Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 163.

. > . IKr *. ' 1 a SL. .. •: x L £ JL HHL* ' Fi fIHEb wHf ■ ■ uMMMmMH ‘H 1 VIEW ST. LAWRENCE POWER—Enroute back to Washington. President and Mrs. Eisenhower are interested spectators at the giant St. Lawrence Power Project at Massena, N. Y. The President leans forward for a better view of the huge gentry crane and generator hatches during an inspection tour.

i juvn Money Records Os Goldfine Lounch New Effort To Study Financial Record Os Goldfine WASHINGTON (UPI) - House investigators refused to take Bernard Goldfine’s “no" for an answer today and launched a new attempt to scrutinize the textile baron's financial record. It was reported that four fresh subpenas were issued by Chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark.) of the House influence - investigating subcommittee in an effort to get to the bottom of the money manipulations about which Goldfine steadfastly declined to testify. Members of the Harris subcommittee said they hoped the millionaire friend of White House Aide Sherman Adams would have a change of heart and decide to answer their questions when he appears again Tuesday. Several predicted that unless Goldfine took this course—a remote possibility at best — the subcommittee would vote unanimously to recommend contempt proceedings against him sometime next week. Records To Be Called Harris, who was sefen taking time out during Friday’s dramatic hearing to sign what appeared to be subpenas, refused to tell reporters whether he had issued any new summonses. But another subcommittee source said four subpenas had been issued which called for records from at least three firms controled' by Goldfine — The East Boston Co., its subsidiary the Boston Port Development Co., and Northfield Mills, one of his textile ventures. As the dynamite - packed hearings took a four-day breather, there were these other developments: —Dr. John R. Stelman denied he ever got any favors for Goldfine when he was the “Sherman Adams” of the Truman administration. Goldfine testified he once got a "commitment” for a 12 million dollar federal loan with Steelman’s help. Steelman said he referred Godflne’s request to the old Reconstruction Finance Corporation which turned it down. —The U. S. Attorney’s Office said it had “suspicions” about who might have rummaged through the records of Goldfine’s blonde bookkeeper, Mildred Paperman, in a hotel closet here last weekend. The city detective chief said Jack Lotto, Goldfine’s press agent, was cleared of any part in the incident in a lie detector test. Senate Approves Code — Without debate the Senate suddenly approved a resolution saying government officials ought to folow a 10-point code of ethics. The proposed code, already endorsed by the House, would enjoin officials not to hand special favors to anyone or accept benefits which might be interpreted as swaying them in the performance of their duties. Goldfine, who stayed in the capital Friday night after completing five days of hectic testimony, professed to be unperturbed by the virtual certainty the subcommittee would proceed with contempt charges if he didn’t respond to its questions. (Continued <x> six) INDIANA WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Sunday, warmer Sunday. Low tonight upper 50s to mid 60s. High Sunday 85 to 87. Outlook for Monday: Partly cloudy and warmer.

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By Senators Friday Amazing Display Os Cloakroom Tactics WASHINGTON (UPI) — Most senators will have to read the Congressional Record to discover details of a $2,475,000,000 housing bill that speedily cleared the Senate Friday in an amazing display of successful cloakroom tactics. , Only a handful of the Senate ' membership was on hand at the ’ time. Even fewer of those present ’ were aware of the pre-arranged , bipartisan maneuvers. The bill was designed to spur ( slum clearance and public and college housing construction. ’ The Senate in bing-bing-bing , fashion gave voice vote approval j to a flock of amendments which _ chopped 475 million dollars from j the Senate Banking Committee version of the measure. It now goes to the House. ’ None of the amendments was ; explained > the Jopr. Voice »I>. , proval then came in snort order ' to the amended bill which still , carries a price tag 885 millicm dollars higher than asked by the . administration. ‘ As approved Friday the bill , would provide for $1,800,000,000 in ; federal grants for a six-year slum , clearance and urban renewal pro- . gram exclusion compared with $1,300,000,000 asked by the administration. , It also would add a new catego- ' ry to permit 125 million dollars for direct loans for college classroom I construction. The 125 million would I be in addition to the 400 million dollars authorized for college , housing loans and an additional I 250 million dollar program of . guaranteed loans to coleges for classroom construction. The administration had asked only for 200 million dollars for college housing loans. The bill also authorizes 150 million dollars for direct home loans to veterans. The administration did not ask for this authorization. It extended authority for currently authorized but not constructed 70.000 new public housing units and added authority for another 17,500 units available July 1, 1959. Sharp New Rise In Jobless Pay Claims i Attribute Rise To Vacation Shutdowns WASHINGTON (UPI) —The government has reported that the number of idle Americans drawing jobless pay benefits dropped in the week ended June 28 for the Uth week in a row. But it said factory shutdown for summer vacations brought a sharp rise in new claims for unemployment compensation, which climbed by 100,900 to a new total of 467,200. Since workers must be jobless for at least a week before they can start drawing benefits, the new surge in fresh claims will show up in next week’s report on overall comjpensation payments. The Labor Department said Friday 2,551,700 persons were on the jobless pay rolls in the week ended June 29, a decrease of 59,200 from the previous week. It said, however, the decline mainly reflected exhaustion of benefits to many of the unemployed. It estimated that 252,300 workers exhausted their benefit eligibility in the entire month of June, compared with 236,800 in May and §2,500 in June, 1957. NOON EDITION

Seek Showdown On Protection By Amendment Senate Committee May Ask Test Case On Fifth Amendment WASHINGTON (UPl)—The Senate Rackets Committee appears eager for a showdown on the question of what boundaries exist around a citizen’s protection under the Fifth Amendment. •Die decision, if one is actually sought by the committee, probably would be a long time in coming. But Rackets Committee > Chairman John L. McClelan (DArk.) Friday ordered his staff to prepare the legal papers that would be the basis of a case testing “abuse” of the constitutional protection against self-incrimina-tion. McClellan told newsmen „’*l realty. want to . v Supreme Court I think we now have some good case§ that might be used.” Thousands of Cases The Rackets Committee has had the Fifth Amendment cited by its witnesses literally thousands of times during .its 18-month investigation of labor-management practices. In most cases, McClellan has told witnesses their right to refuse to give testimony they’honestly feel might incriminate them was undisputed. However, witnesses in the current investigation of the Mafia and other gangster elements that have worked into labor unions and business firms have used the Fifth Amendment to avoid all questions beyond their names and addresses. Many witnesses identified as underwork! figures have refused to tell where or when they were born, if they are citizens, if they are married and have children, and what they do for a living. McClellen called such refusals “capricious use and abuse” of the Fifth Amendment. He ordered the staff to prepare possible contempt ster overlord: Abraham Teitelbaum, Al Capone’s former attorney; and a long list of lesser lights in the current investigation of crime syndicate connections with the Chicago restaurant industry. Chief Counsel Robert F. Kenne(Continued on page alx) Milton Eisenhower To Central America Ike's Brother Leaves For Official Tour WASHINGTON (UPI) — Dr. M i 1 ton Eisenhower leaves for Central America today on an official tour during which he will be virtuaiy hidden from the general public. His first stop as personal representative of his brother, President Eisenhower, will be Panama where informed quarters said he would be kept “virtuaiy invisible.” The list of his engagements each day will hot be released until the morning of that day and the routes which he will use while traveling are not expected to be announced at all, the informants said. The unusual travel arrangements apparently were set up to make, sure that Dr. Eisenhower does not become the center of hostile demonstrations such as those which marred Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s recent South American tour. An indication that trouble may be brewing came from Guatemala where the newspaper Prensa Libre reported Friday that “Trujillo elements” plan to demonstrate, and perhaps make an, attempt on Dr. Eisenhower’s life when he arrives in Guatemala City. Relations between Guatemala and the Dominican Republic have been strained since congressional investigators charged the Trujillo regime was linked with the assassination of President Carlos Castillo ArmaS last July. Dr. Eisenhower scheduled a short farewell visit with his brother at the White House an < hour before his mid - morning take-off aboard a Military Air Transport Service plane. Accompanying Dr. Eisenhower, who is president of Johns Hop- 1 kins University, on the Central ' American tour were Asst. Secretary of State Roy R. Rubottom, : Jr.; Export - Import Bank Presi- < dent Samuel C. Waugh; Econo- i mic Development Fund Chief ] Dempster Mclntosh; Asst. Secre- 1 tary of the Treasury Tom. B. Coughran; his daughter, Ruth, : and Mrs. Rubottom. . -, ■ ;

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 12,1958.

At Least Five Killed By Floods, Tornadoes Across United States \ ;

Cuban Demand Is Holding Up Release Os 29 Os Civilian Hostages Released Friday By Rebels - HAVANA (UPI) — A Cuban rebel demand for some sort of recognition from the United States appeared today to be holding up the release of 29 kidnaped American sailors and Marines. Indications of a new hitch were seen in the flight here from Guantanamo by U. S. Counsul Park Wollam, chief American negotiator with the rebels. WoL lam came to Havana for talks with Ambassador Earl Smith. He. is expected to return to the jungles for further discussions shortly. 29 Servicemen Remain The rebels Friday released the last of the 20 civilian hostages they seized more than two weeks ago, Canadian Richard Sargeant. But only cm sailor hostage has been released thus far. Fidel Castro, leader of the rebel “26th of July movement,” twice has ordered his younger brother Raul, who masterminded the kidnap raids, to free all the hostages "Immediately.” And Friday the rebel radio said the 29 U. S. servicemen would be “set free shortly.” Reports from the U. S. naval base at Guantanamo indicated that there was hope that some of the servicemen would be freed Friday night. But the hopes failed to materialize. Informed sources at the base said the rebels “obviously are holding out again Jor some kind of United States recognition.” Split Into Small Groups The 29. sailois and Marines were kidnapped June 28 while returning to the Guantanamo base from an outing. According to reports, they have been split into small groups and scattered among the rebel bands in the mountains. Navy Airman T. Robert Mosness, 22, of Ames, lowa, is the only serviceman to be returned thus far. He was captured alone just outside the Guantanamo base (Conttnuea on page five) Sidewalk Sale In Decafur Wednesday Old Fashioned Sale By Local Merchants Plans are nearing completion for the “old fashioned sidewalk sale jubilee” to be held in Decatur Wednesday by the retail merchants on Second street, Dick Kirshner, chairman of the committee, announced today. jTraffic will be halted for the day by blocking off Second street for the displays of merchandise presented by the local merchants. All of the new car dealers are being contacted to display their products in the middle of Second street. Special prices on merchandise and bargains will be featured for the people attending the festivities. All of the merchants will be in Gay Nineties attire to help with the promotional idea. Sororities, Boy Scouts; and other organizations will feature booths and eating stands in the downtown area. A record hop will take place in the middle of Second street from 8 to 1 lo’clock Wednesday night with Jack Underwood, a WOWO personality spinning the platters for the old and young alike. Everyone is welcome to attend and to help make toe affair the event of toe summer. Several surounding communities in this area have held similar events in toe past, and told toe merchants of toe huge success in their particular towns and communities. The Decatur merchants an anticipating a large turnout for the affair, and extend a welcome to toe people to enjoy toe fun.

Nuclear Scientists Continue Parleys More Controversial Methods Studied GENEVA (UPI) — Eastern aSd Western nuclear scientists neared completion point on their eight-item agenda today with discussion of the fall-out-measurement method of detecting bootleg nuclear explosions. The eight - nation scientific conference already has heard eight papers, five from the Communists and three from the West, on the collection and measurement of radioactive debris. The conference cleared its first hurdle Thursday by reaching agreement to recommend the ♦ound-wave method of spotting tiuclear blasts. Still to be considered are a Dumber of more controversial tnethods which might be put into use if an East-West nuclear test ban is approved by the governments. At the end of its second week, the conference had settled into a hard-working routine procedure which scarcely varied from one day to the next. The delegates also were rapidly getting well acquainted and replacing the rather stiff protocol contacts which characterized the early stages of the conference with friendly personal relations. Friday night they had ~ their first joint social functiori, a reception given at the Hotel des Bergues by the American delegation. Judging by the volume and obvious cordiality of the conversation still going on * two hours (Continue*, jU Page Six) Some Wheat And Oafs Damaged In County Light Rainfall In County On Friday Rain clouds threatened the area during the last 24 hours, but they meekly left less than a half inch of rain, ift drizzle and showers occurring late Friday afternoon. This was evidently the last trace of the storm area which pelted surrounding areas Thursday, causing flash floods in Nebraska and Ohio. Damage in Adams county amounted to some wheat and oats felled. Wheat, now ready for harvesting as soon as the fields are dry enough to hold machinery, seemed to hold up better than the ripening oats during the heavy rain which fell in scattered places Thursday. Apparently more oats than wheat had been felled, evidence that toe stalks of the wheat had grown tougher as it came closer to the combining stage. Most rain falling in the county Friday afternoon was recorded in Decatur and in Preble township, where the heaviest rainfall was recorded for Thursday afternoon and evening. Government weather observer Lewis Landrum reported .46 inch of moisture for Decatur. Four tenths, recorded Friday afternoon, added to Thursday’s 2.7 inches, made this week’s total for the Arthur Koeneman farm in Preble township stand over three inches. Scattered reports throughout the county were received this morning: in Root township, at the Cecil Harvey farm, .2 inches was recorded. Two tenths also stood in the rain gauge on toe Nimrod McCullough farm in St. Mary’s township and a little more than that was in the Harold Moser rain gauge, in French township. Geneva, hard hit during June, did not receive any measurable rainfall, according to Jack Hurst. The St. Mary’s river here continued to rise, although its rate had slowed down somewhat, according to Landrum, as it stood at 9.60 feet this morning, still well below tiie flood level. In neighboring areas, Thursday’s rainfall, amounted to slightly over one inch. Berne’s July total was raised to 2.76 inches of rain by 1.17 inches received there. Bluffton received 1.37 inches of rain in 24 hours beginning at 7 a. m. Thursday.

House May Vole Tax Relief To • Self-Employed /vieusdte Td ' Clear Senate; No. • Cut For Workers 1 WASHINGTON (UPI) — Key lawmakers from both parties agreed today the House soon will ' approve a bill granting major tax relief to self-employed persons but t no tax cuts for employed workers. , There was some doubt that the ; measure would clear the Senate. , Some lawmakers felt it probably ’ would be bottled up in the Senate t Finance Committee by Chairman Harry F. Byrd (D-VaJ, who sup- ( ports the administration’s no-tax- . cut stand. ’ The Democratic - controlled House Ways & Means Committee tentatively approved the measure ’ Friday despite administration op- , position. Dan Throop Smith, special assistant on tax policy to Treasury . Secretary Robert B. Anderson, . protested the measure would [ grant “selective relief” to one , group of taxpayers. He estimated , the revenue loss at more than 250 million dollars a year. . The bill sponsored by Rep. . Eugene J. Keogh <D-N.Y.). Would . provide special tax relief for . farmers, business proprietors, lawyers, dentists, doctors and all I other self-employed persons to enable them to build up retirement ; funds. The theory is that employes don't need such relief because they have company pension plans to provide for them, or at . least have hopes of getting one. The bill would benefit only those self-employed persons whose income was large enough to enable them to save money for retireccontinued on page six) Three Young Women I : Die In Auto Crash I Four-Vehicle Crash 1 Near Celina Friday 1 Friday evening about 6:30 o’clock r three young Ohio women were fa--5 tally injured and four others in- ■ jured, one critically, in a four-car : crash ten miles south of Celina, O. • Killed were Miss Carolyn Baker, ; 25, of West Manchester, 0., Miss ' Jane Butts, 19, and her sister, Mar- ’ ilyn, both of route two, Greenville, ’ Ohio. ’ These three fatalities raised KJer- , cer county’s traffic toll to 11 for 1 1958. Investigating officers blamed . a motorist s disregard for a stop [ sign for the chain-reaction crash. When it was struck broadside by an auto driven by Boone Smith, 26, of route two, Greenville, the . car in which the three young women were riding crashed into an auto driven by Orville Stetler, 20, Van Wert. The Stetler vehicle was thrown into a car driven by Gerald R. Hickey, 30, Delphos, O. i Westbound on Ohio state road 1 117, Smith had allegedly failed to stop for preferential U. S. 127, : when it struck the car driven by ■ Miss Baker, which was heading I north on the federal highway. Two passengers in the Smith car, 1 John Taylor and Damon Tigg, both ' of route five, Greenville, Were tak- ’ en to the Gibbons hospital and ■ transferred to a hospital in Green--1 vllle. Stetler and his wife, Marie, ’ 17, were taken to the Otis hospital, ' Celina, where Mrs. Stetler was ' placed on the critical list. Her husband’s condition was reported as good. Hickey and his wife, Beverly, 27, I were uninjured. Smith, who also [ escaped injury, was taken to Celina municipal court, charged with . stop sign violation. Pleading guilty, . he asked for counsel. Trial was set ! for 9:30 a.tn. Monday. The bodies of the two sisters . were taken to the Dick and Stallter i funeral home, while the body of Miss Baker was taken to the Vale funeral home.

i Fire Thor Missile Al Cape Canaveral To Seek Recovery Os The Nose Cone -^Tffi BB tANAVERAu’P"FIa. Air . Force successW’lWa’v Thcr inteunediate range missile this morning and it was learned an attempt would be made to recover the nose cone. The Thor climbed into a clear, starry sky at 1:36 a.m. e.s.t. The Air Force described the launching as “routine” and said that “preliminary instrumentation reports indicated a normal flight.” Officials said there would be no further statement, but sources reported an attempt would be made to recover the nose cone about 1,500 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral." - The Thor, first stage Os the ThorAble moon rocket now under development, was not believed to contain living matter. One Wednesday a Thor - Able was launched with a mouse in a different type of nose cone, but after two days the nose cone had not been recovered. A crew of Air Force personnel who have been learning the com-, plexities of the Thor at Tucson, Ariz., watched this morning’s launching. They will train men to operate Thor missile batteries. The first such batteries are expected to be set up in Europe by late 1958. ’ Sanitary Sewer Is Planned, Designed Is Continuation Os 12th Street Sewer A sanitary sewer to serve 10th, 11th, 12th, and Jackson streets in the area between Nuttman avenue and Monroe street is already planned and designed, and an estimate of cost will be completed early next week, city engineer Ralph E. Roop said today. The new sewer will be a continuation of the present 12th street sewer. This sewer was begun with funds from the revolving sewer fund, and as much was completed as possible before the funds were exhausted. The revolving sewer fund now has $16,362.64 in it, and the city council has authorized the city engineer to estimate the cost of the new sanitary addition. If the estimate is ready by Tuesday night's council meeting, it will take between 30 and 60 days to advertise and allow bids. It is quite possible that the new sewer will be completed by this fall, Roop explained. Sewers are not installed at random by the city, he continued. When property owners petition the city council for a sewer, offering to pay their share as required by state law and city ordinance, the council authorizes plans to be drawn. When the revolving sewer fund equals the amount needed, the sewer is built. Property owners on all new sewers are assessed their share of the cost. All sewers in Decatur have been constructed that way. The city will pay its share of the costs based upon percentage of area drained. The new sewer will be a 30-inch pipe to 12th, south to Nuttman, south on 12th street to Jackson, east on Jackson to 11th street, and 300 feet north to include all property owners, south to the alley, a lateral up Jackson east to 10th street, and another lateral up 12th street and west and south on 12th to the tobacco barn. Heart Attack Fatal To Rochester Banker ROCHESTER, Ind. (UPI) — A heart attack Friday killed Gerald Percy Smith, 65, Rochester,, president of the First National Bank here for the last 26 years. Smith was visiting friends at nearby Lake Manitou.

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More Violent Weather Hits, Al Southwest DomugeMartfrtti iirtd Millions From Floods And Violent Winds By United Press International Renewed outbreaks of vicdent weather swept sections of the Southwest today on the heels x of death-dealing floods and tornadoes. Flood and wind damage mounted into the millions of dolars. The turbulent weather front ranged into New England Friday night where savage electrical storms and winds of hurricane force caused widespread damage. At least five persons were killed in weather-caused mishaps and another man was missing and presumed dead. Three of the victims drowned in eastern Kansas floodwaters and two others were killed by lightning in Indiana and Ohio. Twisters or funnel clouds were sighted Friday night and early today in parts of Arkansas, Oklahome, Missouri and Texas. Weathermen predicted more thunderstorms today in the flooddrenched Southwest and extending east and northeast through the : Gulf states, the Ohio Valey, the • lower Great Lakes and the lower Atlantic Coast. Atchison, Kan., suffered the greatest damage Friday when a torrent of water five feet high swept down the city's main street, crumbling brick walls and sweeping away cars in its path. Three Persons Drowned Mrs. William Barthel and Charles Kennedy, 82, were drowned in Atchison when the floodwaters, triggered by a 5.6inch downpour, hit the city of 16,000. Ernest Elder, St. Joseph, Mo., was missing and presumed dead after the floodwaters covered his car in downtown Atchison. At Topeka, Kan., the wall of water tore a 12-year-old girl from her mother’s grasp and swept her to her death. Damage at Atchison alone was - . estimated by authorities at between 5 and 10 million dollars Gov. George Docking ordered National Guardsmen to rope off Atchison's business section to prevent looting. Other severe wind and rain damage hit the Kansas cities of Emporia, Chanute, Baldwin, Lawrence and Marysvile. . Elsewhere, the storm front whipped into the Midwest where lightning bolts killed a 14-year-old boy at West Milton, Ohio, and another boy at Zionsville, Ind. A tornado ripped into farm country near West Salem in southern Illinois, destroying two homes and injuring two persons, one of them a farm wife who was blown into her backyard. .Two Funnels Seen During the night, weathermen said two funnel clouds were spotted near Huntsville, Ark. Several funnel clouds also were reported in southwest Missouri. A twister danced over Miami, Okla., and two funnels hovered over Winnie and Orange, Tex. No damage was reported in any of the storm clouds. Other thunderstorms rumbled over Oklahoma and Kansas, the Ohio Valley and the southern Great Lakes region. However, they were tame compared with Friday’s cloudbursts. Weathermen predicted mostly (Conrsuad on rage Mr) Youth Is Killed In Three-Auto Smoshup RENSSELAER, Ind. (UPI) — A three-car smashup blamed on wet pavement late Friday killed James Biggs, 18, Brunswick. Biggs’ car went into a skid on a curveof Ind. 53and caromed off a car driven by Mrs. Darla Dillen, 22, Monticello, before it smashed head-on into a car driven by Charles Roberts of Rensselaer. Biggs’ girl friend. Karen Hall, 16, Chesterton, was injured seriously. Roberts and two other passengers in Biggs’ car sustained minor injuries.