Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 167.

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Lloyd Confers With Ike Over Grave Events British Leader In s Washington To Talk Over Grave Events WASHINGTON (UPD— British Foreign Secretary Welwyn Lloyd flew here today to discuss with President Eisenhower the ‘grave events" climaxed by U.S.-British troop actions in the Middle East. Lloyd was greeted at the airport by both Secretary of State John Foster Dules and Gen. Nathan F. Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The British leader arrived shortly after Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told the House of Commons in London that British troops were dispatched to Jordan to ptevent a United Arab Republic coup which "was to have taken place today.” Lloyd was scheduled to talk with Eisenhower and Dulles this afternoon in the White House. He said that he came to discuss the “grave events ’in the Middle East.” In New York before taking of for Washington he said “there are very grave issues at stake.” ‘Having transatlantic telephone calls and telegrams are no substitute,” Lloyd said, “for personal discussions at this time.” British Move Necessary U.S. troops are now on the scene in Lebanon with other forces standing by in Turkey. Before coming here Lloyd conferred for 30 minutes in New York with Sir Pierson Dixon, British ambassador to the United Nations. The White House withheld comment on the dispatch of British troops to Jordan. But Senate Republican Leader Wiliam F. Knowland said the British move was as necessary as the dispatch of U.S. Marines to Lebanon. There were reports in diplomatic circles that American forces would be sent into Jordan to join the British, but the White House has said there are no present plants for U.S. combat troops to go to that country. Reliable information was that a small America n service unit might be sent to Jordan to handle the oil and other supplies for which King Hussein has appealed to the United States. To Arrange Compromise President Eisenhower’s Mideast trouble shooter, deputy Undersecretary of State Robert D. Murphy, arrived in revolt-torn Lebanon where American Marines have landed to help stabilize the situation. Murphy, a veteran of 40 years in the world’s hottest spots, faced the job of helping arrange a political compromise to end the civil war which has wracked Lebanon for almost 10 weeks. Alied diplomats and military leaders carried out their complex moves designed to block the spread of pro-Nasser rebellion in< the Middle East, undeterred by Russia’s thinly veiled threat that it might intervene to challenge the Western move; Despite many military movements there was no evidence the United States was going on anything like a war footing. No increase in draft calls is presently planned, no reserves have been called and regular military maneuvers have not been canceled. This could change if Mideast conditions worsened drasticaly. No Reply to Russia There were no immediate plans for a further increase in military spending but the outlook tor tax cuts grew dimmer and dimmer. (Continued on pogt five) »

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No Present Plans To Increase Draft No Indications Os U S. War Footing WASHINGTON (UPD — The United States showed no indication today of going on a war footing despite moves of military forces to the Middle East. Pentagon officials told United Press International there were no 1 immediate plans to v call up rej serve forces, increase the draft j or curtail normal military mans euvers.- The situation -could, of , course, change if conditions worsened in the Mideast. ’ Actions of the past three days » in the Mideast •crisis came in 1 rapid-fire order and apparently , created concern in this nation and abroad that the United States was . moving toward a wartime basis, j But high military officials said . today this was not the case. Many ! preparations associated with war- ) time exigencies were not being . taken at all. j One of the frequent queries received by United Press Internac tionai since Marines were moved ; into Lebanon was whether draft , calls would be stepped up and re- > serve forces called into uniform, j The Dfense Department said j there was no plan to increase . draft calls for the Army— the only service using the .draft—be- , yond the present 10,000 a month scheduled through August. j “It is anticipated that calls of this order will continue for the balance of this calendar year under present force levels,” the Pen- ■ tagon said. The Army, the Navy, _and Air Force said they had no present . intentions of calling reservists to ‘ active duty as a result of the Mid- . die East situation. The services were unable to estimate whether defense spending j would sharply rise, but they were agreed that up to now there ap- . peared no reason to increase work , in defense plants. Nor was there any indication at j the Pentagon that field forces were curtailing exercises on maneuvers normally scheduled. Some leaves were being cancelled in the Army and Air Force , but this was being done on a local level and there appeared to be no general cancellations. The Navy, how ever, has cancelled leaves in placing its Atlantic and : Pacific Fleet ships on four-hour ’ alerts for possible sailing. i Wallet Os Accident 1 Victim Is Stolen ALHAMBRA, Calif. (UPD — Police today sought two men who ' stole a wallet of a fatally injured , woman in a car following a traf- ’ sic accident. Witness said the pair looted the car of Mrs. Clifford Reece Peterson, 38, after she had slammed into a parked car. She died Wednesday in General Hospital. Gov. Handley Asks Emergency Funds For Adams County INDIANAPOLIS (UPD —Gover- ■ nor Handley has wired the Agri--1 culture Department for emergency land restoration funds for 20 Indiana counties. A telegram to Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson Wednesday sought federal funds to pay 75 per cent rehabilitation costs i for flood-stricken farmland. The government would pay up to $2,500 per farm. The balance would be paid by the farmer. The counties include: Adams, Benton, Blackford, Car- : roll. Cass, Clinton, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Miami, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Randolph, Sulivan,' Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash and White.

Senate Hopes To Vote Trade Bill By Night Leaders Hopeful Os Passing Reciprocal Trade Bill Today By United Press International Senate leaders hoped today to win passage of President Eisenhower’s reciprocal trade bill—or at least a key vote on the measure —by late evening. The Senate was called to meet early and expect to work into the night in an effort to push the bill to a conclusion. Leaders felt they were helped by the war threat in the Middle East and were confident they had the votes to knock out one Senate committee revision the administration feels would cripple the 24-year-old trade program. This is the Kerr Amendment, which as approved by the finance committee would force the President to get a majority vote of Congress to, overturn any tariff commission recommendation for a higher tariff. Backers of the administration and the House-approved five-year extension of the program bore down heavily on the international ; implications of a cut at this time. Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.> • said the nation must not move toward economic “isolationism” when it is "so close to war” in I the Middle East. > States’ Rights Battie Seen In the House, both supporters t and foes of a controversial states’ ■ rights bill predicted an “extreme- [ ly close” vote today on a move i to limit the measure to restoring state sedition laws. The House was slated to complete debate today on the legislation, aimed at keeping federal I laws from invalidating those of ; states. Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.) [ was ready to offer the sedition - proposal as a substitute. It would - reinstate state anti-subversive and sedition laws struck down by the Supreme Court in 1956 on grounds the Federal (Smith) Anti-Commu- . nist Act overrode them. I Sen. Styles Bridges R-N. H. ; called for a new study by a Sen- • ate Armed Services subcommittee of the hush-hush Central Intellil gence Agency. Bridges said “we ought to know why the CIA didn’t i have more information” on the ■ rebellion in Iraq. i Bridges, head of the Senate GOP Policy Committee, was sup- ’ ported by assistant Senate Demoi cratic leader Mike Mansfield (Mont.), who has renewed a longstanding proposal' for a special congressional committee to conduct a continuing study of CIA operations. Mansfield said he felt CIA has become “an efifeient organization.” But he said it would help (Coni>»u«xi on page five) Cuban Rebels Free More Servicemen Four More Kidnaped Servicemen Freed GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (UPD — The Cuban rebels freed four more kidnaped U. S. servicemen Wednesday night. One said the remaining 18 hostages would be released in similar s m a l 1 groups, usually four at a time. The four returned Wednesday included one Marine and three sailors. Two Marines and five sailors were in the first group to be freed Tuesday. They were among 29 U. S. servicemen kidnaped by the rebels June 28. Brought out of the hills to this U. S. Naval base by helicopter in the second day of the operation were Marine Pfc. Hal C. Worrall, of Marysville, Ind ; Seaman Lawrence E. Jamison, of Bradford, Pa.; Yeoman Seaman Michael P. McArdle, of New York City; and Seaman Angelo Mpazocos, of Bronx, N. Y. Jamison quoted the rebels as saying they would release only four men daily. All four appeared in good health. They said they were “treated fine” during their 18 days in rebel captivity. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy with chance of some showers southwest portion tonight. Friday partly cloudy and a little wanner with chance of some showers or thundershowers west portion. Low tonight 60-68. High Friday around 80. Sunset to- . night 8:11 p. m. Sunrise Friday 5:32 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Considerable cloudiness with showers likely. Warmer southern portion. Low Friday night 60s north to around 70 south. High Saturday 80 north to upper 80s south.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday* July 17,1958.

British Paratroopers Fly To Jordan To End Plot Against Throne

J— U.H. Resumes Debate Today Over Mideast U.S. Prestige Is At Low Ebb Because Os Troops To Lebanon UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPD —The United Nations Security Council resumes debate today on the Middle East crisis with U. S. prestige at a low ebb because of the intervention in Lebanon. Tbe council reopens its discussion on the U. S. proposal for an international police force tor Lebanon. After two days’ debate, the U. S. proposal still faced the most formidable opposition in years tor an American proposition in the United Nations. Russia, as was foreseen, strongly opposed the measure. But criticism also came from Western and so-called neutral quarters. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold was openly cool to the police force plan that would send U. N. troops into Lebanon to protect that country’s independence. The United States has promised to withdraw its own forces as soon as the U. N. units took up positions. Japan expressed reluctant willingness to go along with the American resolution, but was unaerstood to be considering some amendments to it. Sweden saw no grounds for the international force. Still further opposition to the' United States came from some of the South American countries. They deplored the use of Marines in response to Lebanon’s appeal to President Eisenhower for military aid. The only solid support for the United States was Britain and France whose delegations have let U. S. 'Ambassador Henry Cabot Loge carry the brunt of the debate. In Wednesday’s session. Lodge presented evidence from sources in Syria of heavy infiltration of rebel aid into Lebanon as the basis for his appeal for a U.N. police force. Hammarskjold has contended the 100-man U. N. observers team in Lebanon had access to all the borders. He said he believed it was “fully equipped to play the part envisaged for it in the total USN. effort.” He added he hoped the team would continue to hold: the “key position” in the Lebanese operation.

Indicate Iraqi Revolt Born In Switzerland

By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW President United Press International Copyright, IKB, by UPI i The Iraqi revolt was “born in , Bern,” Western counter - in- < telligence agents indicated today. i A sudden increase in the move- i ment of Communist agents by air from Moscow via Prague to 1 Zurich and on to Bern, and of 1 military and political represents- 1 tives of the United Arab Republic : was observed and in some instances secretly recorded in 1 motion pictures made at airports, i this correspondent was told. i Bern, because of the neutral ] position of Switzerland which is free from all blocs either Com- i munist or Western, has been a 1 regular meeting place for the < Algerian rebels and their Com- ? munist supporters. 1 Here the Lebanon crisis was < hatched, and many of the politi- < cal action and propaganda plots which are tossed to the surface in < the satellite states, Indonesia, ] Red China and the Middle East. Western intelligence agents 1 have a label for these, “Born in 1 Bern.” It is now attached to the 1 Iraqui revolt. 1 Switzerland has clearly become i the Communist spy center for ’ the Arab world as well as all of i Europe.

Sidewalk Sale Is Big Success Here First Sidewalk Sale Attracts Thousands Thousands of residents from this community and the surrounding area paraded along Second street Wednesday to take part in the first “OH fashioned sidewalk sale jubilee” ever held in this city. Many of the people attending the affair were well reminded of the “old street fairs” missing in this city, tor several years. Many of the highlights of the day-long affair wert witnessed by the local merchants as well as the passersby. A few of these highlights were; the small children being separated from their parents for a few moments; an old-type high-wheeled bicycle operated by Bob Miller and advertising one of the leading eating establishments; local merchants in their Gay Nineties attire; thousands of people attending the festivities from all parts of this area, and the huge crowd gathered on North Second street for the record hop to wind up the all-day event. Several small children became separated from their parents while viewing the many displays held by the merchants. Passers’by assisted the city police in locating their families and reuniting them with their older brothers and Sisters attending the “sale.” Many of the local merchants were complimented on their type *f Gay Nineties dress, Which were quite colorful and different from the type dress worn today. One of the local merchants reported selling an overstuffed chair to a man from Virginia. The man stated he had heard the advertising of the “sale” over radio station WOWO while driving 200 miles away from this city on his way home, and stopped to see what the merchants were selling on the main street of town. Five foreign students from Indiana Technical College in Fort Wayne came to Decatur to take part in the festivities and to view the "sale” from a curiosity standpoint. Four were from Pakistan and one from Burma. The junior high band performed a concert on the court house lawn at 2 o’clock in the afternoon to help the promotional idea sponsored by the retail division. Joe Dunit had quite a crowd of small children following him as he paraded down Second street on the high stilts. The record hop was held at the north part of Second street in front of the Chamber of Commerce of- | fice. Jack Underwood, popular j disk jockey from WOWO, played all types of music from slow type (Ccntlnued on eagre five)

Millions For Spies Bern, the ancient capital, is again the hub of. the wheel as it was in World War 11, when Allen C. Dulles, now head of the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, directed Amqtican counter - intelligence from that city. The Soviet intelligence operations have largely moved from Prague and elsewhere to Bern, this reporter was told by responsible observers. Left behind in Prague, beyond the reach of alert Swiss police, is the elaborate plant and equipment for manufacturing false passports and credentials, . “Although the total is hard to ascertain, there is reason to believe that the Communists send out an average of $1,000,000 per week from Switzerland to spies, provocateurs and contraband traders for their work in the Western democracies,” Henry J. Taylor, United States ambassador to Switzerland, told United Press International. Taylor, a trained investigator from years of experience as a hard - headed journalist and foreign affairs expert, says that this Is one of the basic reasons that the Western powers regard Switzerland with its 70 foreign missions from the worlds of Cotn(Contlwued on pogo, five)

Soviet Youths Protest U. S. Mideast Move Several Hundred In Demonstration At Embassy In Moscow MOSCOW (UPI) — Several hundred Russians marched on the United States embassy today shouting against the U.S. Marine Landings in Beirut. The demonstrators, mostly youths, shouted “Hands off Leb-anon-Shame on American colonialists. Earlier, an announcement appeared in the Soviet press that the Soviet air, land and naval forces in the areas bordering Turkey and Iran will begin training maneuvers Friday. The demonstrators called for U. S. ambassador Llewellyn Thompson to come out of the 10-story embassy building and explain the U.S. “agression” in Lebanon. First reports said the crowd was orderly. Units of the Black Sea fleet, with bases close to the Turkish coast, will participate in the maneuvers. The announcement said the exercises are being held in aci cordance with the plan to keep So- > viet armed forces “hi close combat i preparedness.” Although the maneuvers were be- - Ijeved to be part of annual exerr cises, the timing of the announce--1 ment may have been designed to ' follow Russia’s warning Wednes- ‘ day for the United States to get out 3 of Lebanon. [ The announcement said that as ' of July 18 training of “Soviet land ' and air forces will be carried out in the Transcaucasus and Turket stan military districts.” , The Transcaucasus district borr ders on Turkey and Iran, both . members of the pro-Western Baghi dad Pact, and lies less than 800 miles from Beirut and NATO bases I in Turkey. Turkestan is the plateau L (Continued on Page eight) > • " : Mobile X-Ray Unit To Be In County Schedule Is Listed ' For X-Ray Unit Here The mobile X-ray unit of the state board of health will be ayailable in Adams county from Monday, July 28 untli Friday, Aug. 1, Mrs. W. Guy Brown, executive secretary of the Adams county tuberculosis association, said this morning. The visit will be a joint project of the Indiana state board of health and the local tuberculosis association. The unit is furnished by the state, and the reading of the films is paid from funds raised by the sale of Christmas seals. There is no charge to any individual. No pregnant women, and no one under the age of 18 will be X-rayed unless they are reactors to the patch test, in contact with ■ actual tuberculosis, or sent by their physician. Removal of clothjjig is unnecessary for the test, which indicates spots on the lung. Metal combs, pens, etc., must be removed from pockets. The schedule of the unit is as follows: Monday, July 28—Smith Bros. Furniture Co., Berne, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.; Berne Furniture Co., Berne, 3 until 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 29—Dunbar Fur- . niture Co., 10 a.m. until noon; open to the public in downtown Berne, from 2 until 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 30—Open to the public in downtown Decatur, 1 until 5 p.m.; open to the public at the 4-H fair in Monroe, 7 until 9 p.m. — Thursday, July 31—Open to the public at the 4-H fair in Monroe, 1 to 5 p.m., and 6 until 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. I—Open to the public in downtown Decatur, 9 a.m. until 12 noon.

Over 20 Reserve Tickets For Tour Daily Democrat And Erie Sponsor Tour Three days of fun, enjoyment and education and a lifetime of unforgettable memories await those who make the Decatur Daily DemocratErie Railroad weekend summer vacation tour. Aug. 15-18. More than 20 persons have already placed reservations for the tour. Reservations should be made immediately, with $lO deposit required, and the thlance one week before departure. Cost of the trip is $52.25 for an adult and $35.25 for a child from Decatur, with two in a hotel room accomodations. An additional $2 is necessary for a single room. Leaflets including the entire itinerary are now available at the Decatur Daily Democrat office or the Erie Railroad station. Hundreds of persons have enjoyed these tours in the past, and this year a large number have already applied a month in advance. Not only will the usual tourist attractions be visited, but plenty of extra time will be allowed for window shopping, sightseeing, visiting famous restaurants or TV programs, etc. A special representative of the Erie railroad will accompany the tour, and help guests make any free-time plans which they desire. Hit shovfs on Broadway, night clubs, museums, libraries, churcfa- ■ es, all* offer to every visitor the ■ things he will need for a wonderful • week-end summer trip. i Air conditioned Erie coaches will • whisk the tour members from De- ; catur to New York in an overnight ride, complete with reclining seats ; and pillows. A continental breakI fast will be served on the Erie ; before the passengers disembark at Hoboken at 8:25 a.m. A sightseeing cruise around Man- ' hattan Island, a visit to the RCA building, a bus tour of the city, and many other wonderful events are 1 part of the tot a V cost of the trip. Other tourist attractions, such as Coney Island, the subways, Dave Garroway show, NBC radio and TV studios, Hayden planetarium, the Cloisers, Central Park zoo, are all nearby. Saturday and Sunday. August 1617, will be spent in New York City with return scheduled for Sunday night, arriving back in Decatur at 1:38 p.m. Monday. Berne Lad Escapes From Electrocution Bad Burns Suffered By Stanley Graber Coming into contact with 6,600 volts of electricity from a live wire while repairing a television antenna, Stanley Graber, 15, of Berne, narrowly escaped death by electrocution Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. Graber was working with his friend, Randal Stucky, al the home of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Stucky, attempting to get more , altitude on the TV antenna. Graber tied a hammer to the antenna wire and thew it over some wires which turned out to be higher tension wides, and not telephone wires, as they had thought. When the hammer did not land within reach, the Graber youth pulled it back, and his hand clenched it helplessly until the contact was broken. Reports said that probably the only thing that saved the youth’s life was that the antenna wire ■melted when it came into contact with the high tension wire, stopping the flow of current. Striking his nose when he fell unconscious, the youth suffered a severve nose bleed. A neighbor, Mrs. Karl Hilty, came to administer first aids, and the youth regained consciousness in about six minutes. His left hand was severely burned, some of the dighits to the bone, and his ankles were also burned. Under a physician’s care, Graber is reported to be recovering.

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Paratroopers Land To Smash Plot On King Powerful Units Os United States Fleet Arrive Off Beirut BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI)-Brit-ish paratroops landed in Jordan today to smash a plot against the throne of young King Hussein and to add the strength of their arms to the already strong U.S. forces committed to restoring peace in the Middle East. British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told the House of Commons an attempt to overthrow Hussein in the Iraq pattern had been plotted for today. Moscow Radio reacted immediately with a charge that the arrival erf the red-bereted paratroops in Jordan proved that the U.S. landings in Lebanon were the first phase of an Anglo-American “conspiracy.” In Moscow, where demonstrations take place only by permission of the government, more than 1,500 youths matched on the U.S. “Hands off Lebanon—shame on Embassy shouting: Marines Control Harbor In Washington it was disclosed the aircraft carrier Saratoga, die world’s most powerful, had arrived off Beirut along with the ’ U.S. 6th elFet flagship and other I units. Sixteen hundred battle-equipped [ U.S. infantrymen flown in by giant transports waited further ort ders at the big NATO airport at . Adana, Turkey. ’ Ashore in Beirut and in full control of the harbor and other stra- ; tegic installations were 3,600 U.S. ‘ Marines, with another 1,800 standing by aboard ships in the har- ■ bor. U.S. State Department trouble I shooter Robert Murphy flew into i Beirut today as President Eisenhower’s personal representative. Twelve white-painted jet fight- ■ ers believed sent by the U.S. 6th Fleet patrolled the skies over Jordan while six big RAF transport planes landed the paratroopers. The number of paratroopers landing today was not announced but Britain had 10,000 ready for action. Big transport planes of the Royal Air Force sped across the eastern Mediterranean from Cyprus in immediate answer to a plea for help from the 22-year-old Hussein who appealed for military aid from “friendly states.” At the same time a cruiser flying a French tricolor entered Beirut harbor where U.S. Marines landed during the week in answer to an appeal for help from President Camile Chamoun of the Lebanon republic. Other fleet units were reported in the area. x Tension in Far East The Big Tree movements were carried out swiftly and smoothly despite sabre rattling by the Soviet Union which sent troops, planes and tanks to the borders of Iran and Turkey in preparation for what Moscow called large scale military exercises Friday. The International tension also spread to the Far East and Nationalist China alerted its 500,000man army and sent jet patrols (Continued -»n etsht) 164 Gas Heating Permits In Decatur The Northern Indiana Public Service company released 164 gas heating permits today for the Decatur district, M. J. Pryor manager of the gas company announced today. The district includes, Preble, Magley, Tocsin, and Decautr. Over applications have been filed with the gas company in the past four years. Applicants first began filling in 1954, shortly after that a few were released in 1955. The new permits are good until November 1. In case of cancellations, the next person on the waiting list will be isued a permit. The date of filing will determine the people to receive the permits for gas heat, issued by the gas company.