Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 214.

EB.' >' »W B * S>i B'- : W' ■ ■ S *' ■ c BALLOTS WAKE SWEET MUSlC— Blonde Rep. Coya Knutson, who prefers the piano to the accordion she is playing, and politics to housekeeping, runs through a tune as primary returns come into her Moorehead, Minn., headuarqters bringing assurance |Of renomination on the Democratic ticket. She defeated Marvin Evenson, who get her husband's vote because she refused to give up politics. She will face Odin Langen, Republican, in November.

Ike Speaks To Nation Tonight On China Crisis Likely To Discuss Compromises For War Prevention WASHINGTON (UPD — President Eisenhower was expected to discuss possible compromises to prevent war with Communist China in a speech to the nation tonight. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles hinted at his news conference Tuesday some concessions might be made if the Communists would renounce use of force in the area. The President might enlarge upon this issue in his address on radio and television, observers expected. American officials said proposed negotiations between the United States and Red China at Warsaw, Poland, might eventually lead to a U. S. recommendation that Nationalist China give up Quemoy and Matsu. Convoy At Night Meanwhile, the Washington Post and Times Herald today quoted reliable Pentagon sources as saying night convoy operations are expected to be started soon in the Formosa Strait Object of the nighttime convoys, the report said, would be to make the faltering reSupply efforts to Quemoy more effective. Some authorities believe the first three American-escorted convoys were held Sunday, Monday and today entirely in daylight to let the Communist Chinese know that such American operations had started, and that thereafter the 7th Fleet can at its discretion conduct convoys in international waters as deemed practicable. Business With Beds Eisenhower headed back to Washington from his Newport. R. 1., vacation headquarters to make the “major’* address. The half-hour speech was described by White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty as “a major report to the American people, and for that matter to the world on the (Formosa), situation.’’ U. S. officials said this country would adopt a flexible position at Warsaw in hopes of doing business with Red China. Date for start of the Warsaw conference has not been settled pending word from Red China, but both sides have expressd a desire for negotiations soon. Policy , Criticixd Heavy criticism of the administration’s Formosa policy came last week when a “high administration source,” later acknowledged by Dulles to be himself, said American fighting men would be used if necessary to halt any invasion of Quemoy. Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson said Quemoy was not worth the life of a single American soldier. Military officials have said in (Ccntinued on page five)

INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool tonight Friday mostly fair and warmer. Low tonight 45 to 54. High Friday 72 to 78. Sunset 7:01 p. m. Sunrise Friday 6:23 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Increasing cloudiness and warmer with showers likely in north portion during afternoon and central and south portion Saturday night Turning cooler following shower*. Low Friday night 55 to 65. High Saturday 75 to 85.

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U. S. Crops Record Forecast For Year - Per Acre Yield To Hit All-Time High WASHINGTON (UPD — The Agriculture Department said today excellent weather and modern farming methods are responsible for the record crop predicted for 1958. The department said the record crops would give U.S. farmers one of their richest heydays in history. However, at the same time it would aggravate the nation’s nagging surplus problems. The department’s grain storage advisory committee scheduled a meeting today to discuss how to get expanded storage facilities expected to be needed. Wheat Surplus Greatest The department's crop reporting board forecast late Wednesday that the 1958 corn, wheat, soybean, barley, hay and sorghum grain crops all would soar to record or near-record levels. It also predicted that farmers would gather record per acre yields from their com, cotton, wheat, soy beans, barley, oats and sorghum grain fields. The board said the overall crop production index was expected to hit 116 per cent of the 1947-49 average on the basis of crop conditions Aug. 1. The previous high was 106 in three different years. The 1958 per acre yield index will hit an all-time peak of 141, it forecast. The department said crop gains last month ranged from slight to spectacular. The giant harvest will be led by a record 1,446,464,000 bushel wheat crop, nearly one-third more than is needed to fill the country’s domestic and foreign needs. The department said the unused grain, added to carryover from other years, would b<x>st the nation’s wheat surplus to a record level by next July 1. Crops Exceed Demand The wheat crop will include 1,170,768,000 bushels of winter wheat, now almost all harvested, and 275,696,000 bushels of spring wheat, about 25 million bushels more than the department anticipated just one month ago. The board said the corn crop would reach a near-record 3,588,766,000 bushels, despite government acreage controls and a large slice of idle corn land in the soil bank. It said the crop, 14 per cent above the 10-year average, was not likely to be reduced by frost unless there was an extremly early, wide-spread cold spell. Each area of corn land was expected to yield 49 bushels. The wheat yield was placed at 27 bushels an acre. The government will have to buy up much of the huge harvest under its price support program since many crops are expected to exceed the demand. The department predicted a record harvest of 560,776,000 bushels of soybeans, 1,419,351,000 bushels of oats, 1,796,785,000 pounds of peanuts, 466,301,000 bushels of barley; 579,132,000 bushels of sorghum grain; 118,471,000 tons of hay; and 1,750,698,000 pounds of tobacco. The potato crop was placed at 259,046,000 bags of 100 pounds each. Funeral Friday For Mrs. Esther Best Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Best, who died Wednesday morning, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. A. A. Fenner officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services.

Supreme Court Hears Argument On Integration Racial Integration Crisis Breaks Out On Numerous Fronts By AL KUETTNER United Press International The racial integration crisis broke out on many fronts today in an 'apparent showdown over whether the South’s “massively sistance” to mixed school c’\r rooms will prevail this year. • The US. Supreme Court met in extraordinary session in Washington to argue a motion by ‘ the NAACP to order immediate integration of Little Rock's Central High School. In Baltimore, Chief Judge Simon E. Sobeloff of the U.S. Court of Appeals refused to grant a delay in the integration of schools in Warren County, Va., but granted defendants the right to appeal, probably within a week. In Little Rock, Gov. Orbal E. Faubus said he expects an “adverse” decision by the nation’s highest court, probably Friday or Saturday. A team of top-level Justice Department lawyers arrived in Little Rock today to help local authorities in preventing violence should the Supreme Court order integration at Central High. U.S. marshals also have been alerted for riot duty in Little Rock. Begin Historic Arguments Virginia Atty. Gen. Albertis S. Harrison Jr., who requested the stay in Sobeloff’s order, declined to say whether Warren Countjfs only high school would be at®? matically closed, under Virginia 1 law, because of today’s decision. Richard C. Butler, attorney for the Little Rock School Board, began today’s historic arguments before the Supreme Court. He urged the court to uphold the 30month delay in integration at Central granted recently by Federal Judge Harry Lemley in Little Rock. He said that public education for both white and Negro faces would be destroyed if schools are forced to end segregation too soon. Arkansas has a standby law, still unsigned by Faubus, to close an integrated school. Faubus told a news conference today he believes the school can be closed without violating a federal injunction imposed on him in the fall of 1957 when the integration crisis first hit Little Rock. It was reported that U.S. Atty. Osro Cobb had prepared injunctions for use to put down possible trouble in Little Rock. Hour of Decision There were a number of other significant racial developments. Trouble broke out Wednesday at an integrated school in Madisonville, Ky. Today, however, three Negro children, under protection of Kentucky state troopers, entered the school without difficulty. Wdnesday, a crowd'had blocked their entrance. A crowd of white pe r s on s stopped a car containing Negro students, and police broke up the demonstration after a Negro man flashed a knife. Police arrested two white men and two Negroes, including the knife-wielder, in connection with the incident. State troopers, ordered to maintain an indefinite guard on the school, also arrested two white men as trouble-makers. The hour of decision drew steadflCtontinued on page five) Monroe Days Event Opens This Evening Celebration Will Close On Saturday The third annual Monroe Days celebration, a three-day street fair with old-fashioned entertainment, rides, booths, and good home-cook-ed food, will start this evening, and run until Saturday night. The fair will open this afternoon with rides and entertainment. Feature event this evening will be the parade through Monroe, including the ten queen candidates in convertible cars, bands, equipment and many other interesting floats. Tractor pulling contests will also be underway, and good competition is promised. A greased pole climb will be one of the later features of the fair. In the fire station a restaurant will be run by the ladies of the three sponsoring groups, the Monroe volunteer firemen, the Monroe rural firemen, and the Monroe Lions club. , A number of booths will also be run by the three sponsoring groups.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 11,1958

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Agree To Meet With Reds On Ban Os Tests United States And Britain Agree To Meeting In Geneva WASHINGTON (UPD — The United States and Britain have agreed to meet with Russia in Geneva Oct. 31 to begin negotiations on a nuclear weapons test ban, the State Department disclosed today. The State Department said the United States delivered a note in Moscow Wednesday expressing U. S. “gratification” that Russia has agreed to the negotiations. It said Britain delivered a similar note. Actually, the United States proposed Aug. 22 that the three-power .talks get started but suggessed That they be held in New York. Russia replied Aug. 30 that it preferred Geneva. The latest note said, “The United States agrees to this location.” The meetings would be a followup to recent Geneva talks by Western and Eastern scientists on methods to police a nuclear test ban if the nuclear powers actually agree on one. The scientists said such a ban could be policed with a network of about 180 monitoring stations throughout the world. President Eisenhower then proposed that the United States, Britain and Russia start negotiating on an actual test ban which would be renewed yearly. Funeral Held Today For Thomas Infant Funeral services for infant R. Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas of Fort Wayne, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Roop of 319 North 11th street,. were held at 10 a.m. today at, Greenlawn memorial park, the Rev. Oscar A. Eicher officiating. The child died at 3 a.m. Wednesday at Parkview memorial hospital. The mother is reported doing well. Surviving in addition to the parents and grandparents are one sister, Debora, at home; and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Thomas, of Fort Wayne.

School News Feature Resumed For Season

With the return of school comes the return of one of the Decatur Daily Democrats special features, the “school reporter column.” Started in 1954 by Miss Marlene Laurent, the column originally featured only the two Decatur schools. In 1955, Pleasant Mills, Adams Central, and Monmouth schools were added to the list of reporters, adding greater interest to Democrat readers. This year, as in the past, the column will appear in the second section of the paper each Thursday. Five schools will be represented with two of them supplying a change at the end of the first school semester. Writers and the schools they will represent are Adams Central, Shirley Osterman; Decatur high school, Cheryl Ashbaucher; Decatur Catholic, Theresa Laurent; Monmouth, Sue Merriman; and Pleasant Mills, Marie Ohler. ' Newspaper writing is no new task to the Adams Central reporter, Shirley Osterman. Miss Osterman was the school reporter for the second semester at Central last year and is beginning her second year as editor of the school paper. An enthusiastic dancer and ice skater, Shirley is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray G. Osterman of route 1, Monroe, and has two sisters enrolled at Adams Central. Shirley would like to at-

Boy Confesses To Stabbing Parents Authorities Reveal Confession By Boy NEW YORK (UPD — An eight-year-old boy confessed Wednesday night he stole into the room where his parents slept the morning of Sept. 2 and stabbed both to death with a bread knife, police said today. The youngster’s alleged confession was revealed after he led police on a chillingly realistic 90minute reenactment of the crime in the Staten Island home of his dead Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Nimeer, both 31. Dist. Atty. John M. Braisted said Melvin Jr. told police he decided several days in advance to get rid of his parents. The boy was said to have confessed he took a bread knife from the kitchen, went upstairs to his parents’ room,' and repeatedly stabbed first his mother and then his father. Case Kept Open Braisted said the case would not be closed and each point of Melvm’s confession would be investigated thoroughly. He said he would ask Children’s Court today to have the youngster remanded fair further psychiatric examination. Braisted said that in view of the “mental background” of the boy aad the fact the freckle-faced child had told several conflicting and “self-incriminating” stories, he was himself “not satisfied” the case had been "Cleared up. Deputy Chief Inspector Edward W. Byrnes, who has conducted the investigation, said police would continue to “dig and dig because we have to corroborate or destroy this boy’s statement so that everybody will be satisfied.” “We are not satisfied completely,” he added. Has Split Personality Braisted said Melvin first admitted the killings last Saturday after three days of intensive psychiatric examinations carried out with the consent of the boy’s uncle, Dr. Harold Nimer of Orem, Utah. The tests were said to have revealed the boy suffered from a “paranoid type of schizophrenia," or split personality, and his “basic personality was compatible with a clime of violence.” Braisted said. Young Melvin was brought back here Wednesday from Orem, where he had stood dry-eyed at his parents’ grave when they were ((Continued on pagre five)

tend college after high school. Mr.,and Mrs. Robert Ashbaucher are the parents of the Decatur reporter. Cheryl is a senior at Decatur high school and is a member of the Ravelings staff and the school choir. Upon completing school she would like to attend Ball State college to become an x-ray technician. Miss Phyllis Schmidt, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Edgar Schmidt, will take over the job in 1959. Writing for D. C. H. S., Miss Theresa Laurent will be following in the footsteps of her sister, who originated the “school reporter column.” The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Laurent, Theresa likes to skate and if possible would like to attend business school. Miss Sue Merriman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Merriman will be writing Monmouth school news. Sue is in her senior year in the northern school and is picture editor for the annual. Miss Merriman would like to become an airline stewardess after school. Replacing Sue at the end of the semester will be John Fuhrman, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norval Fuhrman. Taking over the reporter Job at Pleasant Mills, is Marie Ohler. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ohler of route 5, Marie has been in 4-H work six years. She has two sisters, and one brother .who is a freshman this year.

Auto Workers Set Sept. 17 As Strike Date Authorize Strike Against Ford If No Agreement Reached DETROIT (UPD — Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers Union today began a series of intensive, top-level talks in an effort to head off the first nationwide strike of the company's plants. The UAW’s executive board Wednesday authorized a strike against all Ford plants in the nation if an agreement on a new contract is not reached by next Wednesday. UAW President Walter P. Reuther immediately announced he would switch from talks at General Motors Corp, to Ford In order to make every effort to avoid the strike. Ford Vice President John Bugas also announced he would attend the talks but warned that Ford would not sign a contract it did not consider sound jiist to avoid a strike. Ford Target Twice Before “This decision by Reuther does nqt alter our desire, and will not diminish our efforts, to reach a settlement that is sound and fair to all parties concerned,” Bugas said. “We will reach a contract agreement on this bases —and only on this basis—whether it comes before or after the deadline.” “We are prepared to spend at the Ford bargaining table all the time that may be necessary to achieve a just settlement without the necessity of strike action if at all possible,” .Reuther said. It was the third straight time that the UAW picked Ford as its strike target In 1953 and 1955, when the union won its supplemental unemployment benefits plan, selection of Ford as a target paid off to contract agreements before the strike deadline. In both cases, the union turned on GM and Chrysler later to get even better contract terms. Because it settled before a strike in 1953 and 1955, Ford still has not been hit by a nationwide strike during its long history as an auto producer. Ford Was Prepared Ford was the most susceptible of the auto companies because it waited longer to start production of 1959 models and now is just in ('Continued on page five)

Many From County To Hear Harry Truman Ex-President At Fort Wayne Tonight More than 500 free tickets to hear former President Harry S. speak at the Fort Wayne coliseum this evening have been distributed in Adams county and scores of carloads will drive from Decatur after supper. Large motorcades have been organized from Huntington and Jay counties, and a full house is expected when the fiery former president speaks at 8 p. m. The speech will be broadcast over radio station WOWO, starting- at 8:15 p. m. President Truman arrived by airplane at Baer field at 1:30 p. was greeted by a large crowd of Democrats. The entire group paraded through the downtown section of Fort Wayne to the Hotel Keenan, where the former president will stay. , ' Al 4:30 p. m. the popular former president will attend a reception in his honor sponsored by the Young Democrats of Allen county. He will be interviewed by the working press about 5:45 p. m. just before the banquet. County chairman Harry H. Hebble reported that several tickets had been sold in Adams county, and about a dozen from the county were expected at the banquet.

To Withdraw More Marines At Lebanon Second Battalion To Return To States BEIRUT (UPD—The second U. S. Marine battalion to be withdrawn from Lebanon since the July landings will begin boarding ships bound for the United States Monday. Adm. James Holloway announced Wednesday night the Ist Battalion of the Bth Marine Regiment, already four months overdue for rotation home, will leave next week. The withdrawal will reduce the size of the U. S. force in Lebanon to about half the number of troops that landed two months ago. Holloway said the withdrawal is justified by a “material improvement in the internal and external situation of Lebanon.” In Washington, the Navy Department announced a battalion of the 6th Marines already is boarding ships in Morehead City, N. C., which will carry it to the Mediterranean area to replace the battalion that is to be rotated home. It is unlikely, however, the replacement battalion will land in Lebanon. The Navy also is sending a regimental headquarters company to the Mediterranean, presumably for service in case it becomes necessary to increase the size of the Marine force ip the area. Next week’s withdrawal will reduce the U. S. force in Lebanon to a battalion of the 6th Marines and an airborne battle group of the Army’s 24th Infantry Divi(jdontlnued on page five) Parade Opens Grid Celebration Here Climax Friday With Home Grid Opener The three-day celebration honoring three of Decatur high school's football coaches, Robert Worthman, Hugh J. Andrews, and Deane T. Dorwin, got off to a noisy start Wednesday night as police sirens wailed, a calliope played, and the fire engine roared and screamed through the city streets. The slow-moving caravan, followed by numerous students and older football enthusiasts, started at the Adams county jail, went up Adams street to Second street, down Second street to Central Avenue, then back up Fifth street to Nuttman, up Nuttman to Thirteenth street, across “to Adams, down Adams to Winchester, out Winchester to Grant, up Grant street to Mercer avenue, and back to Adams street and the county jail. 1 The parade lasted about 30 minutes, and hundreds of people ran from their homes to see what all the noise was about. The celebration, occasion of the flags and streamers on Second street and in the business district, and the posters in many store windows, will culminate Friday night at the football game. XThe first game, between two junior high teams, will start at Worthman field at 6 p. m. The main game, between the Yellow Jackets and the New Haven Bulldogs will start at 8 p.m. Season tickets for the four Yellow Jacket home games are now on sale at the school. The home games will be played at Worthman field. The first is Friday night, and the others are Garrett Sept. 19, Portland Sept. 26, and Penn Oct. 7. Fresh Outburst Os Algerian Fighting ALGIERS (UPD — A fresh outburst of bloody fighting plagued Algeria again today and heightened tension between Moslems and French settlors. French military headquarters here reported 113 rebel troops were killed or captured in a twoday battle in eastern Algeria. French losses were not given.

Unloads Cargo Under Rain Os Enemy Shells American Vessels Stay Outside Os Three-Mile Line TAIPEI, Formosa (UPI) — A Nationalist Chinese sea convoy, escorted by U.S. 7th Fleet warships, broke through the Communist blockade of Quemoy today and unloaded cargo on a sandy beach amidst a rain of high explosive shells. The American ships did not cross the invisible three-mile offshore line drawn by the U.S. go\(ernment to keep them out of range of Communist artillery fire and to avoid direct participation in the Quemoy defense. But three Nationalist landing ships dashed the last three miles to shore alone, unloaded their cargo amidst a hail of Red artillery fire, and raced back into the safety of the Formosa Strait without being hit. Red shore batteries half-encir-cling the Quemoy Island complex held their fire until three Nationalist LSM (landing ships, medium) neared the shell fragment-strewn beach to unload. Then the Communist guns opened up with a fierce bombardment that lasted more than 40 minutes. “All hell broke loose on Liao Lu Beach this afternoon,” United Press International correspondent Charles Smith cabled from Big Quemoy Island. Buck High Waves Smith and other newsmen took shelter in an underground concrete bunker overlooking the beach during the most intensive phase of the late afternoon shelling after watching supplies being unloaded. Their shelter received several direct hits which shook the underground foundation so violently that a typewriter on which Smith was writing a dispatch leaped from a flimsy table. Two previous convoys were conducted across the strait without loss, although one LSM was destroyed on the beach. Today’s ships bucked high waves, churned up by 72-mile-an-hour winds sweeping the strait ahead of an oncoming typhoon which may stop sea resupply operations for several days. Reds Issue Warning Gen. (Tiger) Wang Shu-ming, chief of the Nationalist general staff, said the escort duty was the “most significant” move the United States has made in the China area since World War 11. There were these other developments: —President Eisenhower headed back to Washington to make a ra-dio-television address to the nation tonight on the Formosa situation. —Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy and Gen. Nathan Twining, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in Washington that there was no truth to published reports that Adm. Harty D. Felt, commander of, U.S. forces in the Pacific, had questioned some of the premises on which CCtontinued on five) Death Vs City Case Set For October 9 A tentative date of October 9 has been set for the case of Dale Death vs the City of Decatur, for reinstatement on the city police force after being discharged for conduct unbecoming a police officer, and other charges. The hearing Oct 9 will be on a motion by the city to strike parts of the original complaint by Death. Death was arrested by the city police and charged with public intoxication, following an auto accident. Later, the circuit court held that the trial in city court had not followed the legal procedure. and held that the trial and charge were not valid. The state $d not file the case again. 14 Pages

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