Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 161.

kWKa^< jg\>- •• ' >-' H^Kw : '.^ i. >i aurjiwl GOLDFINE "CAN’T RECALL”— Huddled with his son, H. Maxwell Goldfine (center) and his attorney S. P. Sears, Boston millionaireindustrialist Bernard Goldfine (left) prepares for questioning by the Hodse influence-investigating subcommittee. He testified he couldn't recall what was done with $89,035.89 in checks drawn against his companies, nor with other checks totaling $776,879.16, all uncashed He said that none of the checks ever was used to pay or otherwise benefit any official of the government.

U.S., Canada In Agreement On China Sale Possible Limited Sole To Red Chino Os Canadian Goods OTTAWA (UPD—An agreement between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister John Diefenbaker opened the way today for possible limited sale to Red China of goods produced in Americanowned plants in Canada. The agreement, announced late Wednesday provided for full consultation between Canada and the United States on an individual case basis when an American subsidiary in Canada receives from Red China a firm order for goods. •_ The schedule for the final day of Eisenhower’s three - day visit called for a final conference with Diefehbaker in the morning and a round of golf in the afternoon. He will fly back to Washington Friday with a two-hour stopover at Massena, N. Y., to inspect a recently - opened section of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Make Concession Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles made the concession on trade with Red China in their goodwill campaign to patch up economic differences with Canada and to restore the traditionally close relationship between the two neighbor countries. Canadian sources said Diefenbaker and his cabinet members were “very pleased” and optimistic that the agreement would produce tangible results. Canadian Finance Minister Donald Fleming said it was Canada's intention that Canadian law alone would previl over U. S.-Owned businesses in Canada where sale of non-strategic goods to Red China is permitted. But White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty refused to go beyond the official joint statement itself. Promise Cooperation It .said that where export policies and laws conflicted, “there will be full consultation between the two governments with a view to finding through appropriate procedures satisfactory solutions to concrete problems as they arise.” . The President and the prime minister also agreed on closer cooperation in efforts, to get Russia’s agreement on military inspection zones, particularly the Arctic, to safeguard against surprise attack, A second joint statement said they had “reaffirmed the closeness of the views of the two governments on a suitable approach to these questions” and other phases of possible disarmament. The two heads of state said they were encouraged by a recent note from Russian Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev on holding of EastWest talks on safeguards against surprise attack. But they said some of the Red leader’s condi(Contlnued on page elx) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a few showers or thundershowers central portion. Cooler north tonight and Friday. Low tonight *SB to 65 north, 65 to 72 south. High Friday 74 to 80 north, 85 to 92 south. Sun- (— set today 8:14 p.m. Sunrise Friday 5:26 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy, warm and humid souths Mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in north half of state. Low Friday night in 60s. High Saturday in 80s except low 90s extreme south.

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New York City Tour August 15 To 18 Daily Democrat And Erie Sponsor Tour Fabulous New York beckons to Decaturites through the -weekend tour co-sponsored by the Decatur Daily Democrat and Erie railroad August 15-18. J Hundreds of area residents have made the trip in past years, and thoroughly enjoyed the tours of the big city. Many had previously visited New York, but felt that in the conducted tour they could understand and enjoy the trip much better than when traveling alone. Broadway, with all its glamour, its dazzling talent, and its deeply thrilling dramatic power offers thrills to the theatergoer. Women will see the latest fashions and be able to stroll along Fifth avenue at their leisure, mingling with the celebrities of America’s biggest city. Exotic Chinatown, the panorama of New York from the worWs tallest skyscrapers, a yacht trip around the magic isle of Manhattan, will interest those with a taste for sightseeing. And best of all, these thrills can be had for just $52.25! That is the low, low cost of the tour, which includes accommodations at the Hotel Governor Clinton in the downtown area, convenient to business, shopping, and amusement centers. The tour will leave Decatur by the Erie railroad at 1:34 p.m. Friday, August 15 Tour members will enjoy the reclining seats and airconditioned coaches of the dieselpowered “Lake Cities.”, Those boarding at Decatur will be assigned to coach A. Only 45 reservations are available. The tour price includes all items of expense, tips, etc., as specified, with the exception of several meals which were purposely left out for the convenience of the individuals. Information on all types of restaurants in which to enjoy favorite meals or an exotic foreign dish will be readily available. A $lO deposit is required, and the additional amount must be paid between July 28 and August 11. Pillow service will be provided on the train, which will arrive at New York at 8:25 a.m. Saturday. Guests will go by motor coach from the Hoboken Erie station under the Hudson river through the Lincoln tunnel to the Hotel Governor Clinton. Rooms with bath will be assigned upon arrival. At 11:45 the group will meet in the hotel lobby and visit the Rockefeller Center observatory, 70 stories above the street, for a panoramic view of the metropolitan area. '' Spare time and tours will be spaced for the maximum convenience of the tourists. Persons interested in further information should contact the Decatur Daily Democrat. j ■ ■■ ■ ■ - ■ - Swimming Course Is Near Completion The four-week swimming course at the municipal swimming pool for non-swimmers will end this week, and a second four-week course will be offered, starting next Monday. Lessons, lasting one hour, will be conducted on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. AU persons interested are asked to contact Hubert Zerkel, Jr., supervisor, at the pool, or call his home. 3-3739. All who are eight years of age or older are eligible to enroll, The fee for three one-hour lessons is $1.25 per week.

Airman Relates Narrow Escape From Lynching U. S. Airmen Shot Down Over Armenia Tell Experiences WIESBADEN, Germany (UPD —One of nine U.S. airmen shot down over Soviet Armenia by Russian jet fighters disclosed today that Armenian peasants almost lynched him but spared his life when they discovered he was an American. Maj. Bennie A. Shupe told a packed news conference the peasants had a noose around his neck and the other end of the rope, tied to a telephone pole when he finally made them understand he was an American. , It was not clear whether the Armenians thought they were about to hang a Soviet flier or perhaps more likely a Turk, their traditional blood enemy across the border. The nine airmen wore flying suits that bore no national markings. - Shupe said he saved his life by shouting out the names of American cities until the peasants understood. Shupe spoke to newsmen after Col. Dale D. Brannon, the ranking officer among the nine men aboard the Cllß plane that was shot down June 27, read a prepared statement for the group. Five "Roughed Up” Shupe and Brannon were two of the five that parachuted when two Soviet MIGs set it aflame by shooting at it Brannon said all five were “roughed up” and had their hands tied behind their b&c ks. Four others rode the burning plane down to a crude landing field with the MIGs still firing at it. They escaped minutes before the plane exploded. Shupe had the closest call. “I was walking toward the other men (who had parachuted) when a group of peasants surrounded me,” he said. He said tkey>tted his hands behind his back and took hitn to a nearby pole. “I was positive they had every intention of hanging me from the A (Continues on page live) German Student To Attend School Here Exchange Student Os Decatur Rotary Peter Friederic of Wiesbaden, Germany, will spend the next school year in Decatur as the Rotary exchange student, according to an announcement made today by Joe Kaehr, chairman of the international student project committee of the Decatur Rotary club. Arrangements for his coming were made by the American Field Service. . Friederici will arrive' in Decatur early in August and will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Petrie. He will be a senior at Decatur high school. The American Field Service international scholarships, one of which the Decatur Rotary club sponsors, is a plan to improve understanding and friendship among the peoples of the wofld. Students are screened by educators from their own countries for personality as well as intelligence and must be adaptable, open minded, and eager to learn. They are encouraged to participate wholeheart-edly-in the life of the host community to learn first hand of the many aspect of American life and to tell of their own country and of daily life in their own homes. At the end of the school year, the American Field Service organizes bus trips to broaden the student’s picture of the United States. Decatur was host to such a tour last week. It included students from 29 different countries. Ken Eliasson, of Sweden, spent last year as a senior in Decatur high school while staying at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Hebble. Also as a part of the plan, Miss Betsy Burk, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James Burk, is spending this summer as a guest in a home in Germany. The American Field Service is a private educational organization, and it has no affinations with any religious, political, or other organization. During the 1957-58 school year, there were 1,039 students in American schools, and America sent 748 to participate in the summef program. The Rotary club’s international student project committee for the coming year consists of Joe Kaehr, M. J. Pryor, Wilbur Petrie, and W. Guy Brown.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 10,1958.

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Checks Delay ’ In Release Os * 30 Servicemen d.S. Fleet Checking On Cuban Rebel Delay HAVANA (UPD— Adm. Jerauld Wright, commander ot the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, flew to Guantanamo today to check on the Cuban rebel delay in releasing 30 kidnaped American sailors and Marines. The surprise visit by the top U.S. Naval officer in Atlantic waters to the Guantanamo base coincided with strong indications the release of the captive servicemen would begin today. Fidel Castro again broadcast orders to his brother. Raul, who masterminded the kidnaping raids, to release all the hostages “immediately.” And Rear Adm. Robert B. Ellis, Guantanamo base commander, said he expected the first of the captive servicemen to be returned today. Wright flew down to Guantanamo aboard a Navy jet fighter plane from his Norfolk, Va., headquarters for on-the-spot conferences with the officials who are negotiating for the release of the captives. The 30 Marines and sailors were seized by the rebels two weeks ago. Seventeen American and three Canadian civilians also were kidnaped but all but one Canavan have been freed. The last two American hostages were flown out of the hills to the Guantanamo base Wednesday night. They were James Best, 32. of St. Matthews, Ky., and Albert Ross, 51, of Houston, Tex. Both were employed on a construction project at Mba Bay. Ellis said that U.S. Consul Park Wolam, who has been negotiating with the rebels for the release of the captives, had expected the release of the servicemen to begin Wednesday. However, Ellis said there appeared to be some difficulty in rounding up the servicemen in the hils. They had been separated in small groups and distributed among rebel bands scattered throughout the mountains. Five Youths Admit Golf Course Theft Admit To Theft Os Golfing Equipment Five Adams county youths were apprehended by the sheriff’s department Wednesday in connection with the theft of the golfing equipment stolen from the Decatur Golf course in June, sheriff Merle Affolder announced today. One youth is 19 years old, one 18 years old, and three are 16. The two oldest youths are Roy Litchfield, 18, Decatur, and Larry A. Walchle, 19, route five, Decatur. The other three names are withheld due to the ages. After investigation by the state police, sheriff’s department, and state detective Jack Tobias, the youths were questioned by the officers about the thefts. All of the yftuths signed statements admitting their part in the burglary after questioning at the Adams county jail. The 18 and 19-year-olds remained in the Adams county jail during the night until bond could be set today. The three 16-year-olds were released in the custody of their parents. A bond was set today at SI,OOO by Judge Myles F. Parrish on the older youths. The parents are in the process of posting the bond so the lads may. be put in their custody. The hearing for all of the youths is expected to be set next week. - . All but one small article of the stolen equipment was recovered by the investigating officers.

Quake Touches Off Tidal Wave Alert Strong Earthquake * In Alaskan Area HONOLULU (UPD — The U.S.' Coast and Geodetic Survey, restarted today it had recorded a wrong earthquake near the. Canadian - Alaskan border, touching off a tidal wave alert that lasted several hours. The alert was called Off after families in the Hauula, Sunset Beach, Kahuku and Wahiawa coastal areas were ordered to leve their homes as a precautionary measure. The quake was strong enough to create a heavy tide at Sitka, Alaska, but ap p a r e n t 1 y its strength dissipated as it moved south and west over the Pacific. The alert also had extended to Guam, Midway, Kwajalein, Wake and Johnston islands. The survey said the quake originated about 4.800 miles from Hawaii, near Yalcutak, which is located near Sitka and the Kanai Mountain range, a short distance from Alaska's border with Canada. The survey said Sitka reported heavy tidal action, rising and faling about six inches. However, Kodiak did not report any unusual action. The quake was also recorded by the University of California seisin Berkeley. SeismolDon Tocher said the quake The strongest quake ever rehad a Richter magnitude of 8. The strongest quake ever recorded had a magnitude of 8.6. Rescue Fisherman From Narrow Ledge Used Shoelaces To Tie Legs To Tree ALAMOSA, Colo. (UPD — A fisherman who spent five days and nights w i tho u t food and water on a crumbling cliffside ledge told his rescuers today he would have plunged to his death had he not used his shoelaces to tie his legs around a tree. John Sanders, 35, Albuquerque, N.M., was rescued Wednesday by mountain - trained soldiers. They scaled a 1,000-foot escarpment and then lowered themselves to the five - foot - wide ledge where Sanders clung. Sanders’ ordeal began July 4 when he and a companion, William E. Garver, 28, also of Albuquerque, slipped on loose rock while searching for Garver’s wallet and tumbled down a mountainside. Garver fell several hundred feet and was killed. His body was recovered Tuesday. But a slender pine tree broke Sanders’ fall. He continued to slip but grabbed the tree and tied Mnrtelf to it with the shoelaces. Don Bewley, 22, an employe of a mountain lodge 15 miles from the rugged scene, reached Sanders Tuesday. Bewley was able to leave the ledge and climb back but Sanders was too weak from lack of food and could not follow him. | Mountain climbers from Fort Carson, Colo., trained in alpine techniques, then were called in. They . reached Sanders and lowered him to the Conejos River below in a harness fashioned from nylon rope. Sanders was reported in good condition except for fatigue and exposure. The soldiers who made the rescue were SPC 3-C Bruce Hunter, Seattle, Wash.; Ist Lt. Carl Holzl, Skokie, Hl.; SPC 3-C Richard Strand, also of Seattle; and Pfc. Alfred Lane, Littleton, N.H. Additional Gas Space Heating Is Granted INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana Public Service Commission authorized the Northern Indiana Pulic Service Co. Wednesday to serve 3,000 additional gas space heating customers. The utility serves 51,000 users in Allen, Adams, Wells, Whitley and Huntington Counties.

Lawyer Refuses To Make Reply To Questions - Ex-Chicago Labor Counsel Refuses To Answer Committee WASHINGTON (UPD—Abraham : Teitelbaum, former attorney for . “Scarface Al” Capone, refused ] under four constitutional amend- ! ments today to answer questions put to him by the Senate Rackets Committee. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) overruled all of Teitel- , baum’s objections except his Fifth ; Amendment plea of possible selfincrimination. He also refused ; the bald, portly attorney permission to make a statement before ( he was sworn as a witness in the ( investigation of underworld labor 1 and business links. Teitelbaum has been pictured as a key figure in the commit- ' tee’s current investigation of , gangster infiltration of both labor and management groups in the ( Chicago restaurant business. As a former $125,000-a-year la- , bor counsel for the Chicago Restaurant Assn., he has been frequently mentioned by other witnesses as a middleman in what McClelan described as a labor “shakedown racket.” h When his name was called by counsel Robert F. Kennedy, Teitelbaum shouldered up to the witness table and in a loud voice requested permission to read a statement. McClellan told him the committee was not interested in unsworn statements, whereupon Teitelbaum informed him that “I’ve had previous experience with committees.” Teitelbaum said that he testified voluntarily in 1951 before a House committee investigating tax scandals. As a result, he claimed, he became the “innocent victim” of a series of legal actions. The committee earlier heard testimony that the restaurant association followed anti-union practices which would have been illegal in interstate commerce. Ralph J. Gutgsell, former counsel for the association, said the group set up a special fund to fight union organizing efforts even when a majority of the restaurant employes had signed union cards. Gutgsell said this practice would be a violation of the Taft-Hartley (Continued on page six) Barn Destroyed By Fire Last Evening Emil Reinhard Barn Is Fired Wednesday Fire destroyed a bam convened into a laying house on a farm owned by Emil Reinhard one mile south and a half mile east of Craigville Wednesday evening. What ignited the blaze, was unknown. It began between 7:30 and 7:45 p. m„ endangering other farm buildings nearby. Although the flames damaged a tree midway between the barn and the house, a favorable wind fanned them away from the other buildings. The fire had a good start and was burning fast when the Bluffton and Preble fire departments arrived about 8:15 p. m. It was too late to save the barnlaying house, but fire fighters saved the remaining farm buildings with the help of a north-northeast wind. The two Bluffton fire units and Preble’s pumper, two tank wagons, and fleet of five volunteer pickup tank trucks were there for approximately two hours until the situation was under control. Approximately 2,000 chickens were housed in the bam, along with feeding equipment, several electric motors, and cased eggs. A barrel of oil was- destroyed in the blaze after theToof fell in, the interior having been gutted by fire.* An estimate of the damages was not available.

Huge Power Station Reported Sabotaged Report Sabotage By Rebels At Tripoli BEIRUT; Lebanon (UPD—Rebels were reported today to-have sabotaged the huge electric power station. outside of Tripoli where Lebanese army mortars again pounded incessantly at insurgents holed up in the main market place. There was no confirmation of the reported attack on the power plant at Akkar, north of Tripoli. The newspaper Al Nahar said file plant wds sabotaged by "unknown persons” who destroyed "nearly all the machinery.” Sporadic gunfire was heard in , Beirut during the night but no major incidents were reported. UPI correspondent Robert Egby reported from Tripoli that heavy mortar and rifle fire went on through the night in many sections of the port city. He said the firing was heaviest across the “no man’s land” between the old city held by the rebels and the new city under government control. Egby, who is living with UN observers at the Hakim Hotel on the fringe of the fighting zone in ■ Tripoli, said there were fierce ex- \ changes along Tripoli Boulevard and at Bab Tabani, the main market place, claiming rebels were holed up there after ihfil- , trating Wednesday night. A smoky haze covered the old city and several minor fires could , be seen. j A rebel leader told UPI by tel- < ephone from Tripoli that three persons were kiled in his section, j including a woman nurse and a 12-year-old boy. Carnival Fat Man Dies This Morning Man Weighing Over 1,000 Pounds Dies BREMEN, Ind. (UPD — A carnival fat man who weighed more than 1,000 pounds died today in a heavily reinforced house trailer on the parking lot of a hospital. Robert Hughes, 32, Emden, Mo., was pronounced dead about 6:30 a.m. despite the fact doctors tried to save his life by administering oxygen. Death was attributed by Mary Harris, administrator of Bremen Community Hospital, to uremia. Hughes was critically ill the past few days with a heart condition complicated by an attack of threeday measles. Relatives from Missouri were at the bedside when Hughes breathed his last. Hughes, who once was reported to have weighed 1,065 pounds, was listed by Gooding Brothers Amusement Co. as weighing 1,041 pounds t at the time he became ill last week while the carnival was playing a , stand at North Vernon, Ind. ; Hospital authorities said there was no doubt Hughes weighed as . much as his sponsors said he did. I A Bremen mortician was called ■ and said he would embalm the . body in the makeshift home, a converted semi-trailer truck, and relatives would take the remains back to Missouri for burial. When doctors ordered Hughes to the hospital last weekend, they found he could not be moved inside the institution because there were no facilities for one of his size and weight. 2 Hughes apparently suffered a glandular disturbance while a small child. At the age of six, he weighed 210, and by the time he was 14 he weighed 640 pounds. At the time of death, Hughes had a 122-inch waist circumference and 40-inch biceps. Relatives said he was able to be on his feet only 10 or 12 minutes at a time and able to walk only short distances. He ate about twice as much as a normal man but drank liquids in large quantities. 14 Pages

Goldfine Firm In Refusal To Answer Query Refuses To Answer Queries Concerning Uncashed Checks WASHINGTON (UPD Chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark.) said today his House influence invest!* gating subcommittee will subpena business records of millionaire Bernard Goldfine because of the textile tycoon’s “ridiculous attitude” in refusing to answer some questions. Harris made the announcement after Goldfine stood firm on his refusal to answer questions on why his firms dealt in uncashed treasurer’s and certified checks totaling $776,879 as of May 7. In particular, he refused to explain two checks, issued to the Yale Woolen Waste Co. in the spring of 1957 and not yet cashed. Asked if he Would turn over the books, once the subpena was issued, Goldfine cautiously rppliedC “On advice of counsel, I can't answer.’’ He said his attorneys wanted to see the subpena first. “No Particular Beason” Harris, in effect backtracked on a ruling he made Wednesday that such questions were not pertinent to the subcommittee’s inquiry into relations between Goldfine and Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, a close friend. The subcommittee wants to know whether Goldfine’s New England firms got preferred treatment from government agencies as a resylt of inquiries which Adams has conceded he made. Adams has admitted he accepted gifts and hospitality from Goldfine, but has denied doing anything improper on Goldfine’s behalf. Some subcommittee members expressed concern Wednesday that Harris’ ruling had closed the door on efforts to get information they called vital to the inquiry. Goldfine opened his fourth day of testimony by doing a little backtracking on his own. He answered —to some extent — one question at which he had balked Wednesday on the grounds it was not pertinent. Ulis was on why he took some of the uncashed checks to the bank “just after” the subcommittee called him to testify. He said there was “no particular reason” for the action. But when Rep. John B. Bennett (R-Mich.) started pushing again for specific information on other checks, Goldfine retreated to the answer he had perfected Wednes- ; day — that the questions weren’t relevant and that cm advice of i counsel he respectfuly declined to i answer. “An Unreasonable Attitude” After Goldfine read his stock answer. Harris admonished him, “I think it’s getting pretty far on the way toward a ridiculous attitude and lack of cooperation,” the chairman said. “It seems to me an unreasonable attitude to take.” As the subcommittee got set for another try at prying loose details of the checks, there Were these other developments: —Goldfine accused Rep. Peter F. Mack Jr. (D-Ill.) of blackmail and “a dirty smear” in bringing up a 49 - year -old indictment charging Goldfine with hiding assets in a bankruptcy case. Goldfine withdrew a guilty plea and the charge later was dropped completely. J —Attorney General Wiliam P. Rogers refused to tell a news conference whether former Federal Trade Commission Chairman Edward Howrey broke the law when he gave Adams a “synopsis” of an FTC case against Goldfine, or whether Goldfine’s income tax returns were under investigation. To do so, he said, would be to “indict people at a press conference/’ ? ‘W —Rep. John B. Bennett <RMich.) said he was “suspicious at the Boston tycoon’s repeated that details of the checks weren't (Continued oo pace tour)

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