Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 132.

<3® KjkM&jj WELCOME GERMAN PRESIDENT— As the first German head of State to visit the United States, President Theodore Heuss (right) is made welcome at Washington by President Eisenhower and sn/»reta , *v of State John Foster Dulles. The German President, who arrived from Canada will spend three days in Washington ou an otucud state visit.

Berne Mayor's Father Killed In Auto Crash

Ernest Balsiger, 81, of near Berne, father of the Berne mayor, died Wednesday evening at’about 7:25 in the Adams county memorial hospital after sustaining injuries of a punctured lung and chest in a two-car collision at 4:50 p.m., three miles north and three miles west of Berne in French township by the old Smith schoolhouse. Admitted also to the A(J»ms county memorial hospital was Gerhardt Lehman, 56, of Berne, son-in-law of Mr. Balsiger. driver of the car in which Mr. Balsiger was riding. His injuries were multiple fractures of the chest, a slight concussion, and abrasions on the arms, head and body. His condition was listed as serious Wednesday evening, and was reported slightly improved this afternoon. Receiving scratches in the accident but not hospitalized was Tillman W. Beei, 55, of near Monroe. The accident occurred at 4:50 p.m., at the intersection of county roads 16 and 37. The car driven bv Lehman was headed south on 37 when it collided with the car in which Beer was the passenger, which was driven by Cruz Mendoza, 63, of near Berne, and which was eastbound on county road 16. This fatality marks the third traffic death in Adams county for 1958. The first occurred March 11. when 14-year-old Rebecca Schwartz was killed when she walked into the dual wheels of a semi-truck on road 27 near Geneva. April 19. Howard Beitler, 31, was fatally injured when his car collided with a road grader at the intersection of state road 27 and Winchester street extended, south of Decatur. State trooper Gene Rash, deputy sheriff Charles Arnold, and county coroner Elmer Winteregg, who continued the investigation, reported that the front of the Mendoza car collided with the right side of the Lehman vehicle. The Lehman car overturned on the left side, with the driver pinned under the vehicle. The Mendoza car spun about from the impact and was facing west when it stopped. The car came to rest in the fiels of Mrs. John Mcßride. Officials investigating the accident reported that the intersection is not guarded by traffic signs. Born in Bern, Switzerland, November 1, 1876, the son of Christian and Marie Christener-Balsig-er, Mr. Balsiger moved to the United States when he was 13. He was married to the former Miss Bertha Moser, who died in 1948. After living for several years in Ohio, he moved to French township, where he farmed for 50 years. After retirement, he moved to Berne. He was a member of the West Missionary church, west of Berne. Surviving are three sons, Forrest, Berne mayor, Roy, of near Berne, and Jess, of near Geneva: three daughters, Mrs. Lehman, Mrs. Elmer Moser, of near Berne, and Mrs. Woodrow Reynolds of Berne; one brother, Albert, of Forest, O.; one sister, Mrs. Mary Soldner, of Berne; 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. The body was taken to the Yager funeral home, where friends may call after 7:30 p.m. today. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the West Missionary church, the Rev. Robert Magary officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. 16 Pages

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Gen. De Gaulle Is Welcomed By Algerians Campaign Os Peace Carried To Ageria By French Premier CONSTANTINE, Algeria (UPI) —Gen. Charles de Gaulle carried his Fretich-Moslem peace campaign into the heart of rebelinfested Eastern Algeria today and was greeted by a happy, shouting crowd of 50,000 persons. The crowd, more than half of them Moslem Arabs, to whom he had offered full voting equality Wednesday night, gave the general a welcome almost as clamorous as the one he received in Algiers when he flew in from Paris to assert his authority Over French dissidents. They cheered his DC3 plane w{ien it landed at the military Oued Hamimine Airfield and they kept cheering all along the 10-mile route into this ancient mountaintop city, scene of recent rebel bombings. Wednesday there were ceremonial troops. Today there were red-bereted paratroopers and foreign legionnaires who faced outwards from the roadway always alert to the rebel dangers in the region. Traveled With Escort Instead of the limousines and convertibles which escorted De Gaulle and his party at Algiers Wednesday the general traveled with an escort of heavy armored cars. De Gaulle’s swing through Eastern Algeria to the cities of Constantine and Bone followed a day of triumph in Algiers when he announced that Moslems would have equal rights with all other Frenchmen in voting on constitutional reforms. De Gaulle did not win over the hard-bitten right-wing Colonials who hate the Moslems and want to win the war on their own terms. But his gesture delighted the French Algerians of the public safety committees who regard integration as the main hope for winning over the Moslems and ending the war. It was believed he would refer to it again today when he speaks later from a balcony on the Constantine Opera House. Most of the leading figures of the Algerian “surge” were in Constantine—the men who had led the revolt against Paris authority and the government’s slowness in dealing with the Moslem rebellion. (Continued on page four) Dick Heller Condition Is Reported Serious The condition of Dick Heller, Sr., publisher of the Decatur Daily Democrat who underwent brain surgery a week ago, took a turn for the worse Wednesday. Dr. Warren G. Hastings reported that an infection of the brain lining had occurred, and that his condition would become critical in two days. He is reported holding his own at the present time. No change in his condition is expected for two days.. Friends are asked not to disturb the family.

To Call Former Craig Workers For Testimony Several Members Os Ex-Governor's Staff To Be Called INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) —Prosecutor John Tinder said today "several” members of former Gov. George Craig’s office staff will be called as witnesses in the Indiana highway scandal trial of three men on bribery charges. Tinder did not identify any of them. But observers believed they would include Doxie Moore, former professional basketball executive who under Craig became chairman of the State Conservation Commission, an administrative assistant to Craig and 'a trustee of Purdue University. Another likely witness would be Horace Coats, who was Craigs executive secretary, also at least four women who served as secretaries to Craig or in the State Highway Department. Meanwhile, the task of selecting a jury to hear the case dragged into its fourth day with challenges continuing regularly and no sign that a jury would be impaneled very soon. Which Was It? Jurors may be forced to decide this crucial point about the activities of two defendants in helping an associate land lush contracts: Was it bribery or “public relations' Examination of prospective jurors continued this morning through the fourth day of the trial of Elmer (Doc) Sherwood, William E. Sayer, and Arthur J. Mogilner. Questions posed by the prosecution and defense laid the groundwork for arguments over whether Sherwood and Sayer knowingly conspired with Mogilner to bribe former Highway Chairman Virgil (Red) Smith. Mogilner Did Hiring Sherwood frequented the office of former Gov. George N. Craig, and Sayer was Craig’s administrative assistant. Salesman Mogilner hired both Sayer and Sherwood as "public relations” men to help him land highway contracts for firms he represented. A criminal affidavit charges the three defendants with bribing Smith with $22,777 in 1956-57 to get $609,000 worth of contracts for highway sweepers and front-end loaders. Prosecutor John G. Tinder is expected to introduce in evidence bank records showing Mogilner divided profits on that deal three ways—about $22,777 each for (CcntifiUMi on pare live) Catholic Graduate Exercises Friday High School, Grade Graduation Friday Commencement exercises for the Decatur Catholic schools’ 20 high school and 47 eighth, grade candidates for graduation will be held Friday evening at 8 p.m., climaxing the schools’ graduation activities for 1958. The Rev. James Hayes, pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic church of Roanoke, will deliver the commencement address after singing of the senior class song. The Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz will present the diplomas and awards to the seniors following the address, and to the eighth grade graduates, when they have sung their song. The school band will give the traditional processional and recessional music. After the presentation of diplomas and awards, the seniors will proceed to the statue of the Virgin Mary where they will consecrate themselves to the Blessed Virgin. From the graduation exercises, graduates and their parents will go to the Knights of Columbus hall for dancing. Latter on, at the home of Betty Baker, the Robert Baker residence, the seniors will be feted at a luncheon. As a last part of the celebration activities, which were arranged by the graduates and their parents, the girls will be overnight guests at the Leo Schultz home, with their hostess, Geraldine Schultz, member of the graduating class. Mass for the graduates will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m. Friday, during which all school pupils will receive communion. At the Fairway restaurant, after the mass, the seniors will be guests of the Rosary society at breakfast. • Wednesday, the annual picnic and dance at Sunset Park for the whole high school was sponsored by the CYO, beginning the activities of commencement week.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, June 5, 1958

Tornadoes Lash Wide Swath In Wisconsin, At Least 25 Are Dead

House Voles S3B Billion To Run Military Add $99 Million To Block Scheduled Cut In Army Forces By United Press International The House today voted $38,409,561,000 to run the military for the year starting July 1. It did so after adding 99 million dollars in the hope of blocking a scheduled cut in Army forces. Hie vote which sent the measure to the senate was 389-0. The vote on the extra money for the Army was 224-158. The bill contained $212,614,000 more than President Eisenhower asked. A big share of the increase was marked for submarines and rockets. Other congressional news: — Foreign Aid: President Eisenhower told GOP leaders he wants authority to give economic aid to Soviet satellites if he finds that would be in the U.S. interest. But Senate Republican Leader Williarrf F. KnoWland q uot e d the President as saying he does not want this authority in the pending foreign aid bill. He wants it handled as separate legislation, Knowland said. — : Farm: Agriculture has long been a weak spot in the American economy. But Asst. Sec. of Ag. Mavin L. McLain told a Senate committee it “has been a source of strength in the current recession.” McLain reported recent “substantial improvements in the agriculture price and income picture.” He said the picture would be even better if Congress would approve the administration’s farm bill. Pay Boost: A House-Senate Conefrence Committee worked out final details of a bill increasing the pay of federal white collar workers. The bill gives more than one million workers a 10 per cent pay boost retroactive to Jan. 1. The increase will cost the treasury 542 million dollars a year. Statehood: GOP legislative leaders quoted President Eisenhower as reiterating support of statehood for both Alaska and Hawaii. But they said he did not express himself on tietag the two bills together in the Senate. The House has passed an Alaska statehood bill. Visitor: The Senate and House met in joint session to hear 74-year-old President Theodor Heuss of West Germany.

Leroy C. Cable To Angola High School Ex-Ada ms Central Coach Accepts Post Leroy C. Cable, a native of Preble township and basketball coach at Adams Central for two years, will teach in the Angola school system, starting immediately. Cable succeeded Don Arnold as Greyhound coach two years ago. He had taught at the school for five years previous to accepting the job as coach. He had been junior high basketball coach for several years. Amzia Miller of New Carlisle, a small town located 15 miles west of South Bend, has been named head basketball coach at Adams Central. At Angola, Cable will coach freshman basketball and assist in several other sports, perhaps cross country and golf. Tliere will be about 470 students in the high school next year because Pleasant Lake will be sending its students in. Cable will also teach driver's training, starting immediately for the summer session. He Will also teach mathematics.

Ike Asks Authority Over Economic Aid Seeks Discretionary Power To Aid Reds WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower said today he wants discretionary authority to give economic aid to Iron Curtain satellites but opposes putting such a provision in the foreign aid authorization bill pending in the Senate. The chief executive’s position was reported by Senate Republican William F. Knowland after the regular weekly meeting of GOP congressional leaders with the President. Knowland said Eisenhower is in favor of such discretionary authority but believes it should be handled as separate legislation and not as an amendment to the foreign aid measure now being debated in the Senate. Knowland, who has been leading opposition to the proposed discretionary amendment, said the President believes the matter should be handled by amending the Battle Act which now prohibits economic aid to Iron Curtain countries. Knowland said he will continue to oppose the plan even as separate legislation. But he conceded that it would have a better chance of passage if handled separately from the foreign aid bill. Knowland noted that, the controversial amendment was hot part of the administration’s original foreign aid request. It was offered by Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.), who said it has supported “in principle’’ by the State Department. The Kennedy provision would let the President give economic aid to any communist bloc nation except Russia, Red China or North Korea if he felt such assistance was in the best interest of the United States. That could authorize aid for Poland. Hungary,, Czechoslovakia and the like.

One California Race Is Still Unsettled Four-Way Scrap For Attorney General SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — A close four-way contest for attorney general was the only race left today to be settled after Tuesday’s primary election. Assemblyman Caspar W. Weinberger of San Francisco held an eyelash lead over Congressman Patrick J. Hillings for the GOP nomination as the count of ballots resumed this morning. State Sen. Robert I. McCarthy had a precarious edge over Judge Stanley Mosk of Los Angeles for the Democratic nomination. The ultimate winners appeared to be Mosk and Hillings. Hie reason lay in the fact that the lion’s share of votes yet to be counted was in Los Angeles county, home area of both Mosk and Hillings. And in Los AngelesCounty, they were running far ahead of their opponents with thousands of precincts yet to be counted. Other major areas yet to clean up their election returns—principally San Diego, San Bernardino. San Joaquin and San Luis Obispo counties—in the main favored Mosk and Hillings, or at least they were running fairly close to their opponents. While the battle raged to see who would make the November finals in the attorney general's race, Atty. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown continued to pile up an eye-opening total voted lead over U.S. Sen. William F. Knowland (R) in their “popularity contest” prior to a winner-take-all runoff .Nov. 4. Starting off the final unofficial count of votes, this is how it stood: 18,156 precincts: Republican—Knowland 821,832, Brown 280,452; Democratic — Knowland 204,621, Brown 1.258,542. Brown’s combined vote was 1,538,994 at the start of today’s count, Knowland’s only 1,026,453. Thus, Brown had a 512,541 bulge—far more than even his most optimistic supporters expected.

Auto Workers Go On Strike At Pittsburgh Fisher Body Plant Strike Is Ordered By Local Officials DETROIT (UPI) — Workers at the Fisher Body Division stamping plant of General Motors in Pittsburgh struck Wednesday night in the first labor trouble since contracts between the “Big Three” auto makers and the United Auto Workers expired last weekend. A company spokesman said the strike, affecting 2,400 workers, was called by local officials in Pittsburgh and no reason was given for the action. UAW President Walter P. Reuther had instructed members of his union to work without a contract when the three-year pact ran out at General Motors last Thursday and similar contracts expired at Ford and Chrysler Sunday. The strike at Pittsburgh came after a half-million auto workers at “Big Three” plants had worked their third day without a union contract. k Shortly before the strike, the UAW reported its members were supporting the union’s determination to work without a contract until the companies agree to better unemployment benefits, pensions and job security protection. (Continued on page five

C. C. Membership Drive Ends June 14 June 14 is the schedule day to stop the membership drive for the Chamber of Commerce, president Louis Jacobs reported today. It was also learned today there are 215 members in the Chamber of Commerce, the largest membership is the past several years. The Chamber will distribute a mimeographed paper in the near future, containing the names and business of the current members.

Legion Boy Scouts To Attend Camporee Franke Park Site Os Annual Camporee A special meeting of the Legion Boy Scout troop 63 will be held tonight at the scout cabin at Han-na-Nuttman park. Final arrangements will be made at this meeting for attending the Franke Park camporee at Fort Wayne this weekend. Legion scouts are to leave from the American Legion home Saturday morning at 6 o’clock. Scouts are to enter Franke park from -the south entrance, known as five points, corner of road 33, Sherman street, and Goshen said. Dale Hawkins will be junior assistant scoutmaster and Jerry Mclntosh will be senior patrol leader. The following have been assigned to the Flying Eagle patrol: Steve Gause, leader; Robert McClure, assistant; Dick Omlor, Kenneth Riffle. Jerry Fritz, Mike Hartsough, Tom Arnold, and Tom Baxter. Bear patrol: Richard Fravel, leader: Roger Deßoo, assistant; Eddie Kohne. Tom Macklin, James Haviland, Tom Mclntosh, John Custer, and .Gregg Ladd. Flamipg Arrow patrol: Dave Swickard, leader; Robert Boch, assistant; Jerry Gray, Larry Retaking, Richard Doty, Dan Durkin, Ed Hammond, and Steve Gephart. Wolf patrol: Dave Brecht, Tom Gray, and others. Sunday, the parents and families of the scouts are to gather" at Franke park at 11:30 a.m. for a carry-in dinner. They are asked to provide their own table service and sufficient food for each family. The meal will be eaten potluck style, and afterward the dosing ceremonies will be held.

Graduates Friday Albert H, Schroeder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reinhardt Schroeder, of Decatur route 1, will be one of a class of 151 to graduate from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., Friday. This will complete 11 years of training for the ministry in the Lutheran church-Mis-souri synod. He has been appointed as pastor of the Hope Lutheran church, Jerseyville, 111. He began his schooling in St. John’s Lutheran school, north of Decatur, then attended Concordia high school and junior college in Fort Wayne. Her entered Concordia Seminary in 1953.

Bloodmobile Unit In Decatur Friday More Donors Needed To Meet Set Quota Although several more area residents have offered to donate blood when the bloodmobile is at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Friday, there are still not enough donors pledged to meet the quota of 127 pints, Mrs. Ed Bauer, local Red Cross blood program chairman pointed out this morning. Those who cannot call in for an appointment before the bloodmobile hours—lo a. m. to 4 p. m.— begin should come directly to the Youth and Community Center Friday when convenient, Mrs. Bauer stated, the bloodmobile will probably be able to receive their donation at that time: To make it more convenient for prospective donors, transportation will be provided, Mrs. Bauer re-emphasized. Those wishing to take advantage of this service should call the Youth and Community Center. “Wear it proudly,’ is the caption on Red Cross blood program poster that pictures one of the red tear-drop-shaped donor pins. Mrs. Bauer affirmed that the red pins—and the gold ones presented to gallon donors — are worn proudly, as a symbol of community service. Mrs. Bauer announced the volunteers for canteen work and nursing services for the bloodmobile visit. The six canteen workers, in charge of serving a snack to each d<mpr, will be the Mesdames R. C. Hersh, Lee Fleming, Alva Buffenbarger, Robert Railing. Lucille Miller, and Dan Foreman. -v Nurses on hahd to prepare donors to give blood will be the Mesdames Pete Meyers, Arthur Miller, Leo Feasel, Harold Keller, Joe Azbell, Edna Haviland and John Dierkes, and Miss Margaret Eiting. During the bloodmobile visit, the Red Cross office uptown will still be open; two staff aides will be on hand to answer calls both there and at the Youth and Community Center.

INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy to cloudy this afternoon, scattered showers or thundershowers south and east central portions. Turning cooler central portion this afternoon, Clearing and cooler tonight. Friday fair and cooler. Low tonight 48 to 55 north, 54 to 60 south. High Friday 62 to 70 north, 70 to 75 south. Sunset today 8:09 p.m. Sunrise Friday 5:18 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Fair and cool. Low Friday night in the 50s. High Saturday in the 70s.

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Dairy Country Os Wisconsin Hit By Storms Over 100 Injured As Tornadoes Rip Through Wisconsin MENOMONIE, Wis. (UPD — Tornadoes cut a 40-mile wide swath through the peaceful dairy country of northwestern Wisconsin Wednesday night, killing at least 25 persons and injuring more than 100. Hospitals in four cities were filled to overflowing with casualties and emergency first-aid stations were set up in armories and school gymnasiums. Sixteen persons hovered between life and death. “It was like a battlefield,” said Dr. G.J, Neumann, a dentist at Colfax, hardest-hit community in the area. “I was in World War II and I’ve seen a lot of people die, but -- when you see your own townspeople killed its something different...” Neumann said he was waiting for a patient in his office when the killer tornado struck. Plank Through Man “Trees, big ones, mind you, not saplings, snapped like matchsticks. Several large homes shot through the air like dolls’ houses and landed two, three Nocks from their foundation.” He said he ran into the street and “saw a man lying with a two-by-two wooden plank driven through his chest. He was dead. I ran toward two other persons. They were dead, too.” One third of the homes were leveled in Colfax and at least 13 persons were killed. Automobiles were twisted into grotesque shapes. Hundreds of trees and fallen telephone poles meshed and formed macabre arches through the strickentarea. Roads were littered with debris, pieces of metal, boards, and five bodies were found together, "horrihly mangled.” . A United Press International count showed that at least 24 persons were killed. Reports of several more deaths could not be immediately verified. Starting in late afternoon, the tornadoes struck hard in a twostate area. A twister damaged homes near S. Cloud, Minn., then clubbed an estimated 25 farms in the Albany. Minn., area. Several injuries were reported. Smashes On East Crossing into Wisconsin, the violent storm pattern hit with deadly force. One man was killed in Wilson and there were reports of heavy injuries. Pursuing a zig-zag pattern, the tornado generally followed U.S. 12 into Menomonie, then skipped northeast into Colfax where it unleashed its full fury. On some farms, not a stick was left standing. It was discovered early today that the twister had continued into neighboring Clark County and killed a 30-year-old woman at Thorp. Cutting a two-mile path of destruction, it tore down all communications and made it impossible for rural residents to contact the outside world until today. “There is no telling what the casualty list will ’be,” Clark County Coroner Bob Lulloff said. (Continued on page five) Circus Ticket Sales Will Close Friday The special reduced prices for the circus tickets will go out of effect Friday afternoon. Fred E. Kolter. announced today. The circus will appear at Hanna-Nuttman park Saturday for two performances, one at 2 p.m. and the other at 8 p.m.- Adult advance tickets are cheaper than will be charged at the grounds. If the tickets are purchased at the park, the Chamber of Comber of Commerce will' receive a considerable amount less of the profits. The profits for the circtts, will be used as payment on the tract of land on 13th street, to help promote Decatur.