Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 9 September 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 212.

Jlßzrzj . IKi 1 In H1 I I K Al e - J! ■ - XfIOMF m iHfe. ■ 4 JlSr F/^nL '- ■ ■ v v lwH *S| DEMOCRATS SWEEP MAINE— Gov. and Mrs. Edmund S. Muskie cast their ballots att he South Grammar School at Waterville, as Maine voters in unusually heavy numbers went to the polls in the climax of 138-years of first in the nation elections. Sentiment ran high on the basis of the Bernard Goldfine affair with Muskie opposing Sin. Frederick G. Payne. Muskie was elected senator, and the Democrats also won two of three Congressional seats and the governorship. Muskie is the first Democrat to win a Senate seat from Maine.

Democrats Gain Big Victory In Maine Election Muskie Is Maine's First Democrat To Win Senate Election PORTLAND, Maine (UPD — Maine Democrats today celebrated their greatest victory in half a' century. Gov. Edmund S. Muskie became the state’s first elected Democratic Senator. He defeated Republican incumbent Frederick G. Payne in the spotlighted contest of Maine’s last earlybird election Monday. A Democratic governor, Clinton A. Clauson, will take over from Muskie in the state house. Two of the three congressional seats also went to Democrats Monday. Muskie’s victory was especially significant since it was considered by some to be the first voter reaction to the Adams-Goldfine controversy in Washington. Payne, like Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, had admitted accepting favors from industrialist Bernard Goldfine of Boston. Muskie, however, did not make an, issue of this. Muskie, 44, campaigned primarily on his record as a twotime governor—the first Democrat elected to the post in 20 years in 1954. Clauson, 62, a former state internal revenue collector, defeated former Maine Gov. Horace A. Hildreth, who also served as ambassador to Pakistan and as president of Bucknell University. Democrat James C. Oliver replaced First District congressman Robert Hale and Democratic Rep. Frank M. Coffin of the Second District was reelected, defeating farmer Neil S. Bishop. The only Republican congressman reelected was Clifford G. Mclntire of the Third District. The potato industry leader dumped Democrat Gerald J. Grady, a (Clontinued on raxe five) Extension Course Is Opened Here Monday A total of 35 students turned out for the first class of the Ball State Teachers College extension course to be taught in Decatur on Mondays from 6 p.m. until 9:30 o'clock. John Craddock, instructor, said today. Craddock, a new member of the education department staff at Ball State, formerly taught in Illinois. The course offered 400, will be a comparison of schools in five areas of the world, »and will consist largely of committee work. The class meets weekly in the • home economics room of the Decatur high school. Those taking the course include teachers from nearly every school system in the county, and Several from Wells, Allen, and Van Wert, 0., counties as well. Many are taking the course as undergraduates, and some are taking the course for post-graduate work.

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Primary Elections In 10 States Today Key Primary Races In Top Sptolight WASHINGTON (UPD — Ten states hold primary elections today, leaving only Rhode Island and Georgia to select party nominees for the November general election. At stake were nominations for - eight U.S. Senate seats, seven . governorships and 59 House seats in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New - Hampshire, Utah, Vermont, Wash--1 ington and Wisconsin. 1 Georgia, where nomination is 1 tantamount to election, holds its - primary Wednesday, while Rhode i island holds its Democratic primary Sept. 17 and a Republican 1 contest Sept. 25. 1 There are several key primary ’ races today. ’ Former Sen. Claude Pepper is • trying to make a comeback in . Florida, battling against third 1 term-seeker Spessard Holland for th Democratic nomination. Gov. Ernest W. McFarland of Arizona was fighting against National Committeeman Stephen W. Langmade for* the Democratic senatorial nomination in his state. ’ Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater, who beat McFarland in 1952 and became a prominent GOP con- ’ servative in his first term, is un- ’ opposed for renomination, j Also without opposition for re- ’ nomination is Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) who will run ' against lone Republican candidate • Vincent J. Celeste, a Boston law- ' yer. In Minnesota. Rep. Coy a Knut- ’ son is seeking Democratic renomination against Marvin A. Evenson, a businessman supported by 1 Mrs. Knutson’s husband who has ■ been waging a fruitless "Coya 1 come home” campaign. : Democratic Sen. William Proxmire has one opponent in his Wisconsin bid for renomination for ■ the seat once held by Sen. Joseph j R. McCarthy. Republicans, who 1 split before the special election 1 which sent Proxmire to the Senate last year, are uniting now behind Roland J! Steinle, a former Milwaukee judge, as their senatorial nominee. Here is how the Tuesday primaries shape up: t ARIZONA — Senator, governor ! and two House members. ‘Paul : Fannin, a Phoenix businessman, - will be the GOP candidate to suc- , ceed McFarland as governor. - State Atty. Gen. Robert Morrison f and Scottsdale businessman Dick t Searles are battling for the Defti- . ocratic nod. COLORADO— Governor and four j House seats. State Rep. Palmer 1 L. Burch is the only Republican contender against Gov. Stephen k L.R. McNichols who is unopposed! ’ for Democratic renomination. , FLORIDA— Pepper and Holland ' are battling for one Senate seat. There are no primary contests for ; the eight House seats. ’ MASSACHUSETTS — Senator, ; governor and 14 House members. ’ Democratic Gov. Foster Furcolo ' is unopposed for renomination; 5 House Speaker Charles Gibbons (Continued on page four)

U.S. Ready To Resume Talks Over Formosa Dulles Says Nation To Continue Firm Policy On Formosa WASHINGTON (UPD — Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today he does not believe there will be a war over the Formosa Straits islands if the United States follows its firm policy. At the same time he disclosed that the United States today sent a note to Red China saying that it is prepared to resume ambassadorial talks to solve their disputes. He said the United States is ready to begin talking in Warsaw at any tifne Red China is prepared. Dulles told his news conference that if Red China renounces the use of force in the Formosa Straits area, the Chinese Communist action could lead to what he termed further consequences. But he refused to spell those out. Dulles also emphasized the firm U.S. military posture in the Formosa Straits area. He warned Red China bluntly that if Communist Chinese gunfire deliberately hit U.S. vessels in Formosa Straits’ international waters the U.S. ships presumably would respond. Dulles made that intriguing comment when he was asked whether the United States was prepared to negotiate with Red China on the future of Quemoy and Matsu islands if the Peiping regime agreed to renounce force in the Formosa area. He began his answer by saying the United States is in no position to negotiate on the future of territory held by an ally, Nationalist China. But then he continued in a vein that might hint at some U.S. concessions. He said Red China’s agreement to give up use of force, if it came, would be a constructive new element that might have furthgr consequences. A reporter asked whether Dulles meant the United States might recommend that Nationalist China evacuate Quemoy and Matsu. He again said he did not want to spell out what he had in mind. He said one reason is that his ideas might have consequences involving the rights of Nationalist China. Apparently Dulles had in mind the possibility of urging Nationalist China to vastly reduce her military forces on these offshore islands since they would no longer be needed if Red China would not use force in the area. Another possibility might be that the U.S. would soften its opposition to Red Chinese admission to the United Nations. But Dulles left it unclear what he had in mind. Dulles’ statements were made amid these diplomatic developments on the Formosa crisis: —Moscow Radio warned that the United States was “nearing the edge of the precipice" in the (Continued on ptixe five) Three Approved By City Health Board Food Establishments Approved By Board The city board of health placed its decal of approval on three Decatur establishments Saturday as the city moved into its final phase of the restaurant and food handling ordinance. Wagner’s Cigar Store and counter, Bob's Confectionery, and Dick’s Diner all received the approval of the board. These were the first of many organizations to complete compliance with the new ordinances passed in June. Health inspector Raymond Lehman inspected all the food handling establishments, and pointed out the ways in which they were deviating from the law. AU eating places were twice inspected, and approval came only after a third inspection. Several others are now ready to be approved, Lehman said. All approved places have a green decal stating that the local board of health, in close cooperation with the state board, has approved the place for food handling. Personnel in- approved places received medical check-ups annually so that the public may be assured that none carries or transmits diseases. Each restaurant, bar, or food handling etsablishment must meet rigid tests of cleanliness. The law has been well accepted by almost all the food handling establishments, Lehman said. Many took special training when it was available here recently. ’

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 9, 1958.

13 Airmen Killed When Jet Bombers Collide Near Base At Seattle

l 1 ■ Unemployment Still At High Season Level 1 Declines In August t But Still At High Level For Season , WASHINGTON (UPD—The government reported today that unemployment declined to 4,699,000 ( in August, but still was at the > highest season level since the end ’ of World War IT. It said August employment hit a seasonal high of 65,400,000 for J the year, but was about 2,000,000 ; below the August rate of a yearl a ß°- ' The figures were compiled joint- ’ ly by the Commerce and Labor ’ departments. The report said the decline in ! unemployment from July, to August—a total of 600,000—was due . primarily to students withdrawing from the labor market. The government said the ad- ' justed rate of unemployment for ’ August was 7.6 per cent of the P total available wo r king force. With the exception ofr a so-called ’ freak period during a coal strike 1 in late 1949, this was the highest seasonally adjusted unemployment ’ percentage since the end of th® war. The drop in unemployment was ' less than normal for August. : Lester Werling Fund ' Is Over $l,lOO Mark Contributions Still L Received For Youth ! —Pushed up and over the thousand dollar mark, the Lester Wer- ' ling fund has grown until it stands ’ at sl,llO today. Friends from ev--1 erywhere in Adams, Wells and Al- , len counties and even two western states, as well as Ohio, have sent donations for the Lester Werling , fund in care of Marilou Uhrick at , the Decatur Daily Democrat. I Lester’s many friends will be happy to know that he was dismissed from the hospital Thursday and is able to go out doors to play. Because he is home from the hospital does not mean that the Lester Werling fund will be discontinued. It is still not known whether or not Lester will have to undergo’an 11th or even 12th operation. The fact remains that Lester has had ten operations since he was only one day old and the cost of these operations has been very 1 heavy for his parents, Mr. and ' Mrs. Arthur Werling. Money can 5 be sent to the Democrat or dropped 5 in the box in the Democrat office. Latest donors to the Lester Werling fund are Mr. and Mrs. Arnold ’ Ostermeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry 1 Gehrig, Mildred Swygart, Mr. and ' Mrs. Lester Aumann, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Boerger, Mr. and Mrs. George H. - Sprague, Herman Linnemeier, Mr. 1 and Mrs. Carl Nahrwald, and a * countless number of anonymous donors, people who simply sign ’ their names as “friends of Lester e Werling” or just “friends.” y INDIANA WEATHER 1 Partly cloudy with scattered h thundershowers mostly north and central tonight and exn treme north this afternoon, j Warmer most sections tonight, j Wednesday fair and cooler e north, partly cloudy and turning cooler south with a few widely scattered thundershow- „ ers extreme south In morning. ' Low tonight 56 to 62 north, in 3 the 60s south. Highs Wednesday ranging from the 70s north r to lower 80s extreme south. 1 Sunset today 7:64 p. m. Sunrise Wednesday 6:21 a.m. Out--3 look for Thursday: Fair and cooler. Lows Wednesday night ? 50s north and central to low s 60s south. Highs Thursday in the 70s. r : 1

State Institutions Ask Record Funds Ask Over sl2 Million In Biennium Funds INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Indiana's correctional medical institutions today asked for a record $12,297,077 for the 1959-61 biennium. The Soldiers Home, Lafayette, asked for the biggest chunk, $2,407,450, most of it for a 150bed hospital. The home also asked for $40,000 for two staff houses and $65,000 for an eight-unit motel for employes. The Indiana Reformatory, Pendleton, was tops on the correctional list with a $2,389,780 request which would include a new $859,980 power plant and an estimated $990,000 for a 300-cell unit. State Prison, Michigan City, asked for $256,000 to build a maxiiflum security cell house for 532 inmates. The State Farm, Putnamville, sought $829,800 for construction including sewage, water and power plants. Boy’s School, Plainfield, wanted $1,000,000 which included $300,000 for a turbine, three new cottages and $148,000 for repairs. Girls’ School, Clermont, said it needed $489,000 for a receiving center. Women’s Prison, Indianapolis, sought $17,923 for repairs. Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Rocky’Ue, requested a total of $1,689,858 including $1,510,000 for a 100bed hospital. Southern Indiana Tuberculosis Hospital, New Albany, $139,143, construction and repairs. Northern Indiana Children's Hospital, South Bend, $81,065, repairs. School for the Blind, Indianapolis, $106,056, for flood walls and installing city water. industrial Aid for the Blind. Indianapolis. $25,780, repairs and air conditioning. School for the Deaf, Indianapolis, $1,821,686, new informary, vo(Cantlwued ©agejiiX) Burglary Reported At Decatur Store Cash, Watches Are Stolen During Night A burglary was reported to the city police department at 8 o clock this morning that occurred sometime during the night at the Decatur Auto Supply. The incident was reported to the police by the owner, Don Forst, immediately upon his arrival at the building today* > The thief or thieves gained entry into the building at the back by forcing out a window and crawling through the frame work into one of the large rooms. It was reported fnat SSO in cash and eight watches were missing from the business establishment by Forst. . After the thieves made their entry into the main part of the building, they proceeded to the office and attempted to punch a large hole in two of the walls. This attempt proved futile but the thieves were able to enter the office through the roof. The watches were removed from the safe in the office and the money was removed from a cash drawer located in the front of the building. The empty drawer was found toward the back of the front room. It was believed that the thieves left the premises through a side door. Police chief James Borders investigated the burglary. The investigation is continuing. Ossian Farmer Dies From Farm Injuries ’ FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD - Otto Fuhrman, 60, Ossian, died in Lutheran hospital today of injuries sustained Sunday when he was run over by his tractor while plowing a field. Fuhrman suffered internal injuries when he was thrown off as the machine hit a stump on his farm near Bluffton.

80 Negroes To Register For White College Undergraduates To Enroll First Time At Louisiana State By AL KUETTNER United Press International Eighty Negro undergraduates were expected to begin registra-l tion todpy at all-white Louisiana State Coliege in New Orleans under terms of a federal judge’s preliminary injunction. The state attorney general’s office, in a race against time, was preparing writs for presentation to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in an attempt to have the order suspended. Atty. Gen. Jack Gremllion said he hoped to have the writs ready before the day was over. But A. P. Tureaiid, attorney for the Negroes, said he advised his clients to make application immediately. If upheld in higher courts, Federal District Judge Herbert Christenberry’s order would make the first break in school segregation at the undergraduate level in the state. Negroes have been enrolled 1 in the graduate school at the main ’ Louisiana State campus at Baton Rouge for several years. Defends Refusal In at atmosphere of growing tension at the approach of the U.S. Supreme Court’s deliberation Thursday on the Little Rock, Ark., Central High School case, there were these other developments: —The school board at Charlottesville, Va., once again defended its refusal to admit 33 Negro students to white schools. Denial of the applications was based on a re-zoning of the city’s school system—referred to by a federal judge as “Gerrymandering.” —Warren County, Va.. was ordered by Federal District Judge John Paul to admit certain Negroes to the high School at Fort Royal, but was allowed a one week stay. —Federal District Judge John E. Miller refused to intervene in an anti-integration strike at the Van Buren, Ark., High School. The strike has driven all 13 of the Negro students from the school. —A Negro cook at a white school cafeteria in Alexandria, ' Va., was fired because she - .(Continued on page five) Truman To Speak At Fort Wayne Thursday Democratic Rally Will Follow Dinner W. Robert Fleming, Democratic candidate for Congress, and Vance Hartke, the candidate for the U. S. senate, will greet former President ’ Truman at Baer field when he arrives Thursday afternoon. ' The fund-raising dinner at the ; coliseum will be preceded by a re- [ ception for the former president ’ by the Young Democrats of Allen ’ county. Invitations for the reception have already been sent out ’ It will start at 4:30 p.m. at the col iseum. ’ At 5:45 p.m., the working press will interview Truman, and imi mediately afterward the dinner will . be served. * ’ Tickets at SIOO a plate were sold, . and the fund-raising event will be . one of the mainstays in Mayor Hartke’s campaign for the senatorship. Advance reservations, according to Alex Campbell, chairman of the committee, indicate the greatest fund-raising dinner in the history • of the Indiana Democratic party. 1 An overflow crowd is expected 1 fpr the free public rally at 8 p.m. i in- the coliseum. While tickets to I special reserved sections were available from county chairman • Dr. Harry H. Hebble, thousands : are expected to line up outside to i see the famous former chief executive. t

Optimism Voiced In Auto Contract Talks Major Breakthrough Reported In Talks DETROIT (UPI) — General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union today attempted to exploit the first major breakthrough in stalemated talks aimed at reaching a new contract. Both company and union negotiators Monday reported the door was opened to an agreement by an “understanding of the issues” reached in meetings Monday and last Friday. Ford appeared to be following in GM’s footsteps but Chrysler Corp, negotiators continued to report little progress in their talks with the union. Both also were meeting with the union today. UAW President Walter P. Reuther cancelled a “public jury” meeting, designed to explain the union’s position in the talks to public officials from Michigan and Ohio, in order to attend negotiations with GM personally. The company was represented by GM Vice President Louis G. Seaton, its top negotiator. Both Reuther and Seaton refused to say whether their new optimism was caused by any specific new offer but both agreed there were “improved prospects , of getting off dead center. “Further collective bargaining has led to a better understanding of the issues," they said in a joint statement. “There are indications that further bargaining can get the negotiations off dead center.” Decatur Lions Hold First Fall Meeting Boy Scout Leader Speaks At Meeting “Be first class.” John G. Carlson, Boy Scout executive for the south district of the Anthony Wayne council, told the 57 members and guests of the Decatur Lions club who attended the first fall meeting of the group. Carlson complimented the Lions club and its three scout leaders, Kenneth Jennings, James K. Ehler, and Richard Mies, for the fine job they had done in helping troop 62 become one of the best in the south district. Twelve members of the troop were present for the meeting and became acquainted with their Lions sponsors. M. C. Sieling, outgoing president of the Lions club, received his past president’s pin from new president Glenn Hill, -t All Lions were asked to be present, wearing their Lions caps at 6:45 p.m. before the football game Friday night. Plans to make the pancake supper this month a big success were also discussed. Alva Lawson was presented with a birthday present following the meeting. L. E. Anspaugh led the group singing which followed the meal, and was accompanied by Miss Kay Wynn on the piano. Veteran Congressman Dies This Morning WASHINGTON (UPI) — Rep. Herman P. Eberharter, 66, who represented Pennsylvania for 22 years in Congress, died today at nearby Arlington, Va., Hospital after a brief illness. Man Kills Self On Indianapolis Walk INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Unnoticed by passers-by, Dwane W. Spaulding, 31, Indianapolis, shot i himself to death on a downtown Indianapolis sidewalk Monday. i The body lay on the sidewalk for more than a minute before anyi one tried to summon aid. Pedestri- ■ ans apparently thought the shot was an auto backfiring.

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X Three Others Escape Death; 8 Die In Japan Two 852 Bombers Collide In Flight At Fairchild Base SPOKANE, Wash. (UPI) — An in - flight collision of two 852 bombers near Fairchild Air Force Base Monday night claimed the lives of 13 or 16 airmen, the Ah’ Force said today. Twelve men were killed instantly when the two eight-jet plan.es crashed and burned in a fibld three miles from the base. The other victim, Capt. Ernest C. Marker, Spokane, parachuted from the crash but died at the base hospital today. Positive identification was lacking on one airman and the next of kin of a second airman has not yet been located, the Air Force announced. The 10 victims already identified were: Capt. Homer W. Crump. Monterrey, Calif.; Maj. T. W. Held, Fairchild AFB; S-Sgt. Aubrey Moore, Birmingham, Ala.; Ist Lt. Reggie Frazier, Spokane; Maj. Donald R. Staples, Turner, Mont.; Ist Lt. John Cork, Page City, Kan.; Capt. Roy L. George, Cfeco, Tex ;'Lt. Col. Andrew B. Creo, Fairchild AFB; S.St. David G. Archer, Spokane, and Capt. Russell H. Snow. San Antonio, Tex. Capt. David D. Birdsell, Spokane, who also parachuted from the crash, was reported in very serious condition but two others who leaped, S.Sgt. Lowell W. Younger, Stockton, Calif.; and 2nd Lt. Walter Maguire, Spokane, were reported in very good condition. I Col. Donald HHlman, comI mander of the 92nd Bomb Wing at I Fairchild, said both the sweptwing giant s were on routine training missions and were practicing landings. He said the collision occurred “during or on their final approach to the base.” An eyewitness. Laren Smith, said one. plane went into a steep dive after the crash and the other tried vainly to gain altitude. Richard Russell of Airway Heights, a community near the base, said he was sitting down to dinner when he heard one plane overhead. “I looked out the window and saw one circling and I said ‘something’s going to happen.’ I ran for the door and by the time I got outside I heard the crash,” he said. “I saw three parachutes.” Another witness said he also saw three parachutes immediately after the crash. He said one plane lost part of a wing which fluttered to earth. Eight Killed TOKYO (UPI) — An American cargo plane chartered by the U.S. Air Force crashed and burned in the cloud - shrouded Mountains near here early today, killing all of the eight persons aboard. Search planes sighted the wrebkage of the four-engined SuperConstellation at mid - afternoon some six hours after the crash. They saw no sign of survivors. "Wreckage was reported scattered over a' two-mile-wide area on the northeast slope of Mt. Oyama, west of the Atsugi U. S. Naval Air Station,” the Air Force announced. (iCooTtinued on page ®ix) I » ■ ——• : 14 Explorer Scouts To Attend Campout A total of 14 Explorer Scouts from the Elks-sponsored post will attend the campout at Pine Lake Saturday and Sunday of this week. Those who will leave Saturday at 8 a.m. from the home of Dr. . Mel Weisman are Tbm Cravens, t Sev Schurger, Ned Baumgartner. • Dan Poling, Mike Ehler, Jim Newton, Dan Christener, Allen Gamer, : Jim Burk, and Herb Banning. Sat, • urday at 6:30 p.m., a second group ■ will leave, including Mike Durkin, t Dave Sheets, Joe Smith, and Ron August.