Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1958 — Page 6

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Soil Bank Reserve Program Underway Tentative Program Is Being Studied Victor Bleeke, chairman of the Adams county agricultural stabilization reserve program for the 1959 crop year has started. The U.S. department of agriculture has drafted a tentative program and submitted it to state ASC committees for study. After their recommendations are reviewed, the program will be put in final form and contracts will be made available to farmers for signup later this year, Contracts may not be signed at this time. The general features of the tentative program, the chairman said, are: The proposed national average annual repted payment to participating farmers will be $13.50 per acre as compared with $lO per acre in previous years of the program. County and individual farm payment rates will be determined by SAC committees as in the past primarily on the basis of relative productivity, rental rates, and agriclutural land values. County committees will have more freedom to than in the past. The full payment will be earned by putting into the conservation reserve land which has been in soil bank “base crops! grains, oilseeds, and row crops) during the past two years. Lower payments may be earned by putting in “non-diversion” land (principally harvested hayland and rotation pasture land which has been in a regular rotation on the farm). Farmers who put all of the eligible cropland into the conservation reserve will be able to earn the maximum regular payment' rate for all “reserved” acres plus an additional 10 per cent for “whole farm” participation. A farmer will be able to offet land at less than the regular rate if he wishes. This may make his offer more certain of acceptance in certain cases. In addition to the annual rental payment, a farmer who participates in the conservation reserve

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can get a payment covering a substantial part of the cost of establishing approved conservation practices on reserved. land. Ohio Traffic Crash Claims Fourth Life Van Wert Lady Dies In Hospital Tuesday Injuries sustained in a four-car collision Friday afternoon were fdtal to Mrs. Marie Stetler, 17, of Van Wert, O. t as the chain-reac-tion crash claimed its fourth victim Tuesday.—--Mrs. Stetler died shortly before noon Tuesday in Otis hospital, Celina, O 4 without regaining consciousness. The accident occurred at the intersection of U. S. 127 and Ohio State road 117 in Mercer county. Three other young Ohio women were killed, two instantly. in the crash; they were Miss Carolyn Baker, 25, of West Manchester, 0., and Jane Butts, 19, and her sister Marilyn Butts, 17. both of near Greenville. i Native of Corbin. Ky.. Mrs. Stetler resided in Pinesville, Ky., and moved to Van Wert six years ago. Survivors are her stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. Gale Hunter, Van Wert, two sisters, and six brothers. Funeral services will be at 10 a. m. Thursday in the Alspach funeral home. Van Wert, the Rev. Delbert Miller officiating. Burial wilk be in Blue Creek cemetery, Paulding Mrs. Stetler and her husband, Orville Stetler, were occupants of a car which was hit by the vehicle occupied by Miss Baker and the Butts sisters. Their Buick had been thrown into the path of the Stetler auto after being hit broadside by a car driven by Boone Smith. 28. of Greenville. Smith is being held in the Van Wert jail under SIO,OOO bond. He is charged with stop sign violation and manslaughter, to which he pleaded innocent in Celina municipal court Monday. The case has been bound over to the grand jury. Stetler. who sustained fractured legs, is reported to be improving in Otis hospital, Celina, where he underwent surgery Tuesday to place a plate in his hip.

Three Children Are Murdered In Home 19-Year-Old Father Is Held By Police CANTON, Pa. (UPD—A-19-year-old father sought in the shotgun slaying of his three small daughters in their rural home Tuesday night was captured today about three miles from the sqene of the crime. State police said Paul Pfelton, a tenant farmer, was armed with two rifles, one high powered, and a shotgun, when he was apprehended by a posse. The posse of state and local police had been combing the heavily wooded area near the Pelton home since daybreak. Authorities were convinced he had not gone far because he does not even Own an auto. The bodies of the three children, aged 3, 2 and 5 months, were found in their home by the mother when she returned from a hospital visit with their son. Mrs. Margaret Pelton, 23, told police she and her father, Carlton Brion, 45, had, gone to nearby Troy, Pa., Community Hospital about 6:30 p.m. to visit her five-month-old son Paul, who is critically, ill with asthma. Pel ton stayed home to baby-sit. She said she returned about 11:30 p.m. and left her father to put the car in the garage. She said she went inside and found Connie. 2. slumped over her walker in the living room. At first, she said, she thought the girl was asleep. Then she saw the bullet wound in the child’s stomach when she tried to wake her. A search of the house found Patricia, 3, dead on a bed with a facial wound and five - monthsold Pauline, Paul’s twin, in her basket on a bed with a stomach wound. The father was not at home. Mrs. Pelton called police who issued an all-points bulletin for her husband. A loaded .22 caliber rifle was found in a barn when police arrived. Mrs. Pelton told police her husband was cheerful when she left. She told United Pr,ess International her husband had said, “Stay as long as you like at the hospital.” She said, ‘Paul loved the children. He was always very kind to them.” Coroner Gerald Vickry told United Press International there is a ‘remote possibility that sdrhe one came to the house bent on robbery and killed everyone.” He said the killer may have hidden Pelton's body. If you have something to sell oi rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad — They bring results.

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Advises Removal Os Potato Seed Balls Potato seed balls, occasionally found growing on potato vines, resemble a small tomato but arc not tomatoes. W. B. Ward, Purdue horticulturist, states. Ward advises home gardeners to remove these balls from the potato vine as soon as they are discovered. “They are of no value and, if left on the vine, will use up valuable plant food that should be available to develop the potatoes in the soil,” Ward explains. Several inquiries have been received by Ward from home< gardeners. Many have felt that the balls are a cross between the potato and tomato. Ward states that the balls are the true seed of the potato. Seven Os Kidnaped Servicemen Freed Two Marines, Five Sailors Released GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (UPD — Seven of 29 American sailors and Marines kidnaped by Cuban rebels June 28 were freed Tuesday night. Another small group was expected out today. The first servicemen released were two Marines and five sailors. They were flown here by two Navy helicopters from a prearranged spot in the hills 40 miles northeast of the base. All appeared in good health. The two Marines were Sgt. Charles B. Young Jr. of Bronx N.Y., and Cpl. Noble S. Brown, of Indianhead, Md.. The Navy men were Valentine W. George, electronics technician 3rd class, oi Northboro, Mass.; Robert E. Gib son, storekeeper Ist class, of Chattahoochee, Fla.; William H. Criste. aviation machinists mate 2nd class, Scottsville, Kan.; Alfredo R Hernandez, airman. Esparto, California, and Billy R. Fox, boatswain's mate 2nd class, of Bloom field, N.J. and Pittsburg, 111. The freed sailors and Marines told newsmen that about half oi them suffered dysentery during the first week in rebel hands but had been given medicine and medical care by the insurgents. An official source at the base said the rebels informed American authorities the remaining nine Marines and 13 sailors probably would be released in groups of four or five. The U.S. Crop Reporting Board estimates there will be a six per cent increase in the number ol sows farrowed in 10 of the Corn Belt states. Trade in a good town — Decatur

Congress Is Involved In * Top Measure States' Rights Bill Is Near To Vote Stage For House WASHINGTON (UPD — The grave affairs of the Middle East notwithstanding, Congress was embroiled In important legislation today, including a controversial states’ rights bil. Backers of the states’ rights bill said they were in “good shape” to win House passage of the controversial measure aimed at keeping federal legislation from inval-. idating state laws. Rep. Edwin E. z Willis <D-La.) said the bill should “pass easily,” possibly late today. — Opponents of the measure prepared to offer an amendment to restrict the measure's application to future laws passed by Congress. The bill as it now stands would apply to all legislaton, past and future. Trade Bill Debated It declares that no federal act shall be interpreted as excluding state laws on the same suject unless the act specifically says so or unless there is a “direct and positive conflict” between them. In the Senate, debate was to open today on a reciprocal trade extension bil. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson was convinced he had enough votes to kill an amendment by which the Senate Finance Committee would limit the President's control over tariff-making.-Johnson said he would “take the lead to get an effective trade bill’’ during the floor fight this week. The majority leader from Texas already had made it clear he was putting his personal prestige on the line to save what he regards as an essential program —one initiated by the Democrats 24 years ago. Night sessions and possibly a Saturday meeting if needed were scheduled to get the bill through this week. Other congressional news: Atomic: The Senate approved a bill authorizing $386,679,000 worth of • construction for the Atomic Energy Commission, despite complaints that one of its features would put the AEC into “public power.” It sent the measure back to the House which Monday overrode objections from President Eisenhower himself and speeded the bill to passage. Draftees: The Senate gave final congressional approval to a bill permitting the President to set higher mental and physical standards for peacetime draftees. Refugees: The Senate passed and sent to the White House a bill to enable 32,000 refugees of the Hungarian revolution to become U.S. citizens. The bill would grant permanent resident status to persons who fled Hungary when the 1956 revolution was put down by Soviet troops. Defense Reorganization: The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a defense reorganization bill after modifying some features of :the House-passed measure that drew President Eisenhower’s fire. But the committee left virtually unchanged one controversial provision opposed by Eisenhower—the right of service secretaries to take dissenting views directly to Congress. ■ Goldfine Tells Os Talks With Adams Telephoned 43 Times During Six Months WASHINGTON (UPD —Bernard Goldfine told House investigators today he telephoned Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams 43 times In a six-month period to keep 'posted on “general conditions/? R/p. John Bell Williams (DMs.i said the House influenceinvestigating subcommittee -h- a d Information showing that Goldfine (called Adams at the White House or at his home 43 times between Nov. 20, 1957, and last May 11. The New England industrialist said,he contacted Adams “whenever I feel it’s necessary. I call him to find out general conditions ... he might be posted better than I would be.” The subcommittee has charged that Goldfine received preferential treatment through Adams from federal regulatory agencies. Both Goldfine and Adams have sworn that is not so. Goldfine said in his seventh day before the subcommittee that there may have been “some odds and ends” in the way of gifts and favors he presented Adams since 1953 that have not yet come to light. He said he just didn’t remember. The textile millionaire, who has conceded he listed gifts and hotel bills he paid for tor A d a m s as expenses in his income tax returns, declined to say whether it was Ms general practice to treat “personal gifts for personal friends” that way.

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Respite From Rain _ In Most Os State Weatherman Sees Only Brief Respite By United Press International Most of Indiana got a respite from heavy July rainfall today but the weatherman promised a new round of showers for well-soaked Hoosierland later this week. * For nearly a week now, scattered portions of Indiana soaked up heavy rains, and forecasters said some flooding will result along river bottomlands. However, nothing as serious as last month’s flood Conditions aldng the Wabash, White and Mississinewa Rivers was expected. The latest precipitation measurements. for the 24-hour period which ended this morning, included 2.82 inches at Lafayette, most of it before dawn today, and more than an inch at Wabash. Monticello, Elwood, Peru, Bedford. Williams, and Marion. Scottsburg, Anderson, Winchester and Logansport got nearly an inch, while Portland, Rochester, Crawfordsvile reported about half an inch. Only the extreme southern portion may get scattered thundershowers today and tonight, the forecast said, and the humid conditions of the past few days were expected to relent somewhat. But the five-day outlook called for additional rainfall of 114 inches or more in the southern portion, tapering off to about onehalf inch upstate. Temperatures will continue be-low-normal in the five-day period through Monday, the weatherman said. “Temperatures will average 3 to 7 degrees below normal,” said the extended outlook. Normal highs range from 84 north to 90 south, normal lows 64 to 70. “Moderately cool south portion, a little warmer north Thursday,” said the forecast. "Turning a little cooler about Saturday, then slow warming trend beginning Sunday.” Highs Tuesday ranged from 81 at Lafayette to a humid 89 at Evansville. The overnight temperature dropped to a comfortable 61 at Lafayette but the mercury remained in the mid-70s at Evansville. The maximum today was expected to reach the mid-80s in the southern portion. Rivers continued to rise slowly, meanwhile, and a “little overflow” was expected at a few points, mostly along the upper Wabash north of Covington. Reports Vandalism At Home Tuesday Mrs. Arthur Dawson, of 710 Line street reported vandalism at her home Tuesday between the hours of 12:15 and 2:25 p.m. Mrs. Dawson had been shopping during this time, upon her return home she found two chairs overturned in the living room and a dish broken on the kitchen floor. Youth Center Lawn Damaged By Auto The Decatur Youth and Community Center lawn was damaged at 10 p.m. Tuesday after a car drove onto the front lawn while approaching the city from the east on U. S. 224. Frank R. Camanche, 42, Fort Wayne, was the driver of the auto. The car was not damaged, but damage to the lawn was estimated at S3O. If you have something to sen or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad — They bring results. |

Course For Mothers Os Blind Children A course for mothers of preschool children who are blind or partially blind will be offered at the Indiana school for the blind in Indianapolis free of charge Thursday and Friday. The course wifi begin at 1:30 p.m. Thursday and end at 11:30 am. Friday. Food and lodging will be provided free of charge for all mothers of blind or partially sighted children under six years of age. Noted eye specialists and child training experts will be featured on the program. For information call Indianapolis Clifford 1-9241 or contract the school for the blind, 7725 College avenue, Indianapolis. BUSY (Continued from page one) street improvements, which had been accidentally omitted from the original petition. He_ stated that he felt that the difference in the cost of the four inch and six inch water pipe, repersenting the difference between what the addition would require and minimum fire safety requirements of the city, should be paid by the city. He asked for action as quickly as possible so that work could commence. Clark Mayclin appeared for the Stratton Place association and reported on the high water in yards and basements. Mayor Cole stated that a thorough investigation was underway, and changes would be forthcoming to correct the drainage problems during flash floods in the Stratton place area. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert F. Gilpin of Root, township asker for an ele-

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ctric line extension. The request was refered to the electric light and power committee and the superintendent. Two line extension agreements signed by the board of works were approved by the city council. They were for $135 to connect Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Gerber, of Kirkland township, and for $301.45 to connect Mr. and Mrs. Darwin E. Bohnke. A petition to secure a light in the alley between Schirmeyer and Line strets one pole south of Dorwin street was submitted by five families in that area. It was referred to the electric light committee. Families in the area between 217 and 239 North 11th street asked permission to remove a brick sidewalk and replace it with a cement sidewalk. This was referred to the city engineer. A letter from the Erie railroad, pointed out to the city that the 30 foot strip oiled by the city this year by their tracks near Winchester street, belonged to the railroad which pays taxes on it, and asked that the city refrain from improving it in the future. The Krick street sewer, which will run east 476 feet from lljth and Krick streets, then north 339 feet of the Elm street sewer, was approved. The rates on the Aeschliman sewer lateral of the Homewood sewer were approved ana will be mailed to the five property owners concerned. ' ■ / All city councilmen. the mayor, city attorney, clerk*treasurer, and all department hears, except Ralp Roop, whi is sick, were present for the council meeting.