Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No, 201.

, w - . ■.> -— - /rTO/IJtF" —• •ML---Ml -£lh I JnSM • j *■ iWr „ M wlKr i <sklW7 * I NAUTILUS HOME TO THUNDEROUS WELCOME— First down the gangplank at New York after a triumphant procession into the harbor on a record-breaking run across the Atlantic is Cmdr. William Anderson, skipper of the submarine Nautilus who shakes the hand of Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover (left), "father” of the atom sub. Adm. Rickover boarded the sub as she approached New York and sailed in with the triumphant crew. On hand was Navy Secretary John Gayes (between the two officers), Anderson's wife, Yvonne and his mother, Mrs. David H. Anderson of Waverly, Tenn.

Biggest, Best State Fair Starts Today Record Crowd Seen For Exhibits From 92 Fairs INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The “biggest and best” Indiana State Fair in history opens at the State Fairgrounds Wednesday and officials looked for a record crowd to visit Hoosierland's most Important agricultural and industrial show. In keeping, with the fair’s theme. “Science in Action,” more than 100 industrial firms will show exhibits in many of the 46 permanent buildings and scores of tents that dot the 265-acre grounds. But despite the industrial theme, the emphasis as usual will be on agriculture. More than 5,200 Four-H youths and thousands of Future Farmers of America will vie for thousands of dollars in prizes during the opening days before school begins. Entries in the open class judging include 1,000 beef cattle; 4,000 swine; 1,300 dairy cattle; 4,000 sheep; 1.300 chickens and hundreds of draft horses. Variety to Please AU A record $22,000 in cash wiU be up for grabs in the horticultural show and thousands of dollars in cash, prizes and ribbons will be given out to exhibitors in other categories ranging from homemaking to pie baking. But fun and entertainment are a necessary part of the fair, and the 106th edition of the annual event provides an outstanding variety to please every taste. Rides and games are featured on the midway and the coliseum will feature some of the biggest names in show business. Comedian Bob Hope, homespun Tennessee Ernie Ford, the popular Mills Brothers, the Four Preps, Betty Johnson and the music of Hoosierborn Jan Garber will provide entertainment. Arthur Godfrey will highlight the $55,000 Horse Show, always a favorite with fairgoers, and Jim Hetzer's International Spectacular of 1958 will perform in front of the grandstand. The Spectacular features dancers in production numbers, international diving champions and aerial acrobatics from a helicopter. Grand Circuit Racing The All-Western Horse Show, with television stars from the “Broken Arrow” series, will put on four shows in front of the grandstand and the Jack Kochman Hell Drivers will perform for Hoosier thrill seekers. For the race fan, the grand circuit harness racing program will run from Monday through Thursday next week. Choosing of the grand champion 4-H steer highlights the opening day with the auction set for Thursday. Another first-day attraction is the annual tractor-pulling contest and the beginning of championship horseshow pitching. Thursday is “High School Band Day” and fans will be treated to the sight of 90 bands and strutting majorettes from throughout Indiana competing in front of the grandstand. The state baton twirling contest is set for Friday. The “Parade of Champions,” featuring thousands of 4-H youths, will take over the coliseum Saturday. That will be followed by a style show in which the 4-H girls (CjnttaMrtd on P»<» five)

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Alaskans Vote To Be 49th State Will Make Texas Second Largest ANCHORAGE, Alaska (UPD — An estimated 30,000 Alaska voters went to the polls today to put the stamp of statehood on a territory twice the size of Texas. From Point Barrow to Ketchikan, Nome to Fairbanks, the heaviest balloting in the history of the territory was expected. Political experts predicted the total vote would easily top the highest recorded vote of 28,000. The possibility of statehood being rejected wasn’t even considered. “We'll win by a margin,” predicted former Gov. Mike Stepovich who stepped out of the governor’s office to run unopposed for the Republican nomination for the short Senate term. Alaska voters had to approve three propositions to clear the way for admission to the Union. One proposition asked simply, “Shall Alaska be admitted into the Union as a state?” Another set the boundaries of the 49th state as the lines established in the statehood bill signed by President Eisenhower last month. The third fixed the rights and powers of the new state as those set forth in the statehood bill. last Summer Fling To Take 420 Lives Labor Day Weekend Traffic Toll Guess CHICAGO (UPD—The National Safety Council warned today that a “frantic last fling at summer” may lure 420 persons to their deaths on the nation’s highways during the Labor Day weekend. It said “cold statistics” indicate that 12,000 other persons may suffer disabling injuries in accidents between 6 p.m. Friday and Midnight Monday. The council said “absolutely none” of the predicted fatalities need be recorded "if every driver would ob s e rv e three simple rules.” Ned H. Dearborn, president of the council, said 45 million cars will take to the streets and highways for summer’s last big holiday. “Traffic enforcement officers throughout the country will be working around the clock to keep the drivers of these cars from killing themselves,” Dearborn said. “It seems only reasonable to ask the drivers to cooperate,” The council recommended that vacationers: —Cut normal speeds by at least 10 miles per hour to offset the extra holiday danger. —Put their safe arrival ahead of time of arrival and drive accordingly—“with patience, courtesy and common sense.” —Stay away from the wheel if they’ve been drinking. “The public highway is no place fpr a fuzzy mind, whether you're driving or walking,” the council said. The council’s estimate of 420 traffic fatalities compared with the record Labor Day weekend toll of 453 in 1951. Last year 443 persons died in the 78-hour period.

U.S. Considers Possibility Os Aid To Formosa Pacific Command Alerted In Face Os Red Threat By CHARLES CORDDRY United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD—U.S. military men today were reported considering swift air reinforcement of Red-menaced Formosa Strait. Authorities emphasized that so far no movement of reinforcements has been ordered—nor has any been requested by the U.S. 'Pacific Command. But they said military men are considering die dispatch of a composite air strike force in the face of Red China’s continued menacing moves against the Nationalist Chinese islands of Matsu and Quemoy. At the same time, these developments broke: —Senators clashed over whether President Eisenhower has the power to defend the islands under the 1955 Formosa resolution approved by Congress. Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield (Mont.) and Sen. Paul Douglas (D-Ill.) said he does. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) disagreed. —U.S. officials said the mounting Red threat in Formosa Strait may be a carefully planned build up for a U.N. debate aimed at splitting the United States from its allies—particularly Britain and Japan. —Eight units of the U.S. 7th Fleet sailed for Okinawa from Singapore with 1,600 marines who tuciitinued on nagre flv») Ford Political Grant Goes To Otto Schug Berne Workers With Democrat Party Here Otto F. Schug, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Schug of Berne, and a junior at Wabash college in Crawfordsville, has received a grant from the Ford foundation to work and learn with the Democratic party in the fourth district. Hie selection was made by the Democratic central committee and state party leaders in conjunction with the Indiana Citizenship Clearing House. Schug will work mainly in Adams and Allen counties during the summer pre-school months. In past years paid Republican workers in the state under Ford foundation grants have far outnumbered Democratic workers. This is the first Democratic worker to be hired in the fourth district under the program to increase political knowledge. Schug has spent the early part of the summer setting up a card she system for precinct committeemen. Various meetings throughout the county and district have been conducted by him in order to make the county organization more effective. In Allen county Schug has worked as secretary to the Allen county workshop program which was completed in all precincts last week. Elected delegate to the state conventions in one of the few delegate races, Schug is a major in history and political science. He plans to attend law school upon his graduation from Wabash college.

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1 Legislature Os Arkansas Meets, Special Session Faubus Calls For Anti*lntegration Laws In Session By BRYCE MILLER United Press International LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UPD - Gov. Orval Faubus asked a special session of the Arkansas Legislature today for emergency power to close any school in the state facing Negro integration. Faubus bitterly accused the federal courts of seeking forcible integration of white and school children even if “aiiundred people are slain in the streets cr the corridor of a school.” The governor addressed a special session called specifically to prevent integration at Central High School if the Supreme Court ‘ insists on its admitting Negroes this school term, now postponed to Sept. 8. Faubus also outlined plans to move children to other schools from ones that may be closed. Criticises the Courts In his nationally tele vised speech from the Arkansas statehouse, Faubus said that Federal District Judge Ronald N. Davies and the Bth Circuit Court of Appeals had put integration paramount to all other considerations. ‘‘According to Judge Davies and the Bth Circuit Court,” he said, “it matters not how bad the conditions that may exist; it matters not if a hundred people are slain in the streets or the corridors of a school; it matters not how great ' the destruction of property; it ’ matters not whether the parents know that their children may return home grievously wounded because of disorders, or whether they may return at all. “Integration is paramount to these considerations. Faubus also criticized th U.S. Supreme Court which has been called into special session Thursday to hear arguments about setting aside a postponement of admission of Negroes to Central , High. He pointed out that a conference of the chief justices of the state supreme courts only last week warned that the Suprme Court has been usurping rights reserved to the states and “has been making hasty, impatient decisions without proper judicial restraint.” Asks Special Elections Faubus also criticized the U.S. emergency powers because of the' “tense uneasiness, deep concern and genuine fear that exists in this community and state at this ’ time.” The governor asked the Legisla- ’ ture to provide for the calling of a referendum within 30 days after (Contlnv-d oi r>a«re five)

Local Budget Unopposed, City Council OKs It

J The Decatur city council met in special session in the council room at 7 p. m. Monday evening and approved the city budget as advertised August 5 and 12. Except for the city election coming up next spring and fall, which must be figured in the city budget, a cut in the actual rate would have been made. Even with the election expenses the city rate will be $1.43, with a $1 poll for men over 21 and under 50. Last year the proposed city rate was $1.46. This was reduced to $1.41 by the tax adjustment board, which must still act on this year’s proposed budget. City council members, Mayor Robert D. Cole, and other members of the city administration stated that they were very happy to. be able .to keep the city rate down in the face of increases by the township, school city, and county. The total amount of money to be raised this year is $162,368.20,

Co. Commissioners Meet, Inspect Roads Delegation Appears To Discuss Paving County commissioners met in regular session Monday morning and afternoon; included in the agenda were inspection of county road projects and approval of the Felver-Curless ditch bond. Commissioners Harley J. Reef, Roland Miller, and Stanley Arnold approved the bond for the contract on the Felver-Curless ditch project, set at $13,674.88. The Hornish Construction Company, Inc., had submitted the accepted bid on the project. A resolutiop, forbidding candidates for political offices to place on the court house or grounds was passed. Twenty-five residents of Jefferson township appeared to discuss a road blacktopping project. The group asked about three miles on road 28M> as a prospect for blacktopping, to help establish a northsouth artery for traffic in the eastern part of the county, as a hookup with state road 116. Funds from the gasoline tax and "federal aid are all used for this year, the commissioners stated, but the project will be taken under consideration. Before leaving on an inspection tour ,of county road projects with highway superintendent Lawrence Noll, the group heard a representative of a microfilming company from Fort Wayne, on preserving old court house records. With superintendent Noll, the group inspected the general road situation in Jefferson township and saw the progress on three miles being blacktopped on county road there. They also checked on the construction of the new floor., or deck for the bridge -south of Salem, which started two weeks ago. After returning to the court house in the afternoon, the group also inspected the painting being done in the court house and the sand blasting on the peace statue before adjourning. Area Lady's Sister Dies After Heart Attack Mrs. Ida Hollman, 74, route ten, Fort Wayne, sister of Mrs. Dorothy Wiegmann, Monroeville, died after a heart attack at her home Monday. A lifelong resident of Allen county, she was a member of Trinity Lutheran church. Survivors besides the sister in Monroevill are her husband Paul; one daughter, Mrs. Rudolph Seddelmeyer; and three grandchildren. The body was taken to Roden-beck-Hockemeyer funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home at 2 p.m. at the Suburban Lutheran church, the Rev. L. J. Fuchs officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

figured on a net taxable property evaluation of $11,301,610, which is higher than last year. The higher assessed evaluation, the lower the tax rate needs to be to raise the same amount of money. Last year’s rate of $1.41 will raise $161,073.01 this year. In 1956 $148,260.97 was collected, and in 1957, $149,251.11. Decatur is one of the few cities in Indiana which has a total rate below $7, including school city, township, and county rates, all of which as separate taxing units are not controlled by the city budget makers. The present levy estimate for 1959 will include sl.ll for the general fund; 5 cents for the f>ark fund; 12 cents for the street fund; 11 cents for the recreation fund; and four cents for the police pension fund. No one appeared opposing the city budget at the open meeting of the city council, which was held as twice advertised.

County Officials Seek Safely For School Children Ask Drivers To Use Caution Near Schools, Busses With September 2, a week from today, motorists will have to be especially careful for another vehicle traveling Adams county roads —the school bus. County traffic authorities are asking all persons, not just the motorists, to Cooperate to help keep the school bus routes free from accidents. It has been a number of years since there has been an accident of any size connected with the school buses, sheriff Merle Affolder stated this morning. To insure another safe year for the school children, bus drivers, and motorists, all persons are asked to cooperate with traffic and school authorities. For the bus drivers, a safety program will include first-aid and safety instruction sessions being planned now. State police will also inspect the buses for safety at the beginning of the year. Motorists can help to insure safety on the highway by reviewing the traffic laws connected with school buses. They should remember, for instance, that all school bus drivers must make a full stop at railroad grade crossings; between fifty and ten feet before the first rail, he must listen through an open window or door and look in both directions along the track for an approaching train; that the driver displays the “Stop” sign (which all motorists must obey) when the bus is completely stopped on the traveled portion of the highway to load or unload passengers, that the red flashing warning lights shall be turned on at least 100 feet before stopping on the traveled portion of the highway that the directional lights are turned on at least 100 feet before turning from the highway; and that the school bus driver shall never exceed 35 miles an hour on any county or township road, 50 miles per hour upon any U. S. or State highway, nor 10 (Continued on pasr« five) Police Inspect Two Accidents Minor Damage In Two City Wrecks City police inspected two minor accidents in Decatur, one at the intersection of Fourth and Monroe, and one at the intersection of Monroe and Second streets; there was a total of $95 property domage in the two mishaps. About 6:10 p.m. Monday, cars owned by John D. Burke, 37, Cameron, 0., and Frank Sardella, 32, 228 Madison street, collided at the intersection of Fourth and Monroe streets. The Burke car had started a right turn when the Sardella auto attempted to pass it, the driver allegedly seeing a signal for a left turn. Approximately $35 damage was to the right front of the Burke vehicle, and SSO to the Sardella car. At the intersection of Monroe and Second streets a car driven by Herbert H. Stoner, 76, 222 Jefferson street, struck a parked car owned by Richard W. Feasel, 27 613 Studebaker street Saturday about 1:45 p.m. The Stoner auto struck the parked car in the left front bumper, causing $lO damage. INDIANA WEATHER ' Fair and cool tonight. Wednesday fair with little temperature change. Low tonight 46 to 54 north, 50s south. High Wednesday mostly in the 70s. Sunset today 7:26 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 6:08 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Fair and a little wanner. Lows in the 50s. Highs 70s north and central, low 80s south.

j Rural Youth Back From State Camp Five Days Spent In Study Os Program Morning classes, afternoon panel and group discussions and a special “self-made” evening program were included in the agenda of the state rural youth camp at Merom, which ended Sunday afternoon for Miss Gloria Koeneman and Miss Legora Markle, Adams county delegates, and some 80 other Hoosier rural youthers. This year’s session began Wed- ‘ nesday, in the town on the Wabash river, in southwestern Indiana, in Sullivan county. Morning classes for the rural youths included social dance, square dance calling, recreation leading, ahd planning for the future, in agriculture and education. One afternoon’s program, a panel discussion, found four FYE’s (International Farm Youth Exchangees) on a panel; the quartet represented Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, and the United States, with a Hoosier IFYE. Two afternoon discussion sessions took up the future of Indiana agriculture and planning for the future, pertaining to agriculture and education. Evening entertainment included anything from dramas to “kindergarten kapers” to late evening and early morning swimming in the pool at the camp, with a steak cookout and a chicken barbecue for two evening meals; Saturday evening Duane Zeiger, former state president of the rural youth organization, showed pictures and told of a trip to Russia this June. He had accompanied WKJG farm director Wayne Rothgeb on the tour. In the “kindergarten kapers” on Friday night, each camper was dressed up as a kindergarten-size person: the two Adams county delegates, dressed as Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher, received the prize for the best characterization. Other prizes awarded were the most comical and the cutest. Sunday afternoon the five-day camp adjfburned, after church services in the morning. U.S. Grants Pension To Ex-Presidents Many Lived In Dignified Poverty By JAMES BAAR United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) — The world’s richest nation has . finally made sure that never again will an ex-president have to live off the charity of relatives. President Eisenhower signed into law Monday a bill granting an annual $25,000 pension to all present and future ex-presidents. The bill also grants an annual SIO,OOO pension to the widows of ex-presidents. Four persons are immediately eligible: former Presidents Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Besides the pensions, ex-presi-dents also get office space, unlimited free mailing privileges and an office staff that could earn up to $50,000. Pensions for ex - presidents have been a long time coming. Nearly 170 years to be exact. Congress from the very beginning was perfectly willing to watch ex - presidents scrape along on their past glories. House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack said in pressing for action on the bill that congressmen kept the public treasury tightly closed while Georgte Washington and Thomas Jefferson lived out their lives as “land - poor country squires.” He said James Monroe had to live off “the charity of relatives” in his old age: James Madison had to mortgage away much of his estate, and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had to write his memoirs to provide for himself while suffering from cancer.

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Bus Bound For Chicago Rams Loaded Truck Bus Driver And * One Passenger In Critical Condition COOK, Ind. (UPI) — A Greyhound bus rammed into the rear of a big truck loaded with encyvcoledias just before dawn today, and 22 persons were injured. Carl Rauh, 45, Indianapolis, driver of the bus, and Bessie Hastings, 64, Decatur, Ala., a bus pasenger, were injured critically. They and 20 others riding the bus were taken to St. Margaret’s Hospital in Hammond. , The bus was headed for Chicago when the accident happened on a four-lane divided highway about 50 miles south of Chicago. The accident happened about a mile south of Cook on U.S. 41, at 5:30 a.m. c.d.t. Police said tha bus, driven by Carl Rauh, plowed into the rear of a semi-trailer driven by Doris Howell, 46, Chicago, for Pickett Lines, Chicago. The bus swerved off the highway and rolled into a field. The truck was pushed down the road about 300 feet. Rauh was pinned behind the steering wheel as the impact caved in the front of the bus. It took 15 minutes to extricate him. But doctors said he appeared to have suffered only face cuts from shattered windshield glass. Rauh and other injured were taken to St. Margaret’s Hospital in nearby Hammond. Howell said he saw the bus approaching behind him through a rear vision mirror. He said he flashed his lights to indicate to the bus driver that it, was safe to pass. He said the bus rammed into the back of the trailer at an estimated speed of about 50 miles per hour. Howell said he was traveling about 45. The bus did not overturn. Most • of the passengers who were hurt sustained cuts. . Includes Early Bailie Os Bucks Looms In New York Harriman, Rockefeller Candidates For Gov. NEW YORK (UPI) — Multimillionaires Nelson A. Rockefeller and Averell Harriman were their parties’ unanimous choices today to battle it out for the governorship of New York. Republicans convened at Rochester Monday and nominated the 50-year-old Rockefeller to run against Democratic incumbent Harriman, 66. who was nominated by acclamation at the Democratic state convention at Buffalo. Before both parties end their conventions tonight, they will choose candidates for the United States Senate. The field of six announced candidates for the Democratic nomination was rumored to be narrowed down to New York City’s crimebusting district attorney, Frank S. Hogan. But there were persistent attempts to “draft” New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner despite his repeated statements he was not a candidate. Besides Hogan, Democratic hopefuls for the nomination are former Postmaster General James A. Farley, former Air Secretary Thomas K. Finletter, former Atomic Energy Commissioner Thomas E. Murray, state Commerce Commissioner Edward Dickenson and Rep. James Delaney of Queens County. Rockefeller today took charge of lining up his running mates. He asked Rep. Kennet Keating, 58, to run for senator and Keating, said to be reluctant to make the race, was reported “weakening” to Rockefeller’s overtures.