Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 220.

r"w '• ■ *7 \’ WR- ’* - * Rk .*■ 5 >4. a - 1 Mt NATIONALIST CASUALTY —' One of the cargo-carrying LST’s of Nationalist China's supply fleet to Quemoy lies beached and helpless in the harbor, victim of Red China’s mainland guns which are bombarding the islands. Nationalist China has announced supplies moving in regularly despite almost continual bombardment.

Murder Weapon Is Found In Gomez Killing New Developments In Gomez Slaying Revealed At Celina Two new developments in the Momez murder case were uncovered by the Mercer county sheriff’s department this week during the investigation of leads and clues to the fatat shooting that took place August 26 at a labor camp near Chattanooga, Ohio. The murder weapon used in the killing of Jesse Gomez, about 33, route two, Berne, who was shot and killed on August 26 near Chattanooga, 0., was found by the Mercer county sheriffs department Tuesday. Sheriff Bruce Barber, of Celina, stated that his department found the weapon approximately four miles southwest of the actual scene of the murder. Sheriff Barber stated that the .45 caliber automatic pistol was found while one of the searchers was crawling through a ditch on his hands and knees looking for the weapon. Mine detectors and rakes were used by the men in the search of the bridge abutments, culverts, roads, and any other possible hiding places that it was believed the assailants had taken after leaving the labor camp after the shooting had taken place. Ballistic tests proved that the gun is the actual weapon used by Gregory Velaez in the shooting of the co-worker over the dispute of wages. It was also learned nom sheriff Barber that the man the police and sheriffs departments in this area are looking for in connection with the shooting, has a different last name than was previously stated. The name of the triggerman was given as Gregory Prado Valdez. He is 36 years old, Mexican, light complexioned, brown eyes, dark straight hair. 155 pounds, five feet six inches tall, and has two front teeth missing. He has a question mark tatoo on his right hand between the thumb and forefinger. Tatoos similar to this are sbmetimes referred to as the Pachugo trademark. Lupe Callejas, 26, was apprehended the day following the shooting at a labor camp approximately five miles east of Berne by sheriff Merle Affolder. He is being held at the Mercer county jail without bail as an accessory to the faot. It is believed that he will face the charge of first degree murder before the grand jury during the September term at Mercer county. Sheriff Barber stated that Valdez has a long criminal record, Tanging from murder, manslaughter, assault with intent, grand larceny, and several others. He was reported to have served time in Macallister, Okla., for murder. He was released in 1952 from that prison. Gomez was shot following an argument over division of earlier wages, according to the story pieced together August 27. The alleged killers and Gomez had apparently come to Indiana from Sturgis, Mich., in April, and settled on a farm owned by Jim Parr. Later the group split, Gomez going to the camp in Chattanooga, and the other two staying at the Adams county camp. (Gomez was hit by two bullets from the .45 automatic. He died gbout ten minutes after the shooting, according to the CHina authorities. An autopsy was performed the next day and it was found that the man had bled to death. One of the bullets entered and broke Gomez’ left arm, went into the left leg and lodged in a mattress the victim had apparently COonttnued on page tive)

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Grand Jury Studies Teel Slaying Case Murder Indictment Sought For Woman INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The number of witnesses slated to tell what they know about the murder of 54-year-old Forrest Teel, handsome drug firm executive, jumped to nine as the Marion County grand jury began its probe today. Last minute additions to the previous list which included two homicide detectives, a swap shop owner and a physician, were three other city policemen and two county officers. Marion County prosecutor John Tinder and his deputy, William Sharp, are seeking a first degree murder indictment against 42-year-old Connie Nicholas, longtime woman friend of Teel. Mrs. Nicholas has admitted she fired the death weapon in a struggle July 31 with Teel in the seat of his white Cadillac. She followed him to the apartment of a newer and younger girl friend, Miss Laura Mowrer, 29, secretary for Eli Lilly & Co., the pharmaceutical house of which Teel was executive vice president. Tinder and Sharp had sought to have Miss Mowrer return from California voluntarily as a grand jury witness but she did not appear. Her attorney said previously she would not. However, Sharp said she will be called for the trial of Mrs. Nicholas. First witness today was Dr. Robert C. Collins, 29. Indianapolis General Hospital intern who first examined the critically ill Mrs. Nicholas. The accused slayer -took an overdose of sleeping pills and remained near death for several days after the shooting. Dr. Collins told newsmen Connie Nicholas was “in a deep coma. Her reflexes were gone and she was near death.” He said he was more concerned with her breathing difficulty than any arm or eye injury. The divorcee is still in General Hospital with arm and eye injuries she maintained were suffered in the struggle over the gun. Second witness was William Gano, 38, owner of the B. & G. Swap Shop, who told reporters “I am tired of telling my customers how I sold that pistol to Connie Nicholas.” , ’ His tip to police about the sale of a 25-caliber revolver to the accused woman was their first tip to the possible identity of the Teel slayer. Det. Sgt. John Sullivan of Indi(Oontlnued on page five)

Mrs. Harry Spencer Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Saturday Morning Mrs. Sina. R. Spencer, 56, of 4410 Warsaw street, Fort Wayne, died Wednesday morning at her »home. Surviving are her husband, Harry Spencer: three sons, H. Albert Spencer of Portland, Ore., Richard F. Spencer of Fort Wayne, and Hobart M. Spencer of Preble; seven grandchildren.- three bfbthers, Jesse Johnson and Hugh Johnson, both of Fort Wayne, and Otto Johnson of Decatur, and four sisters, Mrs. Nannie Schultz of Hartford, Mich., and Pearly Mae Miller, Mrs. Margaret Pettit and Mrs. Hulda Vance, all of Fort Wayne. Friends may call at the D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home in Fort Wayne after 7 o'clock this evening. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a. m. Saturday at the funeral home, the Rev. Donald LaSuer officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn memorial park.

Auto Workers, Ford Agree On New Contract Expect Settlement Will Set Pattern In Auto Industry DETROIT (UPI) — The United Auto Workers, having gained a “non-inflationary” contract from Ford Motor Co., prepared today to turn its famed “whipsaw” on General Motors and Chrysler. Ford and the UAW agreed to a three-year contract Wednesday about six hours after Ford workers at 86 plarits and parts depots throughout the nation walked off their jobs when the negotiators were unable to agree before an 11 a.m., e.d.t., strike deadline. The settlement, expected to set a pattern for 600,000 auto industry workers, gave the union pay hikes totaling 24 cents an hour, improved unemployment benefits, pensions and job security — the matters UAW president Walter P. Reuther called “pressing human needs.” Chrysler Next The average Ford auto worker’s wage now will be more than $2.40 an hour, with night shift workers getting a 10 per cent differential instead of 5 per cent. Immediately after reaching the agreement at 4:05 p.m., Reiither announced he would “get a couple of hours sleep and then show up at the bargaining table of another company,” probably Chrysler. Even while Reuther was getting his sleep, however, top union officials were seeking to get Ford workers back on the job as soon as possible. Reuther said he expected most of the workers to return today but “some have local problems which must be solved before the workers return.” Both Sides Pleased Kenneth Bannon, chief UAW negotiator at Ford in die abasence of Reuther, sent a telegram to all Ford local presidents and building chairmen, urging them to get the workers back on the job “at the earliest possible date.” The Ford workers will get bonuses of 10 cents an hour retroactive to July 1 under terms of the new contract and 7-cent pay hikes in both the second and third years of the pact. Both Reuther and Ford vice president John S. Bugas, chief company negotiator, appeared pleased with the new contract. It contained unexpectedly generoup improvements in supplemental unemployment benefits and pensions. Reuther indicated it was these provisions which caused him to overthrow a UAW convention mandate which banned agreements covering more than two years. Won’t Boost Car Costs “The duration of the contract is not important if other provisions of it are good enough,” he said. “I feel this is a good contract for the workers, the company and the public. It is non-inflationary, and should not boost the cost of the company's cars during 1959.” “The contract is a good one,” Bugas said. “It contains several (<V»ntinued on page five)

Annual School Bus Inspection Is Held Only One Fails To Meet Specifications ANNUAL SCHOOL BUS Fifty-three Adams county school buses were inspected at the annual school bus inspection held Wednesday by the Indiana state police. All with the exception of one bus passed all of the necessary specifications.. Fifty-two of the* Buses passed .satisfactorily with a few minor repairs required to most of them. One bus from Adams Central, due to age, needed major repairs to pass the specifications. The four man team of state police headed by Cpl. Woodworth, believed that the inspection went well with only one bus needing major repairs. It is not unusual for repairs needed to all buses at the beginning of the school year. G. M. Grabill, Adams county school superintendent, was at both of the two locations used for the inspections. The morning session was held at the Geneva high school and the afternoon inspection was held in the city parking lot in Decatur. The guide used for the inspection was in compliance with the school bus specifications as pre-, pared by the state school bus safety committee. All of the drivers were ’requested to stand by their buses during the inspection.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 18,1958

Prompt Cease Fire In Formosa Fighting Is Urged On UN Assembly

Expect Adams To Quit Soon As Ike's Aide Republican Sources Expect Resignation Os Sherman Adams WASHINGTON (UPI)— Republican sources said today they expect Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams to resign shortly on the basis of word from President Eisenhower putting it squarely up to Adams whether he stays or The expectation is that the embattled Adams, under fire for his gift-taking relations with Boston millionaire textile tycoon Bernard Goldfine, will quit by this weekend. Informed sources said Adams received direct word from the vacationing President this week that it is entirely up to Adams whether he should resign. These sources said the President and his aides are determined to do nothing that ■ could be interpreted by Adams as pressure on him to quit. Hiese same sources noted that the President’s current attitude is something less than the vpte of confidence he game Adams several months ago when he said “I need him.” At the* same time, GOP informants said that when Adams goes, the likelihood is that Eisenhower will not name a single successor to his “chief of staff,” but rather will spread Adams’ duties among several White House staff members. Many Republicans feel that Adams’ usefulness to the administration was doomed by the Democratic sweep in the Sept. 8 Maine elections. Although the Adams case was not an open issue in the Maine campaign, a number of top Republicans believe that the GOP cause has been hurt by his retention and that he must go before the November congressional elections.

Mrs. Lloyd Collins — Is Taken By Death Rites Friday For Native Os County Mrs. Jessie Florence Collins. 66. wife of Lloyd Collins, and a native of Adams county, died at 10 o’clock Tuesday night at her home two and one-half miles east of Reiffsburg, following an illness of two months. She was born in Adams county Jan. 26. 1892, a daughter of Virgil E. and Arminda Wagner-Laisure, and was married to Lloyd Collins in Decatur Jan. 22, 1910. She had lived in Wells county since, her marriage. Surviving in addition to her husband are four daughters, Mrs. Claude Smith of Bluffton, Mrs*. Robert Wilson of Ossian route 1, Mrs. Duane Wheeler of Decatur, and Mrs. Arthur Luginbill of Vera Crud; three grandsons; one greatgrandson; three brothers, Calvin Laisure of South Bend, Ralph Laisure Os Fort Wayne, and Merle Laisure of Huntington, and seven sisters, Mrs. Walter Walchle, Mrs. Reuben Reinhart and Mrs. William. H. Wolf, all of Decatur, Mrs. John Eley and Mrs. Hubert Carmen of Fort Wayne, Mrs. David Roth, in New Jersey, and Mrs. Orval Lenhart of Monroe. A brother, Doyle Laisure, died a few months ago. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Friday at the Bethel church, the Rev. Homer Studebaker officiating. Burial will be in Six Mile cemetery. Friends may call at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton until time of the services. 12 Pages

Continue Talks On Peace In Far East U.S., Red China Ambassadors Meet WARSAW (UPl>— Ambassadors of the United States and Red China spent nearly two hours behind closed doors here today, bargaining hard for peace in the Far East. They will meet again Sunday. Jacob Beam and Wang Ping-nan entered the conference room at Mysliewiecki palace punctually at 10 a.m. They made no comment on the discussion. Genuine secrecy cloaked the progress of the talks, and the best newsmen waiting outside the white-and-gilt doors of the conference room could hope for was a revealing intonation in the noncommital comments made by the two men on arrival and departure. (One clue to progress in the talks came from the Communist New China News Agency in Tokyo. It quoted the official Peiping People’s Daily as saying there would be no cease fire in the Formosa Strait during the Warsaw talks.) Today’s meeting was the 75th in a series of generally-unproductive ambassadorial conferences that begtm in Geneva more than three years ago. Historical Society Will Meet Sept. 30 First Fall Meeting At Lincoln School A program on Gene Stratton Porter and her writings, by Miss Frances Dugan, will start the fall program of the Adams county historical society, Tuesday evening, September 30, at the Lincoln school auditorium, Gerald R. Durkin. president, announced today. Previous meetings of the society have been held at the Decatur public library, which will be closed for remodeling at the time of the next meeting of the society. Miss Dugan is well acquainted with Mrs. Porter and her writings, having known both her and her husband while they lived in Adams county, and being a cousin of the latter. A previous meeting of the society was held at Geneva in the Porter home there, and was very well attended. Mrs. Porter was an outstanding author, and brought much attention to the Limberlost swamp area around Geneva. Historical movies by Bryce Thomas, former president of the society, will complete the evening’s entertainment. Members, guests, and anyone interested in the history of Adams county are invited to attend the meeting, which will begin the second year of the newly-formed historical society. Hearing On Sale Os Monroe System Oct. 9 A hearing on the sale of the Monroe electric system to Indi-ana-Michigan, and the fixing of rates at Monroe, will be held October 9 at 10 a.m. in room 401 of the state house in Indianapolis. The sale was approved t>y an informal election, and the town board voted the sale. The company was appraised under the regular legal procedure. $65 Million Is Goal Os March Os Dimes NEW YORK (UPI) — The National Foundation will seek 65 million dollars in its 1959 March of Dimes campaign, President Basil O’Connor announced today. The organization, for Hi er 1 y known as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, will use the funds to launch its new program of attack on polio, arthritis, birth defects and research into virus ailments and nervous disorders.

Five Red-Built Jets Destroyed By Nationalists China Nationalist Air Force Relates Air Battle Details TAIPEI, Formosa (UPI) — Nationalist Sabrejets shot down five Soviet-built MIGI7 jets and probably damaged another in two sep arate air battles near the offshore Quemoy Islands, the Nationalist Air Force announced officially tonight. An Air Force communique said that the American-made Sabrejets also sank three Communist PT boats and damaged a fourth while flying cover for a convoy that again carried supplies to Big Quemoy. The air force said its planes suffered no losses. All Were flown by Nationalist Chinese airmen. But U.S. Air Force planes and surface vessels were on convoy escort duty in the Formosa Strait, With orders to shoot back if attacked. “The U.S. planes might just follow the MIGs to mainland China bases and bomb those bases,” Maj. R.G. Martin of the U.S. Marine Corps said. Martin is spokesman for the U.S.-Taiwan (Formosa) Defense Command. His statement was the second in a week that U.S. planes might adopt a “hot pursuit” policy and chase Red aircraft to their mainland bases. Rear Adm. Ralph S. Clarke, commander of Naval Task Force 77 in the Formosa Strait, said last Thursday that pilots under his command were given permission to carry out “hot pursuit” if attacked. He indicated thjs would be right up to and perhaps over the China mainland, at the pilot’s discretion. The latest aerial and sea battles took place after two Nationalist LST’s, each capable of carrying 1,300 tons of cargo, landed their supplies on the beach at Big Quemoy under a rain of about I.loo v ßed shells. At the same time, a U.S. military spokesman disclosed that American jet fighters flying cover over the convoys and protecting Nationalist planes dropping sup(1(101:1 injea on page five)

Retail Advertising Clinic Planned Here Retail Division Is Sponsor Os Clinic A Tree, three-day clinic for Decatur area businessmen interested in a better program of retail advertising in all media, will be held in Decatur Monday through Wednesday, September 29-Octo-ber 1, Dave Moore, chairman of the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce, said today. The clinic will be held by Indiana professors in the advertising field. They are men who have had a varied background in the smallbusiness retail advertising field in the entire United States, and have considerable information on budgeting of advertising for the different media. This will be the second retail advertising clinic in Decatur in recent years. About five years ago a very successful clinic was held, which greatly aided the local merchants who attended. t The program will start at noon Monday, September 29, with a kick-off retail dinner meeting at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, Following the dinner, a brief program, outlining the course, its objects and possibilities will be given. The second meeting will be Tuesday, September 30, at 9:30 a.m. at the center. The third meeting will follow on Wednesday at the same time and place. Total time for the course will be about 4% hours. There will be no expense except the charge for the dinner at the center.

Body Os Fireman Os Train Still Missing Cause Os Tragedy Is Still Unsolved BAYONNE, N. J. (UPI) — The body of the fireman who should have saved a Jersey Central commuter train from plunging into Newark Bay — but didn’t—still was missing today, leaving wide open the question of why the tragedy occurred. Investigators had expected the body of fireman Peter Andrew would be aboard the lead locomotive of the train that ran through an open drawbridge Monday, killing possibly as many as 48 persons. When the engine was retrieved late Wednesday night, however, the body was not found. Had Andrew’s body been found in in tile cab, investigators had hoped its position might have helped solve the mystery. The second engine, which was in tandem with the first and was believed empty of personnel, was to be raised about midafternoon today. Porbers seeking the cause of the wreck also wanted to run tests on Andrew’s body to determine whether, by some twist of fate, he might have suffered a seizure just before the wreck, as engineer Lloyd Wilburn is believed to have. Autopsy reports on the body of Wilburn, retrieved shortly after accident, showed he had died apparently of a heart attack. Hudson County Prosecutor Lawrence A. Whipple said Wednesday the train should have been stopped by an automatic derailer after it went through three warning lights but was going at “an abnormal rate of speed” and bumped over 500 feet of ties and shot into the water. September Traffic Toll Still Growing 19 Traffic Deaths - During Past Week INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — State Police Supt. Harold Zeis could point to at least 19 traffic deaths since last Thursday today in warning autumn driving was “hazardous.” But state police provisional figures showed through last Sunday midnight Indiana’s 1958 traffic death toll was running 110 behind last year. The figures showed 651 traffic fatalities this year compared to 76f in the same period last year. But the September toll continued to mount. Wednesday’s victims included: Jeffrey Allen Moon, 3. Maxwell, died in Hancock County Hospital about three hours after he darted in front of a car driven by Carly Dobbins, 36, Greenfield, on a Hancock County road just west of Ind. 9. Sylvester Leroy Graves, 37, Indianapolis, killed in a head-on collision with a mail truck driven by James Karber, 32, Fort Wayne. The Allen County sheriff’s office said the smashup occurred when Graves tried to pass another car on Ind. 3 five miles south of Fort Wayne. ’ The Indiana National Guard will be called out for weekend durty in an effort to hold down highway deaths. s Indiana Safety Director Al Huber noted the heavy fatality toll of the past two weekends in announcing that 100 National Guard trucks and personnel will be helping state troopers Saturday and Sunday. The trucks will be spotted along the more deadly stretches of pavement and will notify state police posts of speeders and other acci-dent-producing drivers. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool tonight. Friday sunny and warmer. Low tonight 48 to 56. High Friday in the 70a. Sunset 0:49 pm. Sunrise 6:29 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Fair and mild. Low Friday night SO to 00. High Saturday 70 to 80.

Dulles Speaks Al Meeting Os U.N. Assembly Declares Red China Aggression Threat To Peace Os World UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) —Secretary of State John Foster Dulles called today for a prompt cease fire and “equitable conditions” to end the fighting in Formosa Strait. In a major policy speech in the United Nations General Assembly, Dulles said this should “eliminate provocations” and leave for later peaceful solution the Nationalist and Red Chinese claims and counterclaims. If current U.S. - Red Chinese talks in Warsaw fail to lead to settlement of the Formosa crisis, Dulles said, "the United States reserves the right to bring this matter to the United Nations.” He said Communist Chinese aggressive moves toward the Quemoy and Matsu islands pose "a grave threat with ominous implications” which endanger world order. Attacks China Grab Dulles said the Quemoy issue is "a simple one: Armed conquest.” "There are two Indisputable and decisive facts,” he said. “These are: “1. The Chinese Communist regime has never during its nine years of existence exercised authority over Taiwan (Formosa), the Penghus (Pescadores) or the offshore islands. “2. The Chinese Communist regime is now attempting to extend its authority to those areas by the use of naked force.” Dulles said the United States did not ignore the argument that the Chinese conflict is “civil war” or that the offshore islands are physically close to the Chinese mainland. "But we can scarcely accept the view that nations are entitled to seize territory by force just because it is near at hand,” he said. Renews The Request In his policy review, Dulles also: —Formally proposed creation of a General Assembly committee to report next year on useful U.N. action to achieve the international cooperation in the peaceful use of outer space. —Renewed Eisenhower’s suggestion for a “standby U.N. peace force.” Dulles said Washington conceived this not as a combat force, but as a group that “would observe and patrol and by its very presence make visible the interest of the world community ih the maintenance of tranquility.” The (Continued on T>aKe five) Annual Fish Fry To Be Held October 23 Earl Caston, chairtnan of the annual Decatur fish fry committee, announced today that the event will be held Thursday, October 23, at the Decatur high school gym. The Jonah club will again fry the fish, and “all you can eat will, be served to you for the price of $1.75, as in the past,” Caston said. The annual soybean festival will also be held the same day, as will the 4-H grain show, and choosing of the soybean queen. Al Beavers and E. E. Rydell will head the queen committee. Tickets for the fish fry will go on sale October 1, Caston said.

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