Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 183.

|r r v'\|r \ kJM 1 rMfe 111 * ■ WSK 'w' I mil 1 llf T/jj bi JWln - A AT INTEGRATION HEARING—Wayne Upton, president of Little ’ ® °t Education (left), A. F. House (center) and Richard C. Butler, attorneys for the board, take time out during tne bearing m the federal court in St. Louis on the school board's petition to delay school integration in Little Rock.

Demands U.S. Troops Taken From Lebanon Premier Sami Solh Threatens To Quit If Forces Remain BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPD—Premier Sami Solh has threatened to resign unless American troops are withdrawn immediately from Lebanon, informed sources said today. Meanwhile, two more U.S. ships arrived with another 1,000 men and more than 200 vehicles, bringing the total American strength in Lebanon to 14,300. An, Army spokesman said the troops, which included hospital, ordinance, signal and graves registration personnel, ware the last in the scheduled buildup here, though he added that some additional small units may follow. He said all the units were from Germany and sailed from Bremerhaven. Solh made his evacuation demand at Monday’s cabinet session, the sources said, without discussing it first with President Camille Chamoun. Says U.S. Forces Unneeded A source close io the premier said the move was primarily a maneuver designed to reveal his deep personal dissatisfaction with contacts which U.S. diplomatic troubleshooter Robert M urp h v had with rebel leaders—and was not a genuine threat. Hie source said Solh felt that Murphy had bypassed him to deal behind his back with the rebel leaders. Solh fears Murphy’s talks with the rebels will result in the installation of an opposition premier and Solh’s departure from office in disgrace for his support of the Chamoun government, the source added. Solh told the cabinet ministers the American forces were no longer needed In Lebanon because the election of Gen. Faud Chehab as president was a big step toward the solution of the crisis, the source said. « The cabinet adjourned after an argument over who had the legal right to ask the Americans to withdraw, the premier or the president, the source said. He added Solh apparently had no intention of pressing the evacuation point further. Murphy Flies to Cairo Chamoun said Monday he would not request the withdrawal of the . U.S. Marines and Army paratroops from Lebanon. But Chehab said the withdrawal of the American forces was a primary plank in his policy. x The opposition leader hailed Chehab’s pledge as a “good message which reinforces our conviction of the good Intentions of the new president and his sincere patriotism.” Murphy scheduled a last round (Cjntlnued on pace five) Indiana Leather Partly cloudy, scattered showers er thundershowers mostly central portion tonight. Wednesday fair and cooler north, partly cloudy, warm and humid with chance of few showers south. Low tonight " 60s northwest to low 70s south and east. High Wednesday 80s north to low 90s south. Sunset today 7:54 p. m. Sunrise Wednesday 5:48 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Fair or partly cloudy north and central. Partly cloudy with some scattered showers extreme south. Lows 1 60 north, 70 south. Highs low 80s north, low 90s extreme south.

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Father-Son Lawyers To Defend Divorcee Plan Self Defense . Plea For Slaying INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Prosecutor John G. Tinder today called the slaying of wealthy businessman Forrest Teel. 54, a “malicious, cold-blooded, premeditated murder” and said he would seek a grand jury first-degree murder indictment against Mrs. Connie ( Nicholas, 42. Tinder said there was "no evidence of self-defense,” which a member of a father-son team of criminal lawyers said might be , used in an effort to free Mrs. i Nicholas in the slaying of her lover. “She shot him for revenge in a love triangle in which neither of , the two women involved had a legitimate right to his affection,” Tinder said. Meanwhile, the injured eye and the paralyzed right arm of Mrs. ' Nicholas assumed increasing legal ’ and medical importance in a probe of the Teel slaying. Charles Symmes, younger member of the legal team which agreed Monday to defend Mrs. J Nicholas, said he is anxious to get full medical reports on the in- ' juries. The first action of the attorneys, Charles and Frank Symes, was to slap a “no visitors” ban on Mrs. Connie Nicholas, 42, who is recovering in General Hospital from an overdose of sleeping pills. Frank Symes, the father, said he decided to undertake the defense of the attractive divorcee, who admitted shooting drug firm executive Forrest Teel, because he believed she had a good case.” Mrs. Nicholas contended she shot and killed Teel, 54, wealthy executive vice president of Eli Lilly and Co., during a violent argument last Thursday morning over his alleged affairs with a younger woman. “It looks like a case of self-de-fense,” Symes said. “Her eye is swollen shut. Somebody slugged her.” Charles Symes said he believed Mrs. Nicholas probably will be able to attend a preliminary hearing on the slaying charge Thursday. He said he probably would ehter a plea of self defense. Mrs. Nicholas has been hospitalized since last Thursday when she was found unconscious after gulping 75 sleeping pills in an apparent suicide attempt. The younger Symes said he probably would enter a plea of self defense on behalf of Mrs. Nicholas. Police Homicide Capt. Michael Smiley, who headed the investigation in the slaying, said he would oppose the self defense plea. “Accidental?” Smiley scoffed. “Would you call four shots in succession accidental? “It’s a good story if the grand jury will buy it,” Smiley added, “but you can bet your boots I won’t.” Charles Symes said he spoke with Mrs. Nicholas Monday afternoon and she was intensely interested in her case. * “She wanted to know how long (Continued on naee eight) Woman Is Killed In Car-Truck Collision INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — A cartruck collision near the heart of Indianapolis early today killed Mrs. Catherine L. Whitsei, 28, Mars Hill, a city suburb. Mrs. Whetsei was riding in a car driven by Mrs. Louise Moran, 34, Mars Hill, which collided with a truck driven by Ralph McElroy, 23, Danville, Ky., at Meridian & Michigan Sts. McElroy was charged with failure to have a driver’s license.

Badly Burned Union Official Clings To Life Official Is Burned Beyond Recognition In Savage Assault PONTIAC, Mich. (UPD—Teamsters Union official Frank Kierdorf, burned beyond recognition in a savage fire assault by two unknown men' Monday, was interviewed for the third time today but his vengeance-seeking uncle, Herman Kierd or f, had disappeared. Frank, a 56-year-old ex-convict business agent for Teamsters Local 332 in Flint, Mich., still clung to life in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital but doctors said his death was only a matter of time. He repeated to interviewing officers that he did not know the two men who doused him with an inflammable fluid and set him afire and gave no hint where he thought Herman might be hiding. Herman disappeared Monday night from under the noses of po- " lice guards at the hospital but 1 police admitted only today that ’ they didn’t know where he was. They had obtained a warrant * charging him with possession of ; a silencer. Herman told police he had no s idea who attacked Frank but he was "going to find out.” A lieutenant told him to let po- ‘ lice take care of the attack but _ Herman replied, “not if I get there first.” Frank, who last November refused to tell the Senate Rackets Committee about operations of his ‘ union, was drenched with a fluid, set afire and dumped in front of ! the hospital “looking like a zombie.” During spells of consciousness, Kierdorf told how two men took him from his home in Flint and rove him toward Pontiac to a wooded area. There, he said, one man poured inflammable fluid over him and the other threw A match. He burst into flames. Kierdorf said the two men then argued over letting him die. One of them said, “We don’t want a murder rap on our hands.” Then they bundled his burned body in a bathrobe, put him in their car and drove him to the hospital where they dumped him and sped off. Kierdorf’s statement to Oakland County Prosecutor Frederick Ziem threw no light on the identity of the attackers. Ziem said (Continued on page eitfbt) Travelers Stranded By Mexican Strike Wildcat Strike On Mexican Railroads MEXICO CITY (UPD —The army took charge of Mexico’s nationalized railway system today, guarding it against sabotage in a wildcat strike which has stranded hundreds of travelers, including many Americans. Unconfirmed reports said one striker was killed and four were injured in clashes between strike mobs and troops jor police. About 100 "agitators” have been arrested. The most recent clash occurred Monday night, when troops and police used tear gas to break up a strikers’ “mass march” to the headquarters of the electrical workers’ unicm, where a meeting was in progress. Union sources said "several” strikers were “savagely beaten” and two “seriously injured.” Police allowed the electrical workers to proceed with their meeting, which adopted a resolution supporting the strike but urging the wildcat faction of the railway union to abandon its present tactics. Roberto Amoros, general manager of the nationalized railways, was negotiating with Demetrio Vallejo,, leader of the “rebel” union faction that called the unauthorized walkout. Prospects for a settlement sometime today appeared to be good. Oton Salazar, leftist leader of the dissident teachers’ union group which staged a sit - down strike in the Education Ministry several months ago, said Monday night his followers would not report for work today. The wildcat rail strike began Saturday as a result of internal struggles within the 60,000-man railway workers union, headed by Salvador Quesada.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 5,1958

Detroit Man Tells Big Payoff To Leading Officer Os Teamsters I

Diplomats Are t Puzzled Over ; Soviet Delay Khrushchev Delay In Answering Note Puzzles Diplomats BULLETIN MOSCOW (UPD — Soviet ■ Premier Nikita Khrushchev f tonight rejected western terms for a summit conference and , instead demanded an immediate U. N. General Assembly session to order Western troops out of the Middle East. In a dramatic and sudden switch of tactics. Khrushchev told the Western Big Three that a General Assembly meeting is necessary since “the governments of the Unit- , ed States and Britain have declined to call a conference of heads of government of the five powers.” LONDON (UPD — Western diplomats were reported puzzled today by Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev’s delay in answering the Western notes on the projected summit conference on the Middle East crisis. Khrushchev's answer may come today, according to reports from Moscow. But there was some speculation here the delay may indicate a shift in Kremlin policy regarding the heads-of-govemment meeting. Information reaching here from Moscow suggested Khrushchev may be taking his time to ponder the differing Anglo-American and French proposals on the meeting. Western diplomats in Moscow were reported confident Monday that Khrushchev would accept the Anglo-American proposal. President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan suggested a meeting “on or about Aug. 12” within the framework of the U. N. Security Council. French Premier Charles De Gaulle stated his preference for a summit conference of the Big Four and India outside the United Nations on Aug. 18. Khrushchev originally proposed a meeting of the heads of government of Russia, the United States, Britain, France and India, with U. N: Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold sitting in. But in his previous replies to Western notes, he did not rule out a summit-council conference. The British and French notes were delivered in Moscow last Thursday; President Eisenhower's (Continued on page eight) Geneva's Tax Rate Increased 10 Cents Proposed Budget Is Submitted By Board Geneva’s tax rate will increase ten cents to 81 cents on the hundred dollar valuation, it was learned today. Geneva’s town trustees submitted a total budget of $22,171.63, of which $10,644.11 must be raised by taxes. The valuation of the property in the town is $1,147,710, and the number of persons who pay poll tax is 165. A general $1 levy is made on polls, the money going into the general fund. An additional rate of 85 cents for the general fund will raise $9,790.43. No levy is necessary for the street department. The recreation fund will be six cents, which will raise $688.63. The amount to be collected this year is $9,479.06; 1957, $9,001.24; and 1956, $8,903. The town board will meet Aug. 25 to consider the town budget.

Increase Ordered In Market Margins Heads Os Exchanges Critical Os Orders NEW YORK (UPD — The 40 per cent rise in stock market rgi n s effective today may bring nothing more than a bit of psychological selling, followed by a-new attempt to scale the record highs of 1956, Wall Street experts said today. But the action, by the Federal Reserve Board, drew criticism from the presidents of the nation’s two biggest stock exchanges. Several leading congressmen and many economists, however, hailed the move as a step against inflation. Keith Funston, president of the New York Stock Exchange, said the market was not ovetusing credit. And Edward T. McCormick, president of the American Stock Exchange, expressed the belief the presqpt market activity and strength stemmed from confidence of the investors. He said the margin increase was “unfortunate and uncalled for.” Sen. Paul Douglas (D-Ill.), a , member of the Senate Banking Committee, said the rise indicated the Federal Reserve Board could ' “admit mistakes and can im- ! prove.” Dr. Marcus Nadler, consulting economist for the Hanover Bank, : said the Federal Reserve Board's action was an attempt to prevent too rapid an increase in the market. Such a rise, if unchecked, he said, might later cause a sharp decline that could upset business. Market men said the margin rise from 50 per cent to 70 per cent came as no surprise to the financial district. It would not dislodge any big holdings of stock, the experts held, since most of these are covered by cash. The new margins apply to new purchases and short sales. They have no impact on old accounts until new purchases are made and then only to a limited degree, it was explained. - County's Highway Report Presented Commissioners In Regular Session The Adams county commissioners allowed the bills for the county Monday at their scheduled meeting at the court house. They also reported receipts for the Adams county home total $5,071.07 for the month of July for the total population of 26 people, 20 males and six females. 7 The Adams county highway department report was given for the month of July as follows: total of miles traveled by trucks, 36,346; total of miles graded, 1,543; total tons of stone hauled on roads, 1,837.57; total of tons of stone in building roads, 4,542.15. Drainage projects include: a 11 foot by 10 inch corrugated pipe on county road four in Union township; other pipe installed on county road four include, 31 foot by 15 inch, 32 foot by 12 inch, 10 inch, 40 foot by 15 inch, 40 foot by 10 inch, 36 foot by 12 inch, 35 foot by eight inch, and a 36 foot by eight inch pipe. Cement tile on county road 9% in St. Mary's township include: ten one foot by 15 inch, and five one foot by (our inch. Corrugated pipe installed on county road four in Root township include, two 35 foot by 10 inch, four foot by six inch, and a 33 foot by 10 inch. A 36 foot by 54 inch cement tile in Kirkland township was installed. A 36 foot by eight inch cement tile on county road six in Root township also installed. A 40 foot by 18 inch corrugated pipe was installed at the corner of roads 36 and 614 in Preble township. A sewer 28 foot by 12 inch was installed oh (Continued on page five)

Ike Requests .Congress Act On Some Bills Action On Pending Bills Asked Before Congress Adjourns United Press International President Eisenhower told Republican congressional leaders today he wants action on several pending bills and hopes they will be passed before Congress adjourns. He listed Senate-passed legislation to regulate union welfare and pension funds, a measure to raise the permanent national debt ceiling by 10 billion dollars to 285 billion, i bill to end congested court dockets by creating more than 40 new federal judgeships, and tax relief for small business. The leaders assured him at their weekly White House conference that Congress would not go home until a host of pending bills had been cleared. House GOP Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. (Mass.) who stayed behind for a talk with Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, told newsmen the administration still opposes a Democratic farm bill up for a House vote Wednesday. Elsewhere in Congress: Labor: President George Meany of the AFL-CIO made a last-ditch appeal for House passage of the welfare and pension fund bill. He sent telegrams to all members soliciting their votes. Foreign Aid: The Senate Appropriations Committee fail fed- to reach agreement on what to do about a House - approved $3,078,000,000 foreign aid appropriation, 597 million dollars less than Eisenhower requested. It hoped to hold another meeting late today. Rackets: Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) said the Senate Rackets Committee has evidence that Teamsters President James R. Hoffa had "aligned hiniself with certain underworld characters.” McClellan said these characters “are part and parcel of the criminal elements and most sinister forces in this country.” Passports: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee killed administration - supported legislation which would have overturned a Supreme Court decision on passports. The court had ruled the State Department could not deny (Cor rlnued on Page eight) Mrs. Ethel Christen Is Taken By Death Decatur Lady Dies Os Injury In Fall Mrs. Dollie Ethel Christen, 76. of 215 Jefferson street, died at 2:45 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital. Her condition had been critical since she suffered a fractured hip in a fall 10 days ago. She was born in Decatur Sept. 1, 1879, a daughter of I. C. and Elizabeth Corbin-King, and was married to Frank Christen June 21, 1899. Kir. Christen preceded her in death May 18, 1945. The family formerly resided in Oklahoma, returning to Decatur in 1939. Mrs, Christen was a member of the First Presbyterian church. Only near survivors are two cousins, France Conter of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Bart France of Normal, Hl., and a number of nieces and nephews. Two sons preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Harold J. Bond officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Wait Court Rule On Integration Order Seven Judges Hear Arguments In Case ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPI) — All seven judges of the Eighth U.S. Appeals Court heard an attorney for the Little Rock, Ark., school board charge desegregation failed at Central High School because the federal government lacks power to enforce integration. A.F. House, Little Rock attorney for the school board, argued Monday in favor of an order by U.S. District Judge Harry J. Lemley which postponed integration until 1961 at Central High School. Attorneys for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which brought the appeal, opposed the postponement on grounds it would be a “surrender to violence.” It was only the second time in 30 years that the entire sevenmember panel of the court sat for hearings in a case. The court’s decision? which could have a bearing on the pace of integration throughout the South, is expected to be handed down before school opens next month. About 150 spectators jammed the courtroom and about 150 more gathered in a corridor outside during tile hearing. House told the court that the great problems of any Southern school board trying to integrate were the traditions of the community and the federal government’s lack of power to enforce , desegregation. “About 15 or 20 agitators were arrested when disorder s occurred,” House said, “but when (Cont. ,L.ea on pace five) ■ Preble, Blue Creek 1 Budgets Submitted Preble Unchanged, t Blue Creek Higher i Preble township’s proposed tax ’ rate for 1959 is $1.46, the same 1 as was proposed last year, Ed t Auman, township trustee, said today. » Valuation of Preble property has ■ decreased from $2,743,890 to $2,1 631,740, with 164 polls. The town- ‘ ship has an adjustment factor of ■ 1.0. The tax rate of $1.46 for next ■ year will raise $37,909, while the ' same rate this year will raise $39,906. Amounts collected for the past few years are: 1957, $38,239; 1956, $40,192; 1955, $43,832; 1954, $23,658. The budget shows $3,120 for the township fund, with a rate of 10 cents; $29,000 for the tuition fund for a rate of $1.04; $10,035 for the special school fund, and a poor relief fund of $2,084, with a rate of 32 cents. All of the money in the proposed budget wlil not have to be raised by tax levy because of t the actual balance and amount t yet to be collect this year. The advisory board will meet i Aug. 26 to consider the budget. Blue Creek Higher The 1959 proposed tax rate in . Blue Creek township will go up I 18 cents over the 1958 rate, town- ; ship trustee Frank Myers said to- : day. I The 1958 proposed rate was sl.s 52, and the 1959 rate will be sl.- ■ 70, if the advisory board approves i the trustee“s budget at the regular meeting Aug. 26. The Blue Creek budget calls for a township fund of $3,298 as > compared with $3,257.50 this year. The tuition fund will total $23,i 760 next year, and was $23,420 ! this year; special school fund next i year, $13,765; this year, $12,640; poor relief will be $2,800 next year. The amount to be raised by tax- • es will be: township fund, $2,855; I tuition fund, $19,067; special school i fund, $4,899. This will raise a to- ■ tai of $26,851. This year’s budget calls for $24,681 to be raised I by taxes; 1957, $27,678; 1956, $27,264; 1955, $29,713.

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Tells Payoff By Laundrymen To Union Head Ex-Laundry Owner Presumed Payoff Received By Hoffa WASHINGTON (UPD—The Senate Rackets Committee today confronted Teamster President James R. Hoffa with testimony by a former Detroit laundry owner about a big payoff which the witness “took it for granted” went to Hoffa. The testimony was given by William H. Miller who said Detroit laundry owners made the payoff to a high Teamster official in 1949 to settle a dispute. Miller said in his sworn testimony “I took it for granted” Hoffa was the ' official whc received the payoff. Committee Counsel H< btrt F. Kennedy told reporters afterwards that the payoff could add up to more than $5,000. Hoffa, making a long-heralded return appearance before the committee, had testified a few minutes earlier that he “injected him- : self” into the 1949 Detroit negotiai tions but said he could not recall > tlto details 5 Aligned With Underworld The committee did not question : Hoffa immediately about the “human torch” attack on a Teamster ■ official in Pontiac, Mich., Mon- • day. He declined to comment on i it to reporters. Committee Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) opened the session by charging that Hoffa had “aligned himself with certain underworld characters.” 1716 chairman said these characters “are a part and parcel of the criminal elements and most sinister forces in this country.” Miller, who now operates a motel at Watersmeet, Mich., told the committee he was a member of : the labor committee of the Detroit ■ Laundry Institute, a trade asso- [ ciation, during 1949 contract ne- . gotiations with Isaac Litwak of Teamster Local 285. He said negotiations were . stalled and Litwak was threatening a strike when Miller suggested ' that institute officials contact Hos- , fa and see if they could reach a , settlement. Hoffa Okayed Contract Miller said two institute representatives, Howard Bia kwell and John Meisner, arranged a meeting and made an agreement for , institute members to pay S9O per I truck to a Teamster official. I Miller said he was never told . that the official was Hoffa but . assumed that it was. He quoted > Balkwell and Meisner as saying , that Hoffa later turned up at a ’ negotiation meeting in the Detroit ■ Leiand Hotel and okayed the con- . tract as it then was drafted. Miller agreed when McClellan . remarked “there had to be a payoff to prevent a strike.” The witness read from a pre- ( pared statement, the ’ original ( wording of which flatly named Hoffa as the recipient of the payoff. Miller asked permission to make corrections in the text as he went along, saying it had been hastily prepared. In the amended ’ version he did not make any flat ’ accusation of Hoffa. Hoffa’s second encounter with , the committee was given added ’ drama Monday by toe ghastly fate which befell Frank Kierdorf, business agent for Teamsters ‘ Union Local 332 at Flint, Mich. Kierdorf, who appeared before ’ the committee last year, was sadistically burned by two men at Pontiac, Mich. At about the same time his uncle, Herman Kierdorf, also a Teamsters of--1 ficiai. received an anonymous telephone call threatening him ’ with the same treatment. Committee counsel Robert F. ' Kennedy said both men got their (Continued on page eight)