Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 172, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 172.

HUDDLE—Russia’s Arkady A. Sobolev (right) and United Arab Republic’s Omar Loutfi plan strategy before United Nations Security Council meeting on the Japanese proposal concerning the Lebanon crisis. At the Security Council meeting the Russians used the veto for the 85th time, to be the only country voting against the Japanese proposal. 2

Delay Lebanon Election Set For Thursday U. S. Planes Stage Show Os Strength In Lebanon Cities BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) - United States planes operating from 6th Fleet carriers and. air bases in Turkey staged an impressive show of strength over all major Lebanese cities today in a “salute to the people of Lebanon.” It was a clear demonstration of U.S. aerial might in a divided country made anxious by the postponement of Lebanon’s parliamentary elections and by a fiery speech in Cairo Tuesday night by United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser. The demonstrations by American forces committed to uphold stable government in this tiny A<-ab republic included supersonic fighters add big bombers capable of carrying atomic bombs. Thirty-ohe Air Force planer and 20 naval planes took part. Economy Tied to West In an exclusive interview with United Press International correspondent George Bitar today, Lebanese Premier Sami Es Solh said fear of an economic collapse in Iraq forced the new Iraqi regime to assure that the West would continue to receive Iraqi oil. "Hie wnoie Iraqi economy is tied up with the West,” Solh said. “Iraqi oil, dates, wool and cereals find their market in the West.” He said he did not see how Iraqis could turn to the East economically “even if they wanted to.” Solh said there was so much resentment in Iraq against the slaying of King Faisal during the coup a week ago Monday that the new government will be able to exist only as a military regime. Meanwhile, private consultations among Lebanese political leaders intensified in a race to set the stage for the presidential voting. A parliamentary spokesman said a new date may be set “within a few days.” Lebanon's one-chamber 66-man Parliament was to have met Thursday to elect a president to sticceed Camille Chamoun, but Abdel Osseiran, speaker of the body, announced an indefinite postponement following consultations with government and opposition leaders. There was fear of another outbreak of rebel violence, particularly if an election date for the near future is not announced. The rebels are determined to oust Chamoun and touched off their revolt May 10 to emphasize their point. ~ -Nasser’s speech, made Tuesday night to celebrate the revolution which brought him to power, caused some uneasiness in government quarters. He declared American “aggression” will be defeated and said the “people” will triumph in Jordan, Lebanon and Algeria as they did in Iraq. Work For Solution World leaders still were trying to solve the Middle East crisis through negotiation, possibly through a “summit” conference ‘at (Cons »<i on naro tiv«) INDIANA WEATHER Fair north, some cloudiness south this afternoon, tonight and Thursday. Some scattered showers likely extreme southeast this afternoon and tonight. Warmer most, sections Thursday. Low tonight in the 60s. High Thursday 75 to 85. Sunset today 8:06 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 5:37 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Showers, warm and humid except showers ending and 1 turning cooler northwest portion. Lows Thursday night near 70. Highs Friday in 80s.

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Adams County’s 4-H Fair Opens Tuesday Grand Parade Opens Fair Tuesday Night Adams county’s 4-H fair will officially open Tuesday, Ju|y 29. at the 4-H fair grounds at the day most displays will be opened to the public and the evening of the grand parade and the first part of the Adams county entertainment festival. Capping of the first day, the grand parade for 4-H elute, 4-H horsemen, pet and hobby club members and implement dealers, will begin at 7:15 p.m. and is scheduled to last until 8:15. Adams county entertainment festival time will be 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, for the non 4-H acts. Exhibits opening that day will be the home-making projects, in the Adams Central school, beginning at 10 a.m., and the industrial displays. beginning at noon. During the day the handicraft exhibits, poultry, quail, sheep, dairy cattle, rabbits, beef, pigs, horses, ponies and electricity and conservation projects will be arriving. Judging going on in the morning ■will be on the poultry pheasant, and quail, while the lamb, horsemanship, and conservation judging wiU be in the afternoon. At 9:30 a.m. the food tent will open, and the rural youth club’s tent will sell refreshments and 4-H novelties beginning at 6 p.m. Climaxing the second day will be the second session of the Adams county entertainment festival, for 4-H acts, beginning at 8:10 p.m. The fair day for Wednesday will begin at 6:45 when breakfast fox livestock exhibitors will first be served. Judging this day will be on electricity and farm shop, swine, garden projects, beef, and rabbits. Before the festival, vespers, with the county ministerial association in charge will be held at 7:30 p.m. Garden exhibits are scheduled to be in place by 9:30 a.m.. the home economics and handicraft exhibits will be opened to the public from 8:30 a.m. until 10 p m. Thursday, the closing day of the fair, is the day for dairy judging and judging of food preparation, the only home economics project not yet judged. That afternoon the beef sale is scheduled, the sale of barrows following. In the evening, to bring the three days to an end, the 4-H dress revue will start at 7:30 p.m. That day the food tent will open an hour earlier, at 9 a.m. and again livestock exhibitors will be served breakfast beginning at 6:45 a.m. Exhibits win be removed from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. after the dress revue. Although these are the activities of the 4-H fair during the three days it is officially in session, preparation and preliminary judging have already started. The trestles and spaces for exhibits were set up Tuesday evening in the Adams Central school building. Local judging in aU but the food preparation division of the home economics projects has been in session this week, and the final judging wUI take place at the fair grounds Monday, with the champions being announced on the first day of the fair, Tuesday, July 29. Sheriffs Office Is Investigating Thefts Two thefts reported ■Adthin the past two days were investigated by the sheriff's department today. Marvin Stoutenberry reported the theft of a black Angus calf from his farm in Root-township. The calf was believed stolen sometime late Monday night. The Indiana-Ohio pipe company, located on 13th street, reported the theft of 150 gallons of gas taken from seven trucks during the night and tools valued at $75. The sheriff’s department is continuing the investigation. 1

Consumer Price Index Readies New High Mark Only Slight Boost Virtually Stops Living Cost Rise WASHINGTON (UPl)—The government reported today that consumer prices nudged upward to another all-time high in June but experts said the climb was so small that the rise in cost of living has virtually stopped. The consumer price index went up less than .1 of 1 per cent to reach 123.7 per cent of average prices for 1947-49. This was 2.9 per cent higher than a year ago. Ewan M. Clague, commissioner of labor statistics, expressed satisfaction at the apparent leveling off of prices but warned that if consumers start panic buying because of the Middle East crisis, the cost of living could resume an upwhi*d spiral. He said the crisis has had no significant impact yet on prices. “Balance and Stability” Os the June index. Labor Department experts said the rise was so tiny” and “fractional” that living costs were practically at a standstill. Clague said: “We came about as close to having zero change than we ever do and still have a change." He hailed the June yardstick as showing a "very great balance and stability” at work in the economy. The department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics also announced that the take-home pay of the average factory worker reached a record high last month. Buying Power Down The earnings of the typical factory hand after federal tax deductions was $75.55 for a worker with three dependents. But the buying power of his paycheck was trimmed by the rise in living costs and was 2*4 per cent under a year ago, the department said. Slight advances, in the costs of transportation, reading'recreation, medical and personal care pushed up the index. Food prices, a main factor in (Continued on page five) Motorcyclist Hurt In Traffic Wreck Cycle, Automobile In Head-on Crash A head-on collision occurred on the Monmouth road Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. one mile north of Decatur, near Fort Moses, involving a motorcycle and an automobile. The motorcycle rider, Kenneth Baumgartner, 20, route two, Decatur, received personal injuries as a result of the accident. Driver of the car was Paul David Blackbum, 24, Decatur. Baumgartner was headed south on the Monmouth road and the Blackburn auto was northbound at the time of the accident. The Blackbum auto pulled to the left of the lane to turn into the drive located at Fort Moses and the motorcycle was unable to stop in time, causing the vehicles to collide. The rider was thrown over the hood of the car onto the pavement as a result of the impact. Baumgartner was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital from the scene of the accident, where he received X-rays and treatment. His condition is reported as good, and X-rays show he is suffering from large bruises to his left leg, hip, and ankle. Further examinations will be given today to determine if other injuries were caused by the accident. The Army reserve building was used to house the injured rider until Die ambulance arrived at the scene. Deputy sheriff Robert Myers investigated the accident and was assisted with traffic by the local reserve unit. The sheriffs department is continuing the investigation. The damage to the Blackbum auto was estimated at S2OO and $350 to the motorcycle. , An accident was reported to the sheriff’s department occurring Monday at 5:25 p.m. in Root township on county road 33. Donald A. Fuelling, 17, route three, Decatar, lost control of the auto he was driving and skidded on loose gravel, causing SIOO damage to the vehicle. A reported accident was given to the sheriffs department Tuesday occurring at 2:40 p.m. two miles south of Berne on U. S. 27. Minor damage resulted to one of the cars. Involved were William D. McColloy, 28, Decatur, and R. K. Baungart, Fort Wayne. Baungart’s auto received damage to the back I bumper.

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday, July 23,1958.

Summit Conference In ‘ ’ A F *’ " S ’’- "■ ' * / U.N. Security Council Left Up To Khrushchev

Pushing Plans To Strengthen Observer Force Dag Hammarskjold In Action Despite Soviet Union Veto UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) —Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold pushed arrangements today to beef up the U. N. observer forces in Lebanon despite a Soviet veto of a proposal that would have substituted an expanded U. N. team for the American troops there. He also was meeting with U. N. diplomats on plans to streamline a high level meeting of the Security Council to solve the Middle East crisis should Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev accept Western proposals the council be used as the forum for a summit meeting. D i p 1 o m a t s said Khrushchev probably would not accept the Western plans for a high level meeting with heads of government or foreign ministers attending in view of President Eisenhower’s stiff note to him Tuesday night. Debate Adjourned The Security Council, despite Soviet opjfosition, adjourned its Middle East debate*indefinitely to allow time for summit meeting arrangements to be made. Russian Ambassador Arkady A. Sobolev wanted it to discuss plans for an emergency session of the General Assembly to demand the ouster of Anglo-American troops “immediately.” Hammarskjold announced after the Soviets had cast a veto—their 85th — against a Japanese compromise pin to substitute a bigger U. N. force for the American troops that he would act on his own to beef up the unarmed 100man U. N. observer team already in Lebanon. (Continue* on page eight) House Okays Fund For Flood Damage Funds Authorizd By Vote Os House A telegram received this noon from Congressman E. Ross Adair states the house has approved an emergency fund for Adams county farmers in need of flood conservation money. The telegram states that the authorization was contained in a supplementary appropriation approved late Tuesday. This is believed to be the appropriation needed to give farmers here three-fourths aid in reconstructing ditches, tiles, and fields ruined by the flood this summer. It is not payment for damage to crops. There is no such program in this county at the present time. The telegram didmot, make clear whether the senate had approved the additional appropriation, but it is believed that the senate has not yet acted. Action by the U. S. senate and approval by the president is still needed to make the appropriation effective. Last week the department of agriculture informed Gov. Handley that if he declared 20 counties, including Adams, as disaster areas, federal funds through the ASC program would be available on a three-quarters, one-quarter basis for repairing flood damage to fields’and farm constructions, such as ditches. The farmer would pay one-quarter of the costs, the government three - quarters. Gov. Handley declared this an emergency area early this week. Persons unable to receive credit because of flood damage may also get loans through the FHA, located in the KP building in Decatur. ACS acreage reserve payments, scheduled for this month and August, may be expedited to farmers wishing to replant flooded crops, according to an announcement early this month.

iDefense Minister bf Venezuela Quits Political Crisis Eases In Vnzuela CARACAS, Venezuela (UPI) — Gen. Jesus Maria Castro Leon resigned as defense minister today, easing the worst political crisis in the military junta since the ouster of dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez six months ago. Castro Leon’s resignation was announced after a nightlong con- \ ference with Rear Adm. Wolfgang Larrazabal, president of the junta, in the heavily - guarded presiden- ’ tial palace. The general, it was said, would leave Venezuela within hours. Larrazabal, meantime, prepared to report to the nation on the crucial discussions by radio and television. Col. Pedro Jose Quevedo, a member of the junta, was named to succeed Castro Leon. Some 4,000 persons massed in front of the residential white palace during the night while the negotiations were under way. There were shouts of “Down with Castro Leon” and “Viva Larrazabal!” The palace guard was reinforced several times as precaution gainst possible violence. Larrazabal himself announced Castro Leon’s resignation to the crowd in a brief speech from the rihlgce balcony. He praised the general for his “patriotic contribution” to the peace and welbeing of Venezuela. Crop Harvesting Is Delayed By Weather Light Rainfall In Southern Portion Southern Adams county reported rainfall amounting to .1 inch Tuesday forenoon and afternoon, as skies continued to be cloudy, today holding the answer to area residents’ questions of whether July will be another cool, wet month. The rains were enough to bring harvesters out of their fields. The generally humid weather yesterday raised moisture in grains with ocasional light showers which raised the humidity. The .1 inch fell at Geneva in the forenoon and late afternoon Tuesday, reports Jack Hurst. The Wabash there is declining steadily. No recordable amount of rain fell Tuesday, according to government weather observer Louis Landrum, Decatur. Prospects the in sight for at least one more day free of rain. Temperatures in the 80’s for a warming trend were predicted for today and Thursday. Showers were to stay in southern Indiana, which has received up to an unofficial 4.5 inches of rain in one place, since the wekend. There farmers have been hoping futilely for dry weather in which to harvest their bumper wheat crop, but southern Indiana fields have not yet been able to support harvesting machinery because of the flood-causing rains this week. Peru Hospital Bond Issue Is Rejected PERU, Ind. (UPI) —A request for a million dollars bond issue for the extension of Dukes Memorial Hospital here was rejected by the Miami County Council late Tuesday. Hie council indicated the program, which would have required another half million dollars in federal funds, was too ambitious. Refuses To Dismiss Powell Indictment NEW YORK (UPI) — A) federal judge refused Tuesday to dismiss an indictment charging Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D-N. Y.) with income tax evasion. Judge William B. Herlands said the indictment had been returned in accordance with law and “every proper standard of the grand jury process.”

Four Twisters Hit In Central Ohio Tuesday At Least Four Hurt As Tornadoes Hit In West Central Ohio United Press International The nation’s pattern of weather ; violence extended from the Plaint ( states into the East today, leaving ( a trail of tornado destruction and flood damage. , Four twisters hit in west central Ohio late Tuesday, injuring 1 at least four persons, two of them j critically. Flooding rains also j swamped the Cincinnati area, . forcing families from their homes, j Twisters touched down near ■ Lubbock, Tex., and in western Kansas, but damage was minor. The funnels swooped from violent ( thunderstorms, hailstorms and j high winds scattered during the j night from western Kansas , through western Oklahoma and ( into northwest Texas. Along the Gulf Coast, an esti- , mated 10-inch rainfall in a 10- ( hour period Tuesday sent a flash flood pouring over the Winnifield, La., area. The water began receding today but damage was estimated at “several thousand doUrs.” One of the Ohio tornadoes ripped an area two miles south of Newark, near Columbus, damaging three homes and several farm buildings and carrying a 3,000-pound boiler two miles from its base. Another Ohio tornado struck near Newcomerstown, destroying two houses and a bar and injuring four persons. Kenneth Beaver, 30, was hurled from a sick bed at his home near Newcomerstown and Mrs. Mary Prince, 35, Dresden, was injured when a garage collapsed on her. Both were 1 critically hurt. Rains continued across floodplagued Indiana Tuesday pushing the Little Wabash River towards '■ flood stage at Carmi, 111. In another flood area, two persons died in a flash flood near Laurel Creek, W. Va. In Missouri, the body of Clifford McKee, 33, Pottersville, was recovered Tuesday to bring the number of dead in Kansas and (Continued on Pace eigne) Harvester Workers Authorize Strike Fort Wayne Office Workers Vote Today FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD — Office employes at the Fort Wayne works of International Harvester Co. will decide today whether to strike. Production and maintenance workers voted Tuesday and recordedthe most emphatic strike vote in the plant’s history. Local 57, United Auto Workers, representing production and maintenance employes, voted 1,771 to 99 in favor of striking if a satisfactory contract is not approved by Aug. 1. Roy Newer, president of the local, said this was the highest percentage ever recorded for a strike at the Fort Wayne plant and the greatest percentage of members ever to vote. More than 80 per cent of the local’s membership east ballots. Local 305 UAW, the office employes unit, votes on the strike question today. Some 2,700 members belong to the two locals. LaPorte Man Killed As Train Hits Auto LAPORT, Ind. (UPD-Fred R. Pagels, 75, LaPorte, was killed Tuesday when his car was struck by a South Shore Railroad train at a county, road crossing near here. Pagels’ body was thrown 100 teet by the force of the impact and his car was fused to the front of the train engine.

Southern Indiana Rivers Again Rise More Rain, Humid Weather Expected By United Press International More rain and warm, humid temperatures enshrooded Indiana today. The outlook for the rest of| the week indicated the unusal summer siege of precipitation 'has not yet run its course. While worried farmers counted new heavy crop losses, showers continued to pelt the southern half of Hoosierland and more were expected almost daily at least through next Monday. Weather Bureau precipitation totals for the 24-hour period ending this morning included 2.87 inches at Shoals, 2.60 at Seymour, 2.14 at Bedford, 1.05 at Petersburg, .66 at Columbus, .36 at Evansville, .34 at Viniennes, and .06 at Indianapolis. A damp fog and drizzle hung over parts of the state this morning, although overnight forecasts had indicated no rain today and tonight except in the far southeast. There was no indication of rain Thursday, but the let-up may last only a day. The outlook for Friday called for scattered thundershowers, and the five-day forecast said precipitation averaging about an inch would fall late Thursdy and Friday and again Sunday or Monday. The Wabash and White Rivers and many smaller streams throughout the southern two-thirds of the state were on the rise again, as they have been much of the time since early June, and farmers wanting to harvest wheat and cultivate other crops were kept out of the fields while their grains deteriorated from the moisture. (Continued on page five) Senator's Son Dies In Crash Os Plane' James H. McClellan, Three Others Dead CONWAY, Ark. (UPD — Authorities today tried to determine the cause of a plane crash that killed the son of Sen. John L. McClellan and three other men. James H. McClellan, 31, a prominent Little Rock attorney; and three companions were on a practice flight when their rented fourseat, twin-engine Beechcraft Travelair crashed Tuesday in a cornfield, 10 miles south of Conway. The plane, which did not burn, had taken off a short while earlier from a Little Rock flying service strip. The other victims were J. R. Williams, 32, and Wallace Denman Hill, 57, both of Little Rock; and Harold K. Gilbert, 33, of Stuttgart, Ark. The only known eyewitness to the crash. Mrs. Ray Cargile, who lives on a farm near the Arkansas River, about a half mile from the crash site, said she saw the plane seemingly hesitate in flight, go into a spin and plunge to earth. It was the fourth tragedy in the Senator’s life. Two other sons also died violently, Max in World War 11, and John Jr., in an auto crash en route to re-burial services for Max. The Senator’s second wife died of spinal meningitis in 1943. He was divorced from his first wife in 1921 and is now married for a third time. ' ’V Scheduled Lounching Os Balloon Delayed MINNEAPOLIS (UPD —The Office of Naval Research postponed today's scheduled launching of a manned balloon into the stratosphere because of unfavorable weather. The launching from an open pit iron mine near Crosby, Minn., was held up when a cold front moved into the area Tuesday night with accompanying bad weather. Navy officials said weather conditions looked promising for a flight Thursday.

Soviet Source Hints Nikita May Not Agree Eisenhower Ready To Attend Meeting But No Propaganda WASHINGTON (UPD—President Eisenhower is ready to attend a summit meeting at the United Nations but probably would walk out if Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev tried to turn it into a propaganda forum, authoritative ~ sources said today. Administration officials said there was a ’good chance” the summit meeting would be held at the U.N. Security Council. They said “it depends on Khrushchev.” This assessment of prospects for a summit meeting was made before the Soviet government newspaper Izvestia hinted today such a meeting might not be acceptable to Russia. Among other things Izvestia indicated Khrushchev would not sit down with the representative of Nationalist China which holds a permanent seat on the Security Council. High administration sources had previously told United Press International there were “some doubts” the Soviet premier would attend a meeting with a representative of Chiang kai-Shek’s Na- « ’ tionalist rgime. Bows To Pressure ’ Informed sources said Eisenj hower, despite grave misgivings, I agreed under strong British pressure to hold a summit meeting ; within the United Nations. The administration had vigorously opposed any summit meeting at this time on the critical Middle East situation. The President, in a formal note to Khrushchev made public Tuesday night, said the United States was willing to attend a high-level United Nations meeting on the Middle East if it were ’generally desired.” He said his offer applied either to a meeting of heads of government or foreign ministers. Authoritative sources added Eisenhower himself would "undoubtedly” go if Khrushchev did. : The Chief Executive coupled his 1 offer with a stinging attack on 1 Russia’s actions in the Middle East and on the language of ■ Khrushchev’s proposal for a fivef power summit meeting along with • U.N. Secretary-General Dag Ham- - marskjold. Hits Use of Veto He accused Russia of "constant abuse” of its veto power to “tear 1 down” the United Nations and r prevent it from peaceful settle- , ment of the Lebanon cris so U.S. . troops vould be withdrawn, t The President sharply criticized I the “manner” of Khrushchev’s summit proposal in which the Soviet leader referred to U.S. and , Soviet possession of atomic weap- , ons and Russia’s intercontinental missiles. ( Eisenhower said Khrushchev’s ‘ language was "hardly calculated to promote ~. . (an) atmosphere of ’ calm reasonableness.. He also denied any "factual ’ basis” for what he called Khrush--1 chev’s “extravagantly expressed fear of general war,” and de--1 dared that “unless those of aggressive disposition are far gone ■ in folly, they would not start war because Lebanon ... is helped to > maintain its integrity and independence." “The real danger of war would « come If one small nation after another were to be engulfed by expansionist and aggressive forces supported by the Soviet Union,” Eisenhower said. Lawmaker* Approve The President rejected Khrushf chev’s bid for an’ emergency . five-power summit meeting out- > side the United Nations. But he expressed willingness to tackle t other world problems at a heads- , of-government meeting after carej ful preparation at lower levels. ( First congressional reaction strongly endorsed the President’s stand, although some questioned the value of a summit conference 1 in the public forum of the United (Continued on png* five)

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