Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 174,

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See August 4 Earliest Date For Conference U.N. Making Plans For Housing Summit Conference Heads UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPD —Well - informed diplomats said today Aug. 4 is the earliest likely date on which a summit meeting could be convened in the Security Council. Whether press arrangements would be complete by then was another matter. U. N. prss officers expected a rush of at least 2,000 newsmen to the New York headquarters to cover the vital meeting *&..more than twice the 800 who flocked here in 1956 to cover the debates during the Suez crisis. Nobody knew for sure when the meeting would be held, and everybody was awaiting word from Washington. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold saw some diplomats arid discussed arrangements for housing a summit meeting but he was saying nothing and neither were they. Among the diplomats who saw Hammarskjold Thursday was Ambassador James J. Wadsworth, deputy chief of the U. S. delegation. Wadsworth, running the U.S. mission while Ambassador Henry Cabott Lodge took a breather in the country, then left for Washington. Hammarskjold, in addition to his preoccupation with the summit meeting, was working on plans to beef up the U. N. observer group in Lebanon despite Russia’s veto on Tuesday of a Japanese resolution directing him to do so. »-■ He called in the ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, Ceylon, Colombia, India, Norway and Pakistn for late afternoon meeting. They are the countries which also serve on the General Assembly’s advisory committee for the U.N. emergency force on the Gaza strip. Right now preparations for a possible su m m it meeting outweighed everything else here. Under present plans, all the public would see of the meeting will be on television —the council rooms will be too crowded to admit them. It was tentatively planned to bar the public from the U. N. Building. Pedestrian Killed When Hit By Train MITCHELL, Ind. (UPD — William Donaldson, about 65, was killed Thursday night when a freight train struck him as he walked across the tracks at a town street crossing. • • Boy Fatally Injured By Power Lawn Mower LOGANSPORT, Ind. (UPD —Allen Bleicher, 8, Chicago, was injured fatally in a power lawn mower accident late Thursday while visiting his divorced mother here. Allen was mowing the lawn of his mother, Mrs. Carl Fry, when he mangled his left foot. He died a short time later on an operating table in St. Joseph hospital. Cass county coroner M. B. Stewart called for an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.

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23 Acts During 4-H Fair Entertainment Plan Entertainment On First Two Nights Twenty-three acts have been accepted for the Adams county entertainment festival, to be held at 4-H fairgrounds at Monroe Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Changes which the committee in charge has made will move the l 4-H acts to Tuesday night, - p-1 ening night of the fair, beginning - after the grand opening parade, ; about 8:30 a.m. The non 4-H acts r will follow the vesper services - Wednesday at 8:10 p.m. i Entered in the 4-H division are 13 musical acts, and three non--1 musicals. Making music will be 1 these entries: Union Pals club, of > Unicm township; Ann Inniger, Boosj terettes 4-H club, Monroe; Sehldon 1 Bixler. Boosters 4-H club, Monroe; ’ Cloverblossom 4-H club, Wabash; Sharon Diehl. Jolly Workers 4-H ! club, Monroe; Dick Sprunger and ■ Jerry Wagner, St. Mary’s; Joan Brown, Kut-Ups 4-H club. Kirkland; Ronald Kaehr, Kirkland; Jim , Singleton, Roving Rangers 4-H ’ club, Root; Jim Fuhrman, Green . Leaf club, Preble; Happy Go Lucky • and Hoosier Workers clubs, Hartford; Kekiongas 4-H club, St. ’ Mary’s; and Happy Hustlers 4-H • club. Washington. Non-musical acts in Tuesday’s ■ 4-H contest will be a “Highland Fling” from Root township; Jes- ' ferson Work and Win 4-H club, Jefi ferson: and Jeannie Smith and Gail Egly, Jefferson and Washington. Wednesday night seven acts will ’ be presented, with these entries in the musical division: Steve Sprunger, of Wabash township; The “Two , J’s” Monroe; “The Geneva Jivers” Wabash; John Fuhrman, Root; the ‘Four J’s,” Wabash, and Marsha King, Root. Tom Bauermeister, of Preble township, will present a non-musical act. Crucial Days Near For Indiana Crops Optimism Voiced By Purdue Expert . INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The next week or 10 days will be crucial ones for Indiana farmers and can alter their year-end financial report by millions of dollars. RE. Straszheim, Purdue Uni'versity agricultural statistician, had the most optimistic report on Indiana’s potential weather-caused crop loss, among several agencies queried about an up-to-date picture. Straszheim said that for wheat, oats and other small grain, “it all depends on what kind of weather we have from here on out.” -—— — — “A couple days of sunshine would see a lot of this grain harvested,” he said. ‘lt depends on how much wind we have, too. Right now the grain is still standing up nice and straight in most fields." The weatherman gave a halfhearted indication that scattered showers and thunderstorms would end by night and that no‘more rain is likely before next Monday. The five-day forecast calls for one-half inch of rain about Monday or Tuesday. But a more depressing picture came from some other sources. George Doup, president of the (Ooncuueu on <-«• 8lr)

Rebel Snipers Are Active In Beirut Thursday J No Major Incident Follows Thursday J' Action By Rebels BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPD—Rebel ' snipers opened heavy fire in Bei- . rut Thursday night but no major > Incident folowed and there were s growing indications Leba no n might solve its own crisis with- ■ out further bloodshed. State Department trouble shoot- * er Robert Murphy was carrying t out a non-stop program of nego- ■ tiations in hopes the government i supporters and the rebels who want to oust President Camille Chamoun could find a presidential [ candidate they both could support. I Observers believed the two i sides eventualy would settle on a . leading and popular military fig- , ure before the 66-man Parliament I meets next Thursday to elect the ! successor to Chamoun. Gen. Fuad , Chehab, chief of staff of the army, has been mentioned as a popular choice by both sides although he ’ has not mixed in politics. Talks With Chamoun Murphy conferred Thursday ’ with Chamoun, the first time he has seen him since he opened talks with the rebel leaders early ’ this week. The firing was heard near the preSidental palace soon after Murphy left the area Thurs--1 day night. i The rebel opposition’s responsible leaders actually have ordered i the rebel marksmen to avoid in- ’ cident, but the question was how > long their men would remain i under control. Murphy himself f was rushing against time, hoping to ( mediat the dispute before a new shooting war breaks out. Extension Office To Be Located At Fair During the three days of the Adams county 4-H fair, the county extension office will move from its Decatur location at the post office to the fair grounds at Monroe. Located in the school building, the extension office number for ■ Tuesday, July 29, Wednesday, July • 30, and Thursday, July 31, will be : 6-6661. There will also be a pay telephone in the food tent. Probe Disappearance I Os Admiral At Sea Ship Captain Says Apparent Suicide SAN FRANCISCO (UPD—Navy investigators today probed the mysterious disappearance at sea of Rear Adm. Lynne C. Quiggle, 52, who was en route from the Far East to a new post in San Diego. The captain of the ship on which Quiggle was a passenger ts a i d he apparently committed suicide by jumping overboard about 800 miles out of San Francisco. Investigating officers from 12th Naval District headquarters here went aboard the liner President Cleveland when the ship docked here Thursday. Commodore H. J. Ehman, captain of the vessel, said Quiggle's disappearance, early Tuesday (Continued on Page eight)

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Ike Tells Khrushchev Summit Parley Must Be Held On UN Rules

Ag Department Lobbying Hit By Humphrey Senator Humphrey Charges Illegal Lobbying On Bill United Press International Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey accused the Agriculture Department today of lobbying illegally against changes in the farm bill. The Minnesota Democrat made the charge as the Senate moved toward climactic votes on the measure which would loosen federal planting controls and make possible lower price supports. Humphrey said Clyde Wheeler, legislative aide to Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson, went to the Senate office building early today to pass the word that the administration would not accept any parity amendments. Other congressional news: Lebanon: James J. Wadsworth, deputy U.S. representative to the United Nations, told a House subcommittee U.S. troops may be withdrawn from Lebanon “quite soon.” Tanks: Comptroller General Joseph Campbell told Congress the government paid $184,600 too much on a tank contract. He said this was accomplished by allowing two firms, Armorcast Inc., Birdsboro, Pa., and Chrysler Corp, to increase their profits because they paid rent on govern-ment-owned facilities. Iraq: Sen. George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) said the United States should promptly recognize the new Iraqi government if it is not turning from the West and toward Russia. Hawaii: A House Interior Committee hearing on statehood for Hawaii was called off for a lack of a quorum. Debt: A congressional hearing at which Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson was scheduled to outline a request for a big boost in the federal debt ceiling was postpone d from Monday to Wednesday. Flanagan: President Eisenhower withdrew his nomination of Bernard L. Flanagan, St. Albans, Vt., to be a member of the Civil Service Commission. Flanagan had admitted inaccuracies in civil 1 service applications for jobs in ’ the past. Farm: The farm bill being de(Continued on page five) Native Os Decatur Dies At Fort Wayne > Mrs. George Beach Is Taken By Death Mrs. Arizona A. Beach, 78, a native of Decatur, died at 7:45 a. m. Thursday in Lutheran hospital. Fort Wayne. She had been a patient one month, following a hip fracture. Her residence in Fort Wayne, where she lived for the past 50 years, was at 121 E. Masterson avenue. Mrs. Beach was a member of the Plymouth Congregational church; Shiloh chapter No. 141, Order of the Eastern Star; Anthony Wayne Court No. 3, Order of the Amaranth, and the Wayne Temple No. 432, Knights of Pythias. Survivors are her husband, George W., and several nieces and nephews. The Wayne Temple No. 432, Knights of Pythias, will hold services at 7:30 p. m. today at the funeral home, with the Order of the Amaranth following with services at 8 p. m. Final rites will be at 1:30 p. m. Saturday at the Chalfant-Perry funeral home, Fort Wayne, the Rev. William B. Howenstine officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today. Che family has asked that memorials be in the form of gifts to the sen- > ior citizens fund.

400 Receive Polio Shots Here Thursday Second Moose Clinic Held Here Thursday Four hundred area residents received their Salk anti-polio shots Thursday afternoon and evening as the Moose-sponsored dollar polio clinic. After-effects of the shots may amount to some sore arms and a few low-grade fevers, physicians in charge of the clinic have said. Such effects can be treated with aspirin. Prospective receivers of the Salk vaccine started gathering at the Moose home at 1:30 p. m., and there were about 40 waiting when the clinic opened. No one was turned away except for colds or fevers, which nurses' aides checked. Twenty-four persons who were unable to pay received theirs free, as the Moose paid for these shots given through the non-profit clinic. Those who received their second shots during this session, and anyone else who is in line for a shot in February, may report for the third session of the dollar polio clinic, Thursday, February 19. 1959. Sixty-eight persons, however, received their first Salk vaccine shots at this Thursday’s clinic. The lodge is considering the possibilities of having a dollar clinic for these persons next month. If the arrangements can be definitely made, the Moose will announce the date of the clinic later. Interest in the polio vaccine appears to be on the rise in the area, observers have noted. Sales in vaccine have increased, because the importance of the vaccine is (Continued on pagt five) Thomas Is Speaker At Rotary Meeting George Thomas Tells Os Broker Vocation Continuing its series of classification talks, the Decatur Rotary club heard George Thomas explain his vocation as a real estate broker at this week’s meeting at the Youth and Community Center. Ward Calland, program chairman for July, introduced the speaker. - Thomas explained the importance of real estate in America s economy and stated that 70 per cent of America’s wealth was invested in real estate. “Individual ownership of property has been an important part of our civilization. He then traced the development of the national association of real estate boards which was organized 50 years ago to improve practices ancT to eliminate unscrupulous brokers and unfair dealings. Its preamble contains a golden rule concept of responsibilities and conduct. There are now 1284 boards with 61,128 members. In 1919, California was the first state to pass a licensing law and now all but two states have similar laws. These laws define the duties of realtors and outline their responsibilities to both parties and to the public. Thomas pointed out that an increased population in the next 20 years will require a housing and shopping development equivalent to six metropolitan areas of the present size of Chicago. He mentioned that problems are becoming more complex and that soon a college degree may be required. ~ President Gail Grabill announced that the Decatur club will be represented at the Rotary district golf tournament at Rensselear July 29. INDIANA WEATHER Gradual clearing this afternoon and tonight with some scattered showers or thundershowers southeast this afternoon. Cooler tonight. Saturday sunny and pleasant. Low , tonight 56 to 63 north, lower 60s south. High Saturday 78 to 85. Sunset today 9:05 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 5:38 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Fair and pleasant. Low Saturday night 50s north to 60s south. High f Sunday mid 70s north to 80s central and south.

Foresees Early Withdrawal Os U.S. Troops Predicts Troops To Be Withdrawn Soon From Lebanon Duty WASHINGTON (UPD — James J. Wadsworth, deputy U.S. representative to the United Nations, predicted today that the United States troops in Lebanon may be withdrawn “quite soon.” Moreover, Wadsworth said, he believes that when the troops de- , part “the after taste will be better than the present taste because we will have proved that we are people of our word.” Wadsworth made the observations during a- House foreign affairs subcommittee hearing on a resolut on expressing the sense of Congress that a permanent U.N. police force should be established. Asked by committee members for his views on what might happen when U.S. forces are withdrawn from Lebanon, Wadsworth said he thinks the feeling will be “one of great relief.” The United States now has more than 8,000 Marines and Army paratroopers in Lebanon, ordered there by President Eisenhower after the revolt in neighboring Iraq. Os the troop use, Wadsworth said: “We will have done what we said we would do. We will have proved that we are people of our word.” Then he volunteered the statment that he believes “it is entirly possible that this (troop withdrawal) will take place quite soon.” It is dependent, he said, on a situation in which no new difficulties arise before the scheduled Lebanese election, and on the conduct of an orderly election there. 1 “In that case,” he said, “the healing from within would have gotten off to a good start, and we may no longer be needed • there. 1 That’s what we think in New York.” Otto Daniels Dies On Visit In West Native Os County Dies In Washington Otto B. Daniels, 74, a resident ' of Huntington and a native of St. Mary’s township, died Thursday at 11:30 a. m. while visiting at_the : home of E. H. Troutner, in Bellingham, .Wash. Born December 17. 1883, to Harvey M. and Ellen DeGarmo Daniels, in ‘St. Mary’s township, he was the last surviving member of a family of five sons and two ; daughters. The last surviving daughter, Mrs. Cora Tricker, died Thursday at 7:50 a. m. in the Adams county memorial hospital. Mr. Daniels moved to Huntington in 1906, the year he took as his bride Miss Minnie Johnson, of near Wren, 0., who preceded him in death in 1949. In 1953 he married Mrs. Bertha Troutner, who survives. He was an employe of the Erie . railroad, first as a trainman, and ] later- as a switchman at the Hunt- , ington yards. j Surviving in addition to the ( widow are a son, Blaine, Bluffton; , three daughters, Mrs. Burl Till- j man, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Marvin j Putman, LaFountain; Mrs. Clarence Mick. Sumpter, S. C.; a stepson, E. M. Troutner, Bellingham, Wash.; seven grandchildren, and a number of great-grandchildren. ’ A son and a daughter are deceas- 1 ed. 1 The body is being sent to Hunt- t ington, where services and com- > mitment will be early next week. Burial will be in Pilgrim’s rest t cemetery at Huntington. t

Heavy Rainfall In Area This Morning Harvesting Os Crops Problem To Farmers , Locally heavy showers Thursday noon and general rainfall this morning ended the area’s record of four days without rain, with rainfall today averaging .613 inch for the county, unofficially. Since the previous fair days brought warm midsummer temperatures, crops in general looked well, especially the corn which had not been drowned out by the rainfall in June. However, the problem for area farmers, chased out of their fields yesterday in some places and over the area today, remained the harvesting of ripe oats and wheat and getting hay dry and into the mows, without too high moisture contents which make for unsafe storage. No wind damage was reported this noon after the forenoon’s rainfall. However, lightning and thunder were fairly heavy, and power was reported off in Jefferson township and Berne for about an hour this morning. This morning’s general county weather picture looked like this; in Preble township, one inch fell on the Arthur Koeneman farm, from about 8 a. m. to 10 a. m., when rain fell over the rest of the county; no rain was recorded for this part of the county. Thursday noon. In Root township, Cecil Harvey reported an lpch fall for this morning, while yesterday .2 inch fell around one p. m.; this (Continued on pare eight) Work Is Proceeding Steadily On Silos First Battery Is At Halfway Point The half-way mark of the construction of the first set of six siles being built at the McMillen Feed Mills was reached at approximately 12 midnight last night. Dale Long, superintendent for the Jennson Construction company, announced today. The 55 foot mark was reached during the night by the third trick consisting of approximately 70 men working that particular shift. Each shift has approximately the same amount of manpower required to build the silos, which will be 110' feet high at the end of their com-| pletion. It was reported the silos were 60 feet high at 7:30 a.m. today. Long stated that approximately 14 feet is built within a 24-hour period. The pouring of the cement started Monday and Is expected to last another four days before the first set will be completed. After the first set is completed, the second group of six silos will start in approximately three weeks. The new silos are being built just north of the old silo area where the old Central Sugar building stood. Each one is 80 feet in diameter and will be 110 feet high. The new storage will increase the local amount nearly 68.75 per cent to 13% million bushels. The new silos will be as large as any in the world. The present storage was given at eight million bushels of beans, and the building of the 12 new silos will bring an additional 5% million bushels in storage space or an increase of 68.75 per cent. The slip forms used in the building of the silos are patented by a Swedish concern, the B. M. Heedy company, with offices located in New York. It is a hydraulic jack system greatly improved over the old type mechanical jacks. Three pumps are used to move the forms one inch at a time. Rods are installed at the base of the silos in the cement walls, and as the pressure from the pumps increases, the forms are moved upward the required space. The moving of the forms is controlled by one man who uses a water line as a guide as to when the forms should be moved. • Several other contracts, for electric and other construction, will be awarded later.

New Note Rules Out Limit To Parley Agenda Says Any Summit Meeting At U.N. Must Follow Rule WASHINGTON (UPD — President • Eisenhower told Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev today that any summit meeting at the United Nations must be held under U. N. Security Council rules. In a new note to the Soviet leader, the President also ruled out limiting the agenda to Khrushchev’s charges of British and U. S. aggression in Jordan and Lebanon. The President said that it must include Middle East problems generally. Eisenhower also said next Monday, the date proposed by Khrushchev for beginning a summit conference, “would be too early for us.” Eisenhower proposed that the permanent members of the- Security Council exchange views, under arrangements made by Secretary - General Dag Hammarskjold, to determine if a summit conference under conditions outlined by the President “is generally acceptable." Ike Will Attend It also wotfld be left up to them Ito agree upon "a generally satisfactory” date. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said in making the President’s 1,000 - word letter to Khrushchev public, that ‘‘of course” Eisenhower would attend if there is a conference. Khrushchev had informed the President that he was ready to hold a summit conference starting next Monday and had proposed that British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, French Premier Charles de Gaulle, Indian Premier Ja war halal Nehru, Hammarskjold, and representatives of the Arab states be present. The United States will stand pat in its position that the rules for such a summit conference would be those of the Security Council. The President also said that it Was up to the council members to decide what other nations should be invited. Adhere to U.N. Charter Although agreeing to a summit I meeting within the U.N. Security Council framework, Eisenhower said it was “not yet certain that such a meeting is in fact ‘generally desired,’ although that may prove to be the case.” He said the established rules of the Security Council made it unnecessary “to rely on improvising.” He pointed out again that when such rules were improvised, "there is raised a whole series of new problems,” particularly as to what non-member nations would attend such council meeting. “The United States will adhere, in these respects, to the charter, which lays down the conditions under which nations which are not members of the council may participate in the discussions of the council,” the President said, that any U.N. member not cm the council may participate in council meetings without a vote whenever the council considers it the interest of such a nation. The note was handed to Soviet Ambassador Mikhail A. Menshikov at the State Department. It was addressed to U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson in Moscow, for delivery to the Russian Foreign Ministry. It had been cleared by the 15-member NATO Couec Paris. Queen Undergoes Minor Operation LONDON (UPD — Queen Elizabeth II underwent a second minor operation on her nose Thursday night which her doctors hoped would speed her recovery from an attack of catarrhal sinusitis. The operation was performed at Buckingham Palace. Using a local anesthetic, the doctors performed an irrigation of the infected sinus.