Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 156.

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Cuban Rebels Order Release Os Americans Cuban Rebel Radio Orders Release Os All Kidnap Victims HAVANA (UPD — The rebel radio ordered the release today of all SO Americans and Canadians held in their "impregnable” mountain stronghold. Four Americans and one Canadian already had been freed and flown to the U. S. Naval Base at Guantaramo Fidel Cartro, leader of the rebellion against President Fulgencio Batuta, broadcast an order to his brother. Raul, directing that the remaining 45 persons be tured over to U. & Naval authorities at Guantanamo. Fidel said he had been in direct contact with U. S. Naval authorities and was making the broadcast to avoid being held responsible should any harm befall the captives before they could be returned. Captive Denounced The broadcast said the Americans had no responsibility for the political situation in Cuba and denounced their capture by Raul as a violation of individual liberties for which Fidel said the rebels had been fighting. —- Many persons had thought Raul Castro captured the Americans in protest against alleged American aid to the Cuban government forces. Four kidnaped Americans and a Canadian were flown to the Naval Base by. helicopter Wednesday night. They described the rebel mountain stronghold as “impregnable” and one of them called Raul Castro “a swell guy.” ■.- — AH In Good Shape _ They were captured with 43 other Americans — 30 of them servicemen — and two Canadians when the rebels mounted a series of strikes during the past week against U. S. installations in Orient e Province, the rebel stronghold in eastern Cuba. It was uderstood all the kidnap victims would be taken to Guantanamo by nightfall. The men who returned said the others (Continue, on page five) INDIANA WEATHER < Partly cloudy through Friday with scattered thundershowers and in north portion late tonortheast portion this afternoon night or Friday. Continued warm and humid. Low tonight 64 to 70. High Friday ranging from the 80s extreme north to 85 to 92 south and central. Sunset today 8:16 p.m. Sunrise Friday 5:22 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy, continued warm and humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Low Friday night 65 to 70. High Saturday 85 to 92.

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Unexpected Recess In Nuclear Talks New Proposals By Russia Under Study GENEVA (UPD —Two Communist newspapers today issued thinly veiled hints that the Communist bloc would quit the East-West nuclear conference here unless the United States halts nuclear weapons tests. 1 The Soviet government news- , paper Izvestia said in Moscow the s United States was using the con- ■ ference on technical means of de- . tecting nuclear explosions only to r cover up its unwillingness to re- ; duce armaments and discontinue , tests. " The Italian Communist Party - organ L’Unita said in Rome that r if the talks “drag on endlessly”, ; the Soviet delegates “will not rei main at Geneva to continue .dis-. - cussions.” The attacks came during a onei day recess of the conference to I permit each side to prepare more > formal proposals on detection and 1 control of nuclear test explosions. They came as a surprise be- ' cause at the opening session two days ago Russian delegates insisted they would stick to the technical problems involved and ■ not ring in politics. I So far they have made no disl closures to Western newsmen about the conference. Neither have the Western scientists. Two-hour meetings were held Wednesday and Tuesday and then a 48-hour recess was called until Friday. ; No official reason was given for < the recess. v < There was speculation a hitch had developed in the although the recess may have j j been caused by new proposals ( from Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev to President Eisenhower. - j . a letter. Wednesday about the T - same time scientists from eight t Western and Communist nations announced here they were re- . cessing after only two brief work- , ing sessions. j The conference was called to devise an inspection system which , could detect any secret test ex- j plosions after a possible EastWest ban on nuclear weapons t experiments. The sudden and unexplained re- v cess started rumors about possi- j ble new difficulties between the f United States and Russia. But it j seemed likely the conference de- v legates were marking time while * the Khushchev * letter was studied. (Continued on page four) j Swimming Pool Open ! On Friday Afternoon j Hubert Zerkel, Jr., supervisor of r the city swimming pool, today announced that the pool will be open r Friday, July 4, from 2 to 5 p.m. f only. The pool will not be open * Friday evening because of the c Fourth of July holiday.

At Least 14 Are Killed In lowa Floods .... .. Destruction Left By Wind And Rain Storms Wednesday By United Press International Wind and rain whipped across the nation’s mid-section Wednesday night leaving flood and wind destruction in their wake. Hardest hit was the Audubon, lowa, area where at least 14 persons were killed by flash floods that smashed scores of homes Wednesday in southwestern lowa. National Guard troops rushed to, Audubon and its neighboring’ towns of Bawtiin, Extra and Atlantic to assist thousands of returning residents and rescue workers. The flash floods were triggered by torrential rains measuring up to 12.35 inches. Weather officials said more rain still was to come today, but hoped renewed flooding could be averted. Tornadoes were sighted in parts of Nebraska, Montana and Illinois but none apparently caused severe damage. Boy Scouts said they saw two tornado funnels touch ground north of Wellfleet, Neb., late Wednesday. A so-called* “baby tornado” hit Billings. Mot., Wednesday night and a funnel was sighted west of Sidney, Neb., but did not touch ground. A tornado struck between La I Moille and Malden, 111., but did light damage, confining its fury , to a few trees, which were left strewn across Coon Rapids. lowa, recorded G'fa inches of rain during a 214 hour period Sycamore, 111., recorded ” 4% inches in an hour. Strong winds Pattered television and power lines at Ogallala. Neb., where lightning set two small 1 fires. 1 Rain also plagued the North- 1 west, reaching from the northern ’ Plains westward into parts of < Washington and Oregon, although > the amounts were relatively light. In central lowa, heavy rains i were expected to send the Des s Moines and Raccoon rivers above ■’ flood stage at Des Moines, Tracy, j Eddyville, Indianola and Ottum- • wa, but damage was expected to , be confined to low-lying farm < lands along the rivers. Red Cross workers sheltered t the homeless and issued appeals ( for rehabilitation aid. Authorities j advised residents of communities in the area to boil water and ad- < ministered mass tetanus and typhoid inoculations. The flooding began Tuesday night when the Nishnabotna River boiled over its banks at Audu- ' bon. The water swept away five 1 homes at Audubon, and as the ’ crest rolled downstream it demol- 1 (Continued on page six) ’ 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 3, 1958

Sherwood, Sayer Found Guilty On Charges Os Bribery And Conspiracy

Doubt Senate To Restore Cut In Foreign Aid Senator Knowland Deplores Cut In Foreign Aid Bill WASHINGTON (UPD — Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland today forecast a Senate rescue for President Eisenhower’s House-slashed foreign aid program. But from other comment it appeared the Senate lifeline might fall short. Several key Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee said that group would probably deviate little from the House action in voting 872 million dollars less than the President requested. A large House majority ignored the, President’s llth-hour declaration Wednesday that the $3,078,092,500 total of the House appropriation bill would be “taking reckless risks with our safety.” The House voted the trimmeddown nigure 253-126 and sent the bill to the Senate. Fears Adverse Effect Knowland, an Appropriations Committee member as. well as i GOP floor leader, told United Press International the House cuts “are so deep they will adversely affect our foreign policy.” He said: “I believe the Senate will restore some of the funds eliminated by the House. Just what the amount will be I don’t know.” Sen. Dennis Chavez (D. N.M.) a nior propritlon committee member, said he thought the Senate committee would “stick pretty close to the House nigure.” Chavez told a reporter he thought the fact the aid program had a $5,195,000,000 backlog of unspent funds would "mitigate against any increase in the House bill.” , 1 Defends House Figure Sen. John C. Stennis (D-Miss.), (Continued on page two) City's Sewage Fees To Start August 1 .„. Means Sharp Boost J In Water Bills Here The city of Decatur will start collecting sewage disposal fees Au- , gust 1, based on July water use, ‘ to pay the interest on the bonds j which will be due next Jan. 1, May- j or Robert D,-Cole said this morning. — - - ' — —-- Originally the bonding compan- < ies had insisted that collections start last March 1, but Mayor Cole J was able to stall them off on the 1 grounds that residents of Decatur 1 would want to. see the plant going < up before they would be willing to i start payment on it. \ The plant is now well bn its way < to completion, the mayor pointed 1 out. and teset runs should be made ( late this fall. -1 There are three issue? of bonds totalling $975,000, and interest ranges from 3*4% to nearly 4%. ‘ Sewage disposal rates, to pdy for 1 the construction of the new sewers ( and disposal plant, will be approxi- 1 mately 80% of water rates. They r Will be listed separately on the city ; bill, not added to the water depart- s rfiept charge.

-t DecatarWelcomes f Exchange Students, 68 Foreign Pupils Visiting In Decatur This evening, 68 exchange students and their four chaperones will be guests of the, Rotary club at 6:30 o’clock for the club’s officer installation and ladies night banquet at the Decatur Yoiith and Community center. Later, the group will be the guests of honor btAi free dance, open to the public, Bt the center from 9 until 11:30. Arriving at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon at the Youth and Community Center, they were welcomed by foe Kaehr, chairman of the affair, on behalf of Mayor Robert D. Cole. The students, Kaehr stated today, were overcome by the Community center, which Was nicer than the reception place at Chicago, from where they left for Decatur. They were glad to hear also that the festivities tonight would feature a dance band, instead of records. - Wednesday evening was left mien for the exchangees, who met tneir host families immediately after being welcomed to Decatur. Six of them are staying in the area around Decatur, While the rest are living with families in Decatur. Today, the group was escorted Ground Decatur by six > Rotarians. They met at 9:30 this morning to leave for a tour of Central Soya. At noon, they were entertained by the Boy and Girl Scouts at HannaNuttman park, at a picnic. This afternoon they toured the General Electric plant, after which they took time out for a dip in the city swimming pool. on page six) ; Mrs. Louisa Harvey Is Taken By Death Decatur Lady Dies At Hospital Today Mrs. Louisa Harvey, 87, of 1712 West Monroe street, died at 1:45 o’clock this afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been in failing health for the past year. : —— ■ She was born in Clinton county Oct. 8, 1870, a daughter of William Thomas and Lucinda Boyer-Evans, and was married to John A. Harvey Oct. 6, 1889. The family lived in Monroe for 50 years before moving to Decatur six years ago. Mr; Harvey preceded her in death April 20, 1952. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Verna M. Nelson of Decatur, Mrs. George (Ruby) Strickler of Monroe, Mrs. Roy (Iva) Nidlinger, of Monroe; two sons. Claude Harvey of Monroe, and George Harvey of Indianapolis; 19 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren, and three great - great-grandchildren. One son, one brother and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pjn. Saturday at the Zwick funeral heme, the Rev. Gerald Gerig officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at tne funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday until time of the services.

Goldfme Tells Os Gifts For Aide To Adams • 1 Christmas Gifts To ’ At Least 33 Persons i In Government Work J * . WASHINGTON (UPD—Millionaire Bernard Goldfine said, today 1 he gave Christmas gifts of SSO or . less to at least 33 federal em- . ployes including the secretary to . White Housp Aide Sherman ! Adams. Robert W. Lishman, counsel for ! the House influence - investigating 1 subcommittee, confronted the textile manufacturer with a list of 37 1 White House and congressional ' employes of this and previous ad- ’ ministrations and asked if Gold- 1 fine gave them money. After a prelimiary look at the : list, Goldfine identified the pay- 1 ments as Christmas presentsrto “poor workers.” He said he saw nothing wrong in the gifts. When the matter came up a sec- 1 ■ ond time, Goldfine's secretary, ■ Mildred Paperman, said she had examined the list and wasn’t sure ■ about four of the names. r -Gift to Adams’s Secretary Subcommittee Chairman Oren 1 Harris (D-Ark.) ruled that all the names except thdse-of’ the four > Miss Paperman questioned would ■ be made public, since Goldfine ' himself had mentioned one aloud when he first saw the list This was The name of Eugene T. Kinnaly, secretary to House Democratic: Leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts. Goldfine said Kinnaly’s present was the only one that exceeded SSO. Kinaly told a reporter he had received Christmas boxes from , Goldfine but never any money. (Continued on page four) Local Man's Mother Is Taken By Death Mrs. Emma Gilbert < Dies At Bluffton J Mrs. Emma F. Gilbert, 89, a J resident of Wells county for the • past 22 years, died aL9<ls. Q’.clock ‘ Wednesday morning at the South f View rest home at Bluffton, where she had been a patient three ? months. Mrs. Gilbert was a member of J the Winchester United Brethren , church. ~< Surviving are two daughters, j Mrs. Naomi Yager of Craigville, and Mrs. J. C. Tybor of Wayne- ] dale; three sons, Floyd Sprague of ] Fort Wayne, George Sprague of i Decatur, and Chalmer Gilbert of t Fort Wayne; four grandchildren; i three great - grandchildren; two ' step-daughters, Mrs. Grace Combs < of Newport News, Va., and Mrs. J Golda Schurman of Huntington, W. £ Va.; three step-sons, Jim Gilbert 5 of North Manchester, John Gilbert ‘ of Quincy, Mich., and R. M. Gilbert of Monroe; one brother, Luth- ’ er Wolfe of Willshire, 0., and two J sisters, Mrs. Charles Springer of * Geneva, and Mrs. Lanta Davison J of Denver, Ind. ' • ~ Funeral services will be conduct- { ed at 2 p.m. Friday at the Goodwin funeral home in Bluffton, the { Rev. John Mishler officiating. Bur- , ial will be in the Decatur cemetery. - (

Secretary Dulles To Paris Tonight Meets With De Gaulle On Future Relations WASHINGTON (UPD — Secretary of State John Foster Dulles leaves tonight for Paris on a delicate mission to discuss with Premier Charles de Gaulle the future of French - American relations and France’s desire to join the powers possessing nuclear weapons. It will be the first official meeting between the American secretary and the frosty, sensitive French leader with whom Dulles is said to be anxious to establish good personal relations. They met informally in 1947. The talks uuues will nave with De Gaulle and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville are considered of great importance to the future of the Western alliance against Communism, of which France is a key member. Dulles has the touchy task of trying to persuade De Gaulle that France should postpone its entry into the big power atomic club while at the same time convincing the French leader he should sjep up cooperation with other North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations. The fact Dulles' is prepared for a thorough discussion of France’s nuclear aspirations was pointed up Wednesday night when the State Department announced the secretary’s top adviser on atomic affairs, Philip J. Farley, would accompany him to Paris. (Continued on pare tour) Life Sentence For Shooting Sheriff Chicago Man Found Guilty Os Shooting LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPD — Glen W. Prophet, 29, Chicago, Wednesday night was sentenced to life in Indiana State .Prison for his. part in the shooting of Carroll County Sheriff Calvin Carey last March. A Tippecanoe Circuit Court jury of 12 men deliberated from shortly after noon until 8:45 p. m. CDT, and then found Prophet guilty on three counts. He received one life sentence on a charge of inflicting injury during commission of a rgbbery; another life sentence for being an habitual criminal and a 10-25 year sentence for robbery. The ' sentences are to run concurrent- ' ly. Prophet, his 14-year-old wife, ; Rita; John Delk, 19, Chicago, and ' Delk’s 14-year-old wife, Francis, were being’ taken from Lafayette ‘ to Delphi for questioning in connection with a series of burglaries ' when they suddenly attacked . Carey and a deputy. Carey was ' shot with his own gun as Prophet struggled with him in the front * seat of the patrol car. Carey re- ' covered. The four suspects escaped in the stolen car. Delk and the two women were captured hours later. Prophet was taken by a small army of lawmen as he wandered ' handcuffed along a railroad track 1 north of here the day after his ' escape. 1 Prophet showed little emotion J as sentence was being pro- 1 nounced. ’ » Delk is slated to go on trial in 11 October on the same charges.

Sherwood And Sayer Guilty - InßoadCase Two Former State Officials Convicted Early This Morning INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Former Indiana Adj. Gen. Elmer W. (Doc) Sherwood and William E. Sayer were found guilty today on bribery charges in the Hoosier highway scandals, and the salesman whose testimony convicted them promised to be a witness in any future scandal trials. A jury of 10 men and 2 women deliberating only 2% hours, convicted Sherwood and Sayer, former administrative assistant to ex-Gov George N. Craig, on two counts of bribery and conspiracy to bribe former highway chairman Virgil (Red) Smith to help salesman Arthur J. Mogilner sell $1,600,000 worth of equipment to the state in 1955 and 1956. Prosecutor John G. Tinder said Mogilner will be questioned by a new grand jury meeting next Tuesday, about statements Mogilner made in testimony which implicated two other persons in "kickback” payments. Tinder said he intends to use Mogilner’s testimony in future trials, if there are any, and it appeared there would be. Mogilner agreed he would testify if asked. “Clear Conscience”— Sherwood Sherwood and Sayer, meanwhile, planned to appeal the verdict. Sherwood said after hearing the verdict that he had “faith and a clear conscience.” “One battle doesn't make a war. I’m confident we’ll be vindicated,” Sherwood said. Sayer declined comment. The jury recommended a maximum fine of $15,000 for each defendant and a 2 to 14 year prison term for each. Sherwood and Sayer became the fourth and fifth men in a series of four Indiana highway scandal trials to be convicted on charges growing out of revelations of. irregularities involving lush profits for "middlemen” in the purchase of land for highway right-of-ways and other transactions in the last half of Craig’s administration. In returning the verdict after a surprising short period of deliberation, considering that the trial lasted nearly five weeks, the jury accepted as truth the story of salesman Arthur J. Mogilner of Indianapolis and rejected a conflicting story by Sherwood and Sayer. Mogilner, originally a co-de-fendant, pleaded guilty a few days after the trial started, and became the state’s ' chief witness weaving a web of guilt around Sherwood and Sayer. Mogilner told the jury in six days of testimony that he and the defendants conspired to bribe Smith with more than $41,000 to help steer highway contracts to Mogilner. Mogilner sold more than") $1,600,000 worth of supplies to the state. He testified some of the bids by which he got the business were “rigged” with the aid of highway officials. He testified at least six officials got kickback payoffs for their help in getting the business. Mogilner contended that when he ran up against a balky high- : (Continued on page four)

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