Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 169.

4 I ***spK' ■■« w wr 11 wfcMi' W IM.BN RUSSIANS ATTACK U. 8. EMBASSY—Russi an demonstrators gather outside the U. S. Embassy in Moscow holding a crudely made sign showing a figure of an American grabbing Lebanon, with arrows marked. “Hands off Lebanon” stabbing the American in the back. The rioters smashed at least 275 windows and stained the building with blue and green ink, hurled in bottles.

U.N. Council - Is Adjourned Until Monday Soviet Veto Blocks 7 Quick U.N. Action In Mideast Crisis UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) —A Soviet veto of an American proposal to replace the Marines in Lebanon with an international police force has effctlvely blocked any quick U. N. actum in the Middle East crisis. A Japanese compromise resolution to beef up the unarmed U. N. observer corps in Lebanon gave only faint hope that the 11member Security Council would move to ease the Jordan-Iraq-Lebanon situation on Monday. But most observers predicted that the United Natoins’ only chance of taking effective action now rests with the General Assembly which could not meet in emergency session before Wednesday at the earliest U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge called on the deadlocked Security Council Friday night to summon the assembly into emergency session. But he agreed that a vote on his resolution should be postponed until Japan presents its compromise offer to the council Monday afternoon. Acceptance Unlikely The Japanese have not yet made public their resolution but reliable sources said it would call for a strengthening of the 96man observer group in Lebanon so that U. S. forces can be withdrawn from there. Diplomats said the United States was unlikely to accept Japan’s resolution unless it provided that toe new unarmed border patrols be transformed into a much larger armed police force. The United States proposed Friday that the Security Council call up an international police force to take over from the Marines in guarding Lebanon against infiltration of men and arms across the Syrian border. Nine of toe 11 council members voted for toe proposal but it was killed by toe Soviet Union’s 84th U. N. veto. Sweden abstained. The council also voted down, 8 to 1, with Sweden and Japan abastaning, a Russian demand that the United Nations order American and British forces out of and Jordan immediately. A Swedish proposal to "suspend until further notice” actities of toe United Nations* fact - finding observer group in Lebanon was by a 9 to 2 vote. Only Sweden and Russia favored toe pt-oposal, which would have been a backhanded slap at the U. S. Marine landings in Lebanon. The council then adjourned until Monday afternoon when it will consider the Japanese proposal. Iraq’s Representation Debated The voting Friday was delayed by an argument over who should represent Iraq on the Security Council. The seat has been held by Abdul Majid Abbas, who was appointed by the late King Feisal and has been instructed to con(Con tinned on page tttve) INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair tonight, little temperature change. Sunday partly cloudy, a little warmer in afternoon. Low tonight upper 50s north to near 70 south. High Sunday 80 north to upper 80s south. Outlook for Monday: Warm and humid with scattered thundershowers.

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Credit Nasser With War-Waging Ability Must Get Military Supplies From Reds WASHINGTON (UPI) — Defense Department experts today credited President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt with considerable ability to wage war in the Middle East if he can get military supplies from Russia. The experts said toe forces immediately available to Nasser in J Egypt and Syria, the second mem- ' ber of toe United Arab Republic, are larger than those with which ’ the North Koreans launched their il-fated invasion across the 38th parallel in 1950. ’ The Nasser forces, which have been receiving Soviet military ' equipment for about two years, inJ dude 80,000 troops in Egypt and 55,000 m Syria. There are another 40,000 pro-Nasser troops in Iraq. The original North Korean army* strength was 110,000 men. Getting supplies from Russia to toe UAR presents fantastic difficulties but these may not be insoluble, according to the experts. Nasser may have discussed the problem with Premier Nikita Khrushchev during toe Egyptian president’s visit to Moscow Thursday. The Soviets could fly toe supplies across toe 18,000-foot-high Caucasian mountains into Syria. That would be a modern equivalent of flying “the hump” during World War 11, when supplies were delivered to the Chinese across the Himalaya Mountains. .A trucking .or other overland transport operation through Saudi Arabia probably would be necessary if supplies brought to Syria were ever to reach Egypt itself. The experts said they were assuming that Russia would not be permitted to use toe sea route, and that the Soviets would not attempt air transport where toe western powers clearly control toe skies. Flights from toe Soviet Caucasus to Syria would necessarily violate (Continued on p&ire rive) Karoll Denies Any Link To Mogilner Indiana's Scandal ; Probers Satisfied INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—lndiana highway scandal probers today appeared “satisfied” that Chicago textile dealer Herbert Karoll had no connection with toe irregularties. Prosecutor John Tinder said Friday "Karoll specifically denied ever paying off anyone and we have no plans to question him further unless other evidence develops.” Karoll’s name came up in testimony recently during the highway bribery trial of Elmer (Doc) Sherwood and William E. Sayer. Authorities said that was why they decided to interrogate Karoll. Arthur J. Mogilner, whose account as a witness at the trial convicted Sherwood and Sayer, mentioned Karoll as one who adbill Stuck closely to the principles officials with "soft -money” which could be written off as "entertainment and travel expenses.” Karoll admitted having a conversation with Mogilner, Tinder said, but he "categorically denied” advising Hm on payoff procedures. “I have never bribed anyone in Indiana or anywhere else,” Karoll said. "The ide* of building a business on such practice is abhorrant to me.”

House Probers. Ready For New Adams Hearing Report Pressure By Adams Over Refund 1 On Army Contract WASHINGTON (UPI) — House 1 military investigators cranked up todgy for new hearings on wheto- ' er White House Aide Sherman J Adams applied pressure to get a $41,284 Army contract refund for 1 a New Hampshire firm. , A former Pentagon official who ’ questioned last year whether , Adams engaged in “highly unI ethical” conduct in toe case was . expected to be among half a dozen witnesses subpen aed for the „ closed-door hearings Monday. , Meanwhile, a hotel cashier was , arrested here in another out- , growth of the inquiry into millionaire Bernard Goldfine's relationship with Adams — toe theft of , toe so-caled "Paperman papers.” William Jackson Walters, 33, a cashier at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel was charged Friday with housebreaking in toe ransacking of toe room of Goldfine’s secre-tary-bookeeper, Mildred Paperman, at the hotel two week ends ago. He was released on SI,OOO bond. Goldfine Leaves Capital Goldfine himself returned to Boston Friday saying he was “treated .fairly” by all of the members of the House influenceinvestigating subcommittee members who questioned him eight days except three, whom he did not identify. He said he would be ready to return if toe subcommittee should ask him. Before he left toe capital, Goldfine said he chatted with four of his political friends — Adams and Sens. Styles Bridges (R-N. H.), Norris Cotton (R-N. H.) and Frederick G. Payne (R-Maine). White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said Adams paid a visit to Goldfine at toe textile tycoon’s hotel suite Friday morning “very briefly.” On Capital Hill toe spotlight shifted to a House armed services subcommittee headed by Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D-La.), which will launch closed - door hearings Monday on the new case ih which Adams’ name figures. Goldfine i$ not involved in toe new cases. .Hebert said the subcommittee (Continued on page five) Dague Sentenced To Two Prison Terms Glen Arthur Dague, route six, was given a two two-year sentences in U.S. district court in South Bend Friday. The two sentences are to run concurrently. He had pleaded guilty to two counts of transporting a stolen vehicle across a state line from Decatur to Van Wert, O. Dague was apprehended for questioning June 25 in Decatur, when he admitted the two car thefts and also breaking into two business establishments. He had transported a stolen car from Decatur to Van Wert June 24 and a pickup truck from here to Van Wert, also, on June 25. After being questioned by local authorities, he was sent to Fort Wayne, to be held in the Allen eral bureau of investigation chargCounty jail, with agents of the feding him with two counts of auto theft. NOON EDITION

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 19,1958

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J iii In AniLi ■■ »i ■ bfc— ■■ ■■ i Senate Passes Defense Bill Friday Night Ike Reorganization , Will Now Go Before Conference Group WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower’s defense reorganization blueprint today faced further handling — this time by a conference committee — even though ‘it skimmed through toe Senate unopposed. House military experts said they would demand a conference on toe defense reorganization bill passed by the Senate 80-0 vote 1 Friday night rather than accept Senate amendments. One highly placed source predicted, however, that differences over Senate changes in the Housei passed bill would not be insur- » mountable. He said the Senate • bil stuck closely to the principles i approved by the House. i That left some disputed lan- • guage as toe only bone of contention. ' ■ > Certain House-passed provisions • termed “unacceptable” by Presi- - dent Eisenhower were modified in ( the Senate’s version. 1 The Senate also wrote in new > language to quiet fears some future administration would use > toe new powers to dismantle the ■ Marine Corps, the Navy’s air arm - and toe National Guard. The bill was designed to reduce E inter-service rivalries and ease ’ friction within the Pentagon topi command by clearly recognizing i toe secretary of defense as the i supreme authority under the Pres- : ident. The bill would give support to toe President’s concept of unified > combat commands. These would be directed through streamlined chains of command from the Pentagon to units fighting in toe field, thereby by-passing the service secretaries. Life Sentence To Indianapolis Man Enters Guilty Plea To Murder Charge INDIANAPOLIS (UPD-James G. Hoskins, 27, Indianapolis, described by his mother as “such a good boy,” today faced life imprisonment for toe robbery-slay-ing of tavern owner Dave Miller. Hoskins pleaded innocent in Criminal Court Friday but 15 minutes later changed his plea to guilty to first-degree murder in toe death of Miller last March 1. Special Judge John Daily sentenced Hoskins to serve a life term in Indiana State Prison. Mrs. Nell Hoskins, his mother, wept as toe verdict was announced. "He was such a good boy,” she sobbed. Following his initial plea, Hoskins conferred with his attorney, then admitted toe slaying. "Do you want to plead guilty?" asked toe judge. “Yes sir,” Hoskins answered in a soft, strained voice. He told Daily he understood he could get toe electric chair or life imprisonment as a result of the plea. ' v.„ "The people of Indiana feel that a jury must prescribe toe electric chair, so I sentence you to life imprisonment at the Indiana State Prison,” Daily told toe prisoner as 16 plain-clothes men and 21 uniformed police looked on. Hoskins was one of three men charged with slaying Miller in a parking lot behind his tavern. Arnold Taylor, 24, and Wiliam J. Hayes, 28, both of Indianapolis, pleaded innocent. Taylor requested that his case be transferred out of Marion County and that he be given a separate trial. Both are in toe State Reformatory for safe keeping pending trial.

-<■■■»■» —— Russia Masses Big forces On Borders Reports Are Issued From West Germany HAMBURG, Germany (UPD— Russia has massed troops and armor on toe Turkish and Iranian borders far in excess of all toe allied forces in toe Middle East, authoritative West German intelligence reports said today. The sources said there were 24 ’ army divisions located in the stra- ’ tegic border areas, including ’ mdhy armored and mechanized divisions equipped with new T-54 J medium tanks. They were so close ’ to the border they could be seen . by the Turks and Iranians. , Russia announced it was hold- , ing maneuvers in the area but this was toe first authoritative re- . jx>rts on how huge they were. The size of the maneuvers—nearly half a million men—under- ’ scored the Russian warning that ' if toe United States and Britain ' do not end what Moscow called ’ “aggression”, Russia "will not re- ' main passive.” The main Russian force is the , Trans-Caucasus Army on the Iran- , ian and Turkish borders commanded by Marshal Andrei Grechko, toe intelligence reports said. ' It totals 19 divisions, two-thirds of which are armored and mechan--1 divisions equipped with T-54 r tanks. ) t The other five divisions are un- » dtar Marshal Cyril Merezkhov in J toe Turkmeian Military District on i toe Iranian border. They also are heavily armored, toe reports said. , Highly-informed intelligence ofk ficials said Russia’s crack air- ’ borne units, made up of 10 or 12 , divisions, are not included in the j threatening Soviet army strength in toe Middle East. But toe airborne units are highly mobile. The officials said toe Soviet > forces far outweigh toe total all lied armed strength in toe remainI ing countries of toe Baghdad Pact —Turkey, Iran and Pakistan—and the handful of American, and British troopsin Lebanon and Jordan. Employment And Payrolls Higher Increase Over June Os 1957 Is Shown Both the industrial payroll ahd the number of persons employed increased for June of this year over last year’s, figures, the Chamber of Commerce business barometer shows today. Industrial employment for June was 1,458, 12 more than the 1,446 employed last month, and 68 more than toe 1,390 employed by the seven reporting industries a year ago. The industrial payroll is also up to $516,224 from last year’s $511,896. It decreased from last month’s high of $610,999 because last month there*was an extra payday. Carloadings also showed an increase over a year ago, with 1,160 in, 936 out, for a total of 2,096 for June. Last year toe figures were 694 in, 1,064 ont, for a total of 1,758. Last month there were 1,055. in, 1,086 out, for a total of 2,141. A total of 13 building permits, with a value of $6,825, were issued during June. In May, 12 permits valued at $30,370 were issued, and a year ago 14 permits valued at $33,500 were issued. Both births and deaths increased over previous figures. There Were 53 births and 14 deaths in June, 31 births and nine deaths in May, and 46 births and nine deaths a year ago. - ‘ ''' " " - The number of cases/'persons, and costs of poor relief decreased over last month, and only costs were higher than a year ago. There were 23 cases involving 74 persons in June, with costs of $1,425 to the township. In May, costs were $l,BlO for 28 cases and 105 persons. A year ago there were 20 cases affecting 77 persons, and costing the township $948 in direct poor relief. Electric, water, and gas meters and telephones also showed ah in(CoMkHNd on *tx>

Nine Americans Are Freed By East Germany American Soldiers Held Since June 7 Are Released Today FRANKFURT, Germany (UPI) —The U.S. Army announced that nine soldiers held captive in Communist East Germany since June 7 were released to the West today. The soldiers, eight officers and an enlisted man, had strayed over the Iron Curtain in an Army helicopter during a thunderstorm and were forced to land in East Germany six weeks ago. They were captured near the town of Karl Marx-Stadt, about 25 miles inside the Soviet zone border. The helicopter was on a flight from Frankfurt to Grafenwohr, the U.S. Army training range near the Wagner Festival city of Bayreuth. All the men were members of the U.S. Army’s Third Armored Division stationed in Frankfurt. The soldiers are: Col. Leroy J. Malone, 25, Raymond, Kan. Maj. George W. Kemper, 43, Escondido, Calif. . Ma): James R. Zeller, 34, Mount Joy, Pa. Capt Alan A. Brisper, 31, Wyncote, Pa. Capt. Paul E. Jones, 36, Cleveland, Ohio. Capt. Frank A. A thana son, 31, Greenvile, S.C. Ist Lt. Thomas J. Westbrook, 27, Macon, Ga. Ist Lt. Mike Elis, Bremen, Ga. M-Sgt. Carrol T. Ruffin, 36, Howe, Tex. The nine men were handed over by the Communists to U.S. officials in Hos, Bavaria, at 2:10 p.m. (8:10 a.m. c.d.t.) They boarded an Army helicopter to fly to their division headquarters in Frankfurt In Washington, the American Red Cross announced it had arranged the release. It said the men were turned over to Robert S. Wilson, ARC director of opera(Contlnv'sd on page five) Youngsters Lost Two Nights Return Home Young Brother And Sister Are Unhurt ASH LAKE, Minn. (UPI) — A young brother and sister, lost two days and nights in a bear-infested wilderness, calmly climbed a fire tower, got their bearings and walked out, of t the forest while 100 volunteers frantically searched for them. Searchers had feared that If Fran ci n e Crego, 10, and her brother, Michael, 8, were not found by sundown, they would not survive another cold night in the woods. But the children, who became lost in the timerbland surrounding Ash Lake Wednesday afternoon while picking berries, explained that when night came they put down branches for a soft bed and warm blanket and used their seven - month -old dog, Mickey, as a pillow. The youngsters and their cocker spaniel emerged from the woods late Friday little the worse for their experience. Sheriff Sam, Owens, who directed the volunteers and National Guardsmen seeking the Children, said the youngsters apparently wandered deeper into the woods than the searchers had anticipated. Francine, after drying her tears, said soberly Tm awful glad to get out.” “But we weren’t scared,” the girl insisted. Later, Francine broke down and told her mother they were frightened and cried themselves to sleep the first night “but we didn’t cry the second night.”

| Nebraska Swept By Tornadoes And Rain Costly Floods Over Three River Basins United Press International Tornadoes and drenching rains swept sections of Nebraska Friday night and early today along the western end of a prolonged storm front that has sent costly floods swirling over three major river basins. Army engineers Friday night ■ estimated floods in Kansas and ’ Missouri alone have caused more than seven million dollars in damages. About 280,000 acres of land were under water in the two states. The worst storms along the nearly stationary front Friday night erupted in southern and south central Nebraska where twisters slammed into Holdrege and near Grant and Enders. At Holdrege, a city of 4,300, a tornado tore the roof from a church and damaged a nearby home. The twisters near Grant and Enders damaged farm buildings and tore down power lines. No one was injured. A six-inch downpour hit Bayard in western Nebraska and touched off a flash flood near Northport. A farm family of three was rescued by boat from the top of a shed at their home near Northport. Thunderstorm activity also conKansas and Missouri where flooding has reached disaster proportions. Army engineers estimated damages at $2,500,000 along the Missouri River from slightly below Kansas City to St. Louis, $1,900,000 on the Osage and its tributaries and $2,800,000 on the Grand River in Missouri. Reputed Dope Ring Leader Is Murdered Shot To Death On Brooklyn Sidewalk NEW YORK (UPI) - A reputed leader of an International dopesmuggling ring, scheduled to “sing” before a narcotics-probing grand jury next week, was shot to death Friday night on a Brooklyn sidewalk. His brother-in-law,’ an admitted narcotics violator, was shot in the mouth and wounded, but not critically. The victim was Cristoforo Rubino, 38, who was under indictment on a narcotics conspiracy charge. At the time of his arraignment last December, he was described as a leader of an international narcotics ring, a member of the notorious Mafia and an associte of exiled rackets chief Charles (Lucky) Luciano, U. S. Attorney Joseph Soviero said Rubino was to have appeared before a federal grand jury next Thursday at which time he was expected “to give us a fiill blueprint on the operations of the narcotics racket, including names and places.” Rubino’s testimony, Soviero said, was expected to help build the government’s case against reputed Mafia leader Vito Genovese, who was arrested last week on a narcotics conspiracy charge. “Rubino was a courier for Luciano, and as such was in the high echelons of the dope racket,” Soviero said. “We thought he was ready to give us all the information necessary to follow through on the investigation of the heroin ring operating in the U. S." Rubino, who entered the United States from Italy in 1949, was at liberty in SIO,OOO bail, pending trial, when a gunman, said to be about 50 years old, approached him and his bro the r-in-law, Charles la Casoia, 43, outside a political club. The assailant fired four shots. Two struck Rubino, in the head and shoulder. A third hit La Casoia in the mouth. The fourth shot went wild. There were no reported wit-1 nesses to the shooting.

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Doubt Report Crash Caused ByßebelFire Second U.S. Plane Lands Today With Two Sniper Bullets BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) — A : U.S. warplane crashed in the I mountains 10 miles east of Beirut today, possibly a victim of rebel sniper fire. Another U.S. plane, a transport 1 carrying Marine reinforcements from Camp Lejeune, N.C., landed with two sniper bullet holes through it. The U.S. embassy reported the crash of the U.S. plane, and a taxi driver raced into Beirut with a report it had been brought down by rebel rifle fire. Officials said they doubted the report because the crash occurred well within government-held territory. In downtown Beirut, a contingent of rebels invaded the American Presbyterian mission school and opened a rifle and grenade assault on the government headquarters across the street The rebels relatively quiet since the Marines started landing Tuesday, suddenly increased their activity as the United States ferried in an additional 2,000 soldiers from the NATO tease at Turkey today. ' The reinforcements brought to nearly 9,000 the number of US. troops in this tiny Middle East state. It equaled the size of the whole Lebanese army. There was no immediate identification of ttie type of aircraft that crashed in the mountains, nor word on casualties. U.S. Marines rushed from their coastal position to the scene. The other plane, hit while approaching Beirut Airport, was an %5-D (DC4) bringing Marines from Camp Lejeune. A rebel sniper suddenly appeared between two Marine guardposts at the edge of the airport and emptied a rifle dip at the plane. One shot hit a wing, missing the fuel tank of No. 4 ’ outboard engine by inches. An- ’ other zipped through the fuselage, a foot from the navigator. The plane lan de d without trouble but a Marine Corps spokesman said a direct hit on i the fuel tank might have caused . it to crash. It was just 400 feet . above • ground when the sniper fired. Rebel Chieftain Saeb Salem insisted to a United Press International correspondent his men were ’ under orders to avoid all direct contact with the Marines, and to go out of their way not to provoke them. Salem operates freely in the Moslem Basta quarter of Beirut. U.S. Navy jet planes, flying in four-plane formation, Were seen patrolling the air space along the Syrian frontier. No Syrian planes were in sight. The Syrian air force is equipped with Soviet MIG jet fighters and the V.S. embassy In Beirut has received reports that some new MIG planes with Soviet pilots have arrived in Damascus. But file reports were not from official sources and embassy offidals doubted them. No Loot Obtained In Store Breakin An expert from Koehlinger Safe company of Fort Wayne arrived in Decatur Friday afternoon to work on the safe damaged by thieves in an attempted breakin Thursday night at Blackwell's department store. The opening ot the safe took approximately 30 minutes. All of the contents of the safe were intact, but the safe was ruined and could not be repaired. Damage to the safe was caused by thieves who tried to fore the door open by knocking the handle, combination lock, and hinge from the outside of the door. The parts were found by Bob Lane as he arrived at work Friday morning.