 60s ! north to the low 70s south, lows tonight ranging from 45 to 50, and ■ highs Saturday from 72 to 74. 1 Fair skies were expected until r Sunday when the slight warmup f recorded Saturday will give way i to cloudy and cooler with scata tered showers.

The five-day outlook called for a continuation of the cooler trend as far as average temperatures are concerned, but considerable variation from day to day. Temperatures will average about three degrees below normal highs of 72 to 81 and normal lows of 51 to 62, with warmer Saturday followed by cooler Sunday and Monday and warmer again Tuesday and Wednesday, . Precipitation will average around one-half inch in a few scattered showers Saturday night or Sunday and more general showers Tuesday or Wednesday. -. ' 1 — r Industrial Payroll Decreases In City Employment Figure Virtually Unchanged Industrial payroll decreased $41,629 in April over the month of March, while employment increased one person, Fred E. Kolter, executive secretary for the Chamber of Commerce, announced today. Employment was 1,457 with seven industries reporting in April of this year, an increase of one worker over the last month, but 12 fewer than a year ago. There was an increase of 68 electric meters in the past year, and , one this past month, to the present . figure of 3,976. Water meters also < increased by 40 in the past year to : 2,553, one more than in the prev- ' ious month. , 1 Gas meters increased by one over the figures of 2,345, but still ; remains seven less than a year ago. Telephones increased 28 over the March figure, and 55 over a ; year ago. There are now 6,216 telephones in the Decatur area, in- ■ eluding the rural. Direct poor relief in Washington township decreased seven cases , over the month of March and has increased nine over the past year. ’ A year ago 18 persons were on relief, while this March there were (Continued on pace eight)

Urge DeGaulle Be Restored To French Power Defiant Challenge Is Hurled By Rebels At French Government PARIS <UP) — The Algiers army rebels called on the French nation today to overthrow the Fourth Republic and sweep Gen. Charles de Gaulle to power. The challenge from the army Z generals and their revolutionary “committees of public safety” for all of Algeria was one of the most defiant challenges ever flung at a French government. It came shortly after defiant generals, Moslems and French - colonials met in a government 1 building in Algiers and publicly proclaimed their all-AJgerian committee. Premier x-lerre Pfimlin still was struggling to reach a “peace” settlement with the Algiers insurgents but a rapid series of events made this plainly impossible. Pledge Continued Fight The rebels: —Proclaimed the new committee is the "repository of the popular sovereignty” —Appealed to all Frenchrfien tn i France to set up their own revo- . lutionary public safety committees in defiance of the govemi ment. —Said they would fight until a government headed by de Gaulle is set up in Paris. Gen. Raoul Salan, the defiant ’ French commander in chief in Algeria, presided today over the opening session of today’s fateful s meeting in Algiers. It was the s most active part he has taken yet ' iff the committees. 1 Perhaps even more important, the insurgents elected firebrand paratroop Gen. Jacques Massu as 3 co-president of the Algerian com1 mittee with Moslem leader Sid r Cara. Massu has been the most niitcnnkpn Ipndor nf thn rphllinn \

ouispoKen leaner or me reoiuon and formed the first anti-govern-mn committee. Postpones Debte on Reform The government in Paris had no immediate comment on the latest development in Algiers. But the National Assembly suddenly postponed until next week examination of a sweeping constitutional reform bill designed to give the government vastly increased executive powers. The Assembly was to have voted on a resolution this aft’ernoon, accepting the idea of constitutional reform in principle, and to have begun debate on the bill itself next Tuesday. In an apparent counter-move to the Algerian "public safety committees,” the -middle-line parties announced they had decided to set up their own “Committee for National Action and Defense of the Republic ” Parties participating were the Socialists, Catholic Popular Republicans (MRP), Radical Socialists, Resistance Union (UDSR), and two small African splinter groups. Raises Prospect of Riots The Algiers challenge appeared to knock the props out from under Pflimlins repeatedly proclaimed hopes of a face-saving compromise. But more ominous was the fact that Salan took such an active part in the meeting; he controls France’s 400,000 troops in Algeria. Once again the prospect of riots and disorder was raised in France strengthening de Gaulle s chances of gaining power—and strengthening the chances of a bloody counter-move led by the Communists. The insurrection of" Gaullist army generals in Algeria was rapidly getting out of control and again the threat of bloodshed was rising in France. Relations with Tunisia reached the crisis stage again and there was trouble with Morocco. The anti-Paris group in Algeria formed a country-wide committee of public safety Friday dedicated to putting de Gaulle at the French helm and to ousting the Pfimlin government. The Gaullists warned that the only alternative (Conttouod on elgbt) • A

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