Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1958 — Page 1

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JflL .-4 /jM ~ ._fr »n . w?Ti c■' y ' i —. wUM •walKr* AIRMEN ON WAY TO FREEDOM— After ten days detention, three of nine U. S. airmen released by the Russians drive to Resbt airport at Astara, Iran, for a flight to Weisbaden, Germany. Their unarmed transport had been forced down on Soviet territory.

Ike Speaks To Parliament Os Canada Today Cites Importance Os Cooperation Among Free World Nations OTTAWA, Ont. <UPI) — President Eisenhower said today Canada and the United States must never let their differences result in their losing sight of the importance of free world cooperation in winning the global struggle against Communist imperialism. In an address before a joint meeting of the Canadian Parliament, the President said he was sure Canada and his nation could settle their relatively minor differences in a friendly spirit. The main problem of thd two neighbor nations was Russia’s “military threat and political attacks,” he said. system <rf free enterprise is challenged throughout the world by a state - directed, statecontrolled economic system,” he said. T Can Resolve Differences “Indeed this could well be the area in which the competition will be most bitter and most decisive between the free world and Communist imperialism.” For this reason, he said, the two North American nations must not let bilateral economic problems dominate their relations. The President saw no reason “to be surprised or disturbed to discover that occasionally differences arise between us.” “The distinguishing character of the peoples of the free world lies in the fact that differences between them can develop, be expressed and amicably resolved,” he said. "We in the United States have no more desire than you to seek in our relations with others the silent, sullen unity that elsewhere has been purchased or imposed.” Eisenhower’s address before the Parliament was the public highlight of his three - day informal visit here in an effort to improve Canadian - U.S. relations which have deteriorated sharply over economic diferences. Before making the speech, he laid a wreath at the national war memorial honoring Canada’s dead in the two world wars. He met with the Canadian cabinet before leaving the Parliament building. The President and Prime Minister John Diefenbaker held their first discussion late Tuesday five hours after Eisenhower arrived here on the presidential plane, Columbine 111. Diefenbaker agreed with Eisenhower on the seriousness of Rus-; sia’s growing economic offensive. Introducing the President toy his address, the prime minister called on free world nations to "launch a new and challenging” economic policy “designed to extend a measure of properity everywhere.” Diefenbaker expressed confidence that the two nations “can be no less united in economic objeitives” than they are in defense efforts. But he said each must take into account the effect of. its ecomic policies on the other. Need Arctic Inspection He hailed Eisenhower as a great World War II military leader and president 'whose wisdom, humanitarianism and prestige are once more humanity’s hope for freedom and peace.” Eisenhower saw in CanadianU.S. cooperation on defense and projects such as the St. Lawrence Seawa ya lesson “that by mutual respect,, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which (ujuuuuu. m Pag« Six)

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County 4-H Fair To ■ Open On July 29 Fair Entertainment Festival Two Nights July 29 and 30, the first two evenings of the Adams county 4-H fair at Monroe, the Adams county 4-H entertainment festival will be in session, headed by Mrs. Theron Fenstermaker, Wabash township, and JRobert L. Brown, Kirkland township. On the first night, after the opening grand parade of the fair, the non 4-H acts will be presented; on stage the second night will be acts from the 4-H clubs of the county. All acts have been divided into two types: musical and nonmusical. They will be from four to eight minutes long, and will be penalized for running over eight minutes. For the non 4-H presentation, any acts from rural organizations, with the exception of the 4-H acts, will be featured. All members of rural organizations are eligible to present an act, and any number of persons may take part. All 4-H clubs are encouraged to enter an act in the 4-H competition, states the county extension office. As in the non 4-H competition, any number of members may take part. If necessary, auditions will be held in the township in order to choose which acts will represent the township, Wednesday evening, July 30. In the prize category, first prizes in both musical and non-riiusical acts will be $9; second, $7; third, $5; fourth, $3; and fifth, sl. Professional applications will not be accepted. —■ ~~ 77 Applications may be made to any of these township representatives, as the entertainment festival is a responsibility of the township extension leaders: Preble, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Conrad; Root, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Singleton; Union, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Fuelling; Kirkland, Mr. and Mrs. • Robert Brown; Washington, Mrs. George Thomas and P. B. Lehman; St. Mary's, Mrs. John King and Charles Morrison; French, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moser; Monroe, Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Yoder; Blue Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Edwards; Hartford, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Zeigler; Wabash, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Bauman, and Jefferson, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Baker. Hubert Starr Dies At Cleveland Tuesday Hubert K. Starr, 35, died Tuesday morning at Cleveland, 0., following an illness of three months.'Surviving are his wife, Violet; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Starr of Sylvania, O.; three brothers, Bryon J. of Warren, 0., Merlin of Cleveland, and Corwin of Sylvania, and a grandfather, Alfred Kelly of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Black funeral home in this city, the Rev. Hazen Sparks officiating. Burial will be in Six Mile cemetery near Bluffton. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday until time ot the services. Indiana Weather'"" Partly cloudy, scattered thundershowers tonight or Thursday. Warmer most sections tonight. Turning cooler extreme north Thursday. Low tonight in the 60s. High Thursday 78 to 84 north, 82 to 88 south. Sunset today 8:15 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 5:26 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Cloudy with showers and possible thunderstorms south. Little temperature change. Low Thursday night 50s north to 60s south. High Friday upper 70s north to mid 80s south.

Former Union Officer Denies Rackets Link Chicago Man Denies Acquaintance With Underworld Figures WASHINGTON (UPI)-A former Chicago union official today angrily denied knowing underworld figures who, the Senate Rackets Committee was told, sponsored his rise in the labor movement. Louis Romano, one-time president of Chicago Bartenders Union Local 278, began his testimony with a string of Fifth Amendment refusals to answer committee questions. But then, under close questioning by Counsel Robert F. Kennedy the graying former Chicagoan abruptly denied knowing Frank (The Enforcer) Nitti, Murry (The Camel) Humphreys, Louis (Little New York) Campagna or Anthony (Tough Tony) Accardo. Kennedy said Nitti and the others had "placed” Romano in the union, but the lattek, npw COraT Gables, Fla., insurance man, retorted: "How could they, I didn’t even know them?’ Snaps at Counsel Romano did admit knowing Frederick Evans, who was described Tuesday as an associate of Nitti and his gang, but said that was “only because I lived in the Same building with him." Romano invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination of questions about his personal finances. “If I did anything wrong there are enough law enforcement agencies to take care of me,” he commented. Glaring at Kennedy through dark - tinted glasses, Romano snapped "Why don’t you thrive on the truth instead of a lot of newspaper publicity?” After refusing to answer a string of questions, -he growled: “Play that in another pitch, I can’t keep singing that tune.” Romano denied taking part in any labor-management deals that placed workers in unions without their knowledge. He said “I wouldn’t tolerate that” Will Hear Teitelbaum Asked if he had any part in payments by management to unions or union officials, Romano said he knew nothing about such deals. If they occurred, he said, it was at the “legal end” of his association with former Capone lawyer Abraham Teitelbaum, for whom he worked as a labor relations expert. Romano said his work with Teitelbaum was “all in the office.” He testified he joined Teitelbaum at an 918,000 yearly salary after resigning as head of the Bartenders Union. The committee was told Tuesday that Romano was bounced from the union when it was placed in court receivership because of gangster domination. The Senate Rackets Committe,e is hot on the trail of a labor "shakedown racket” and witnesses Tuesday pointed to Teitelbaum as the wel-paid middleman in some of the deals. (Continued on-jage four) Spends Fifth Night On Mountain ledge Seek Equipment To Save Trapped Man ANTONITO, Colo. (UPI) — A New Mexico man spent his - fifth night trapped on a tiny mountain ledge Tuesday night accompanied by one rescuer while others tried to secure equipment to bring them to safety. • ’ One hundred feet below was the crevice where a companion, William E. Garver, 38, fell to his death four days ago after he and John Sanders, 35, both of Albuquerque, apparently wandered onto the slope on a fishing trip. Sanders has been on the perilous ledge since then. Tuesday Don B. Ewley, 22, an employe of the Rocky Mountain Lodge in the Cumbres Mountains, picked his way down a treacherous canyon wall—voluntarily trapping himself with Sanders to bring him food and cheer. Above them on the canyon rim, rescuers were stymied for lack of rope. They need 1,000 feet of it and a strong block to lift the two to safety. T The rescue party faced other dificulties. Reinforcements from Fort Carson, Colo., were delayed when a helicopter was forced to land on La Veta Pass in high winds. Three expert climbers it carried were taken by automobile to Antonito Tuesday night and from there to the rescue site. Forest Ranger Thomas Forister (Continued on p&ge six) '

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Goldfine And Son Tell Os Seeking Help From Top Presidential Aide

Americans Are Uninjured In Rebel Attack Beirut Apartment House Is Attacked By Lebanese Rebels BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) —Lebanese rebels today attacked a Beirut apartment house in which seven Americans and a son of President Camille Chamoun were trapped. The attack was beaten back and all escaped injury. The attack came in the midst of the heaviest firing in this capital since the Lebanese insurrection began nearly nine weeks ago. President Chamoun’s eldest son, Dory, and families of U. S. embassy diplomats were in the building. Dory grabbed a rifle and fired back at the rebels through the windows. U. S. embassy political counsellor Francis Boardman, his wife, Ann, and their daughter Pamela, 2%, huddled in their nightclothes in a lower hallway during the battle. Many Feared Wounded Three flights up where the firing was more concentrated, Point Four counsellor Steven P. Dorsey, bis wife and their two daughters, Gwenn, 14, and Charlotte, 11, took refuge. The attack shattered windows on the upper Stories, chipped masonry and brickwork and left a concrete grill pockmarked with bullet holes. A gendarme who had been firing back at the rebels from the roof later showed the Dorsey girls where a bullet had creased his helmet. The steady chatter of rifle and automatic weapons fire was broken? frequently by the heavier thud ov exploding rifle grenades and 75-millimeter shells from tank and armored car guns. There were no reliable reports of casualties, although unofficial reports said 25 persons were (Continued on pa<e Hve) School Planned For Precinct Workers School Favored By Democrat Leaders Democratic precinct committeemen from the north area approved the idea of holding a school for all precinct workers, including committeemen, Democrats, and former election board members, in late July and early August. A lady from Huntington will conduct the classes, which will be held in two sessions. A certficate of completion will be awarded by the national Democratic committee to each person taking the course. The committeemen discussed the appointment of committees, and it was decided that the precinct committeemen will nominate most~ of the committee members for the chairman to appoint. Otto Schug, who is assisting the county chairman this summer, will complete a county-wide duplicate card file system for each precinct next week. •* One set of the cards will be delivered to the precinct committeeman for his precinct. The county chairman will keep a master file. The precinct committeeman will keep this permanent* card file up to date by posting all changes, mailing in cards of those who move out or die, and sending in duplicate cards for all families who move into the precinct. The precinct committeemen decided that each would pledge to work one hour a week on his precinct business of helping voters in his area. Thursday night a similar meeting will be held at Berne for south area committeemen, or for any committeemen who were unable to attend Tuesday’s meeting at the court room.

Atomic Weapons To East German Army Report Khrushchev Is Planning Offer BERLIN (UPl)—Soviet Premier Nikita . Khrushchev was reported today to W planning to offer atomic weapons to the Communist East German army. The reports tied in with a speech? by Khrushchev Tuesday night in which he derided West Germany and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for refusal to recognize the East German government. They also tied in with the East German “vacation” of Soviet Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky who attended a dinner given Khrushchev Tuesday by East German Communist leader Walter Ulbricht. Khrushchev also stated in his speech at Halle that Adenauer was counting on a policy of strength that existed only in his imagination. Informed sources in Berlin said Khrushchev, in East Germany to attend a Communist Party congress, brought plans to arm East Germany in retaliation for American plans to give atomic weapons to the West German army. The sources said Khrushchev intended no public announcement of his plans until a “summit" conference is held. The East Gerflhan “peoples army” numbers 00,000 men, a fraction of the size • as the army planned by Bonn. Khrushchev, in a rambling speech at the industrial town 45 miles from Berlin, said communism was out to win all of Germany, to defeat capitalism and to surpass the United States in production. He made only a brief reference to Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia although one of the principal reasons for his Berlin visit was reported to be the instigation of new measures against Yugoslavia and Poland. He said merely that Yugoslavia was “limping along” and that great efforts, must be made to bring Yugoslavia into line with the Communist bloc. Elgin King Dies At Home In Van Wert Elgin King, 73, former resident, died Tuesday afternoon at his home, 511 North Jefferson street, Van. Wert, O. Mr. King formerly operated a confectionery and newstand here, moving to Van Wert in 1925. Survivors include his wife, Pearl; a brother, Emmit King of Sanford, Mich., and a nephew, Richard King of Decatur. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Alspach funeral home in Van Wert, with burial in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the service. Hoosiers Warned Os Danger From Rabies Danger Greater Than In Past Three Years INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) - The potential danger from rabies is greater in Indiana this year than it has been for the past three years. That warning comes from Dr. Joseph Salisbury, veterinarian for the Indiana State Board of Health’s division of preventive medicine. He said teat an official six month tabulatioh has not been made for the first half of 1958, “but that it looks without question that the figure is going to -exceed the past three years.” ) “It looks like 180 cases for the first six months this year, compared to 63 for the first half of 1957, and 118 for the entire year.” All of these cases of rabies are among animals, with dogs heading the list and accounting for all except a handful of the cases. Salisbury said the last human case of rabies “in all probability” was in 1956 when an elderly Lake County woman died of this 100 per cent fa-. (Continued on page otx)

Cuban Rebels Still Holding 30 Servicemen May Begin Release Os Sailors, Marines From Rebel Hideout HAVANA (UPl)—The Cuban rebels indicated they would begin releasing 30 kidnapped American sailors and Marines today but a U.S. Embassy spokesman warned the operation may take some time. 'Hie Cuban government said the rebels are stalling to hold off an army offensive. One more American civilian captive was flown out of the rebel mountain stronghold in Oriente Province to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Tuesday night. He was Raymond Elmore, of Haynesville, La., assistant manager of the Ermita Sugar mill. Elmore was kidnaped June 26. U.S. Vice Consul James Wiecha, who has been negotiating with the rebels for the past 10 days, also came out aboard the U.S. Navy helicopter to confer with U.S. officials. He said he would fly back today to rejoin U.S. Consul Park Wollam who is the main American negotiator. The 30 American servicemen and 17 American and three Canadian civilians were kidnaped in a series of rebel raids between June 26 and 28 in Oriente Province. Wiecha, of Saganaw, Mich., told reporters at Guantanamo he was confident the first of the servicemen would be freed today. But Eugene Gilmore, acting political counselor at the embassy, said “the process would be a slow one.” "Diis view was borne out by Raul Castro, brother of rebel chientain Fidel Castro, in a letter delivered by unexplained means to U.S. newsmen at the Guantanamo base. Raul said no definite date had been set for the release of the 32 Americans and one Canadian still In rebel hands. The letter was sent in reply to a series of questions relayed by the newsmen Tuesday, also through unexplained channfclfl. Proposes Boost In Social Security Pay 10 Per Cent Hike In ~ Benefits Proposed WASHINGTON (UPD-Sen. Clifford P. Case (R.N.J.) proposed a 10 per cent boost in Social Security benefits today as a fair shake for the aged and an effective anti-recession measure. But his bill and similar legislation were given only a slim chance of enactment at this session of Congress. The Senate Finance Committee, now considering the House-passed reciprocal trade bill, was seen as the key stumbling block to fast action on Social Security. Finance Chairman Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.) has made it clear he would expect through hearings on any “comprehensive” bill. One GOP member of the committee said final passage of legislation to boost benefits to the aged and family survivors is “out of the question” if Congress hopes to adjourn in August. Case, who planned to formally introduce his measure later today, explained his plan would boost the Social Security tax on employes and employers to 3 per cent in 1960 and then by another one-half of one per cent every four years until the maximum of 4)4 per cent was reached in 197,2. For self-employed persons the rate would go to 4% per cent in 1960 and to 6% per cent in 1972. Case’s bill would increase from 84.200 to 84,800 the earning base on which Social Security taxes and benefits are computed. He said about 900 milion dollars in additional benefits would be paid out in the 12 months following Sept. 1, effective date of his proposed revision.

Press Conference By Airmen Delayed Nine Freed Airmen Reported Fatigued WIESBADEN, Germany (UPI)— The U.S. Air Force today postponed indefinitely a scheduled press conference for nine airmen whose unarmed transport plane was shot down in flames by two Russian MIG jet fighters. Officials said the conference was postponed “on the advice of medical officials and for additional, debriefting opportunities.” The men had been described as extremely fatigued and exhausted when they arrived here Tuesday. The Air Force said earlier the health of the men might not permit them to meet a battery of newsmen and photographers and tell publicly how Russian MIGs set their plane on fire and then made repeated passes at the flaming plane as five of the crewmen parachuted to safety. The four who rode the plane to a landing leaped out before it exploded. At the same time Moscow took note of the Wiesbaden case and accused the United States of "juggling with the state of the world by sending planes towards our borders.” It said the “world is practically on the brink of war” because of these provocations. A Moscow Radio broadcast beamed to North America said 1 U.S. authorities claim flights are necessary for defense of the Unite 1 »d States but *if Soviet military authorities began sending Soviet planes toward the United States borders, what then?” The nine airmen strayed across the Soviet border into Armenia (Continued on page six) Slight Increase In Indiana Guardsmen Silght Increase In Guard Unit Strength INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Indiana Adj. Gen. John McConnell today was notified by Washington officials that Indiana National Guard unit strength will be increased slightly to J 0,277 men. McConnell said the official troop allotment also included a detachment of 454 men for a Nike guided missile base, but he added he did not know if this meant a new installation in Indiana. McConnell said it is possible that four Nike batteries now operating in Lake County, each capable of firing four missiles, will be assigned to the . Hoosier guard. If a new Nike installation is con- . templated, McConnell said, it ■ would take several months to get it ready, for training alone lasts 13 months. Present state guard strength is i 10,013 officers and men. McCon- ■ nell said he was told the Hoosier 38th Infantry Division will be as- > signed 9,752 men and will be one 1 of five infantry guard units to rej main fully organized. A nation- • wide cutback of 10 per cent in ! guard units has been ordered. g At the same time, McConnell ' said the 70th Infantry Division, a reserve outfit with two Indiana regiments, was being "eliminated ’ as an organized division.” "Die regiments are the 329th Int fantry, with units in southern and . central Indiana, and the 330th Infantry, made up of units in the r north. The combined strength of the 5 two regiments was about 1,400 i men, according to Col. John Cari vey, commander of the 329th. 1 ■ . : 4-H Fair Chairmen Will Meet Friday i A meeting of all chairmen erf the departments for the Adams i county 4-H fair will be held Friday t evening at the 4-H kitchen on the i 4-H fairgrounds at Monroe, Leo i N. Steltenright, county agriculturi al agent, announced today Final plans will be made for the 4-H ; show, July 29-30 and 31. All mem- ■ bers of the 4-H fair committee are urged to be present.

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Dubious Over Help Given By Sherman Adams Goldfine Reported Ready To Present Financial Records WASHINGTON (UPD-Bernard Goldfine and his son, H. Maxwell, told House investigators today that they turned to Presidential Assistant Sherrriah Adams for help in a tangle with the Federal Trade Commission because they did not trust the commission. Goldfine and son were dubious, however, about what good their friend Adams did them. The morning session of the House influence-investigating subcommittee brought Goldfine to the witness stand for the third time. Committee Counsel Robert W. Lishman took up most of the session asking the Boston textile tycoon and his son about their mislabeling troubles with the Federal Trade Commission and about technical problems in operating the family’s woolen mills. Goldfine was ready with what his aides said were the complete records on $776,000 in unccashed checks, held by Goldfine firms since 1941. The subcommittee ! had threatened him with con- ’ tempt if he failed to produce them. The subcommittee did not ■ get to this phase of the inquiry before it recessed for lunch. Another Hotel BUI The subcommittee counsel has suggested some of the bank checks might have gone to federal officials who were too timid to cash them but were willing to use them for collateral in business deals. Goldfine has denied that anything like that ever happened. Lishman brought up at one point a previously undisclosed instance in which Adams stayed at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel in Boston and his bill was paid by Goldfine’s Strathmore Woolen Co. This occurred Dec. 23-24, 1953, when the FTC was investigating nylon labels used by Northfield Mills, another Goldfine firm. The elder Goldfine said he had dinner with Adams during that Boston visit but didn’t recal what they discussed. ” — "AH I could say is that we had a very good dinner,” he said. Goldfine said he didn’t know exactly why he turned over to Adams a letter he received from the FTC on Dec. 4, 1953, conteming the alleged mislabeling violations. “I gave it to him because the letter speaks for itself,” he said. Thought Matter Settled At another point, Goldfine said he believed the labeling trouble had been straightened out when he got the Dec. 4 letter. "I had understood that and that's one of the reasons I turned the letter over to Gov. Adams," he said. “The thing that bothered me and my son,” Goldfine added, "was what prompted that letter . . . because we had understood the matter had been settled already, it had been straightened out.” Police meanwhile suggested that four person^,undergo lie detector tests in connection with the eavesdropping at Goldfine’s hotel headquarters and the alleged theft of papers. A showdown appeared shaping up over whether Goldfine and his battery of lawyers would come up with enough details about the $776,000 and other matters under subcommittee examination. Goldfine’s spokesman said the Russian-born magnate would provide all data "pertinent to the inquiry.” The question was what was pertinent and who was to decide this—Goldfine or the subcommittee. Chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark.) said late Tuesday he was submitting a three-page list of documents. all of them already under subpena, to Goldfine’s lawyer Roger Robb with the request he make them available—"the quicker the better” <