Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 225.

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U.N. Assembly Shelves Debate On Red China U.S. Proposal For Shelving Debate On Seating Is Adopted UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) —Diplomats predicted today the United Nations will launch a new China debate next month unless current U. S.-Communist talks in Warsaw show some quick sign of success. The Communists already have written off the Warsaw talks as “mere empty words.” making significant results unlikely. The General Assembly disposed of the first phase of the “grand debate” on China Tuesday when it agreed to shelve for the duration of the current session proposals to oust the Chinese Nationalists or seat the Chinese Communists. The final vote to adopt the recommendation of the Steering Committee, which had approved a U.S. proposal to shelve the representation issue, was 44-28 with 9 abstentions. Lr s‘ year’s vote on a girrUin*- ’--—0331 was 48-27 with 6 abstentions. The assembly immediately swung back into its annual policy debate, which had been interrupted for two days of hot debate on the China question. Indian Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menon and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromykp led a determined effort to force a fulldress debate on the question of China’s seat. Britain, France, 10 members of the Afro-Asian bloc, all 20 Latin American nations and 8 Western European nations voted with the United States. Thirteen Afro-As-ians, the nine-vote Soviet bloc, Yugoslavia and five West Europeans voted against the American proposal. Voting against the American position from 'Western Europe were Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden. Four other Europeans —Austria, Greece, Iceland and Portugal — four AfroAsians and Israel abstained. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, windy, warm and humid tonight. Chance of thundershowers extreme northwest late tonight. Thursday partly cloudy, windy and continued warm. Showers and scattered thundershowers spreading into most of north and west portions by evening and into southeast portions at night. Turning cooler northwest portion late Thursday. Low tonight 68 to 73. High Thursday 80 to 85 extreme northwest to near 90 southeast. Sunset 6-39 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 6:35 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Cloudy and cool with rain in the north and continued partly cloudy, warm and humid with scattered showers in the south portion. Low I Thursday night in the 50s north ' and near 70 south. High Friday I in the 70s north and in 80s south. I

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Hartke Will Speak At Portland Sunday Four-County Rally Sunday Afternoon A large number of Adams county people are planning to drive to Portland Sunday afternoon to hear Vance Hartke, Democratic candidate for U. S. Senator, speak in a four-county rally at the Portland armory. Dr. Harry H. Hebble, county chairman, announced today. Hartke’s appearance will clipiax the "Dollars for Democrats” drive being conducted this weekend, Robert Lane, county chairman for the drive, stated. The drive will continue next week, also. The 39-year-cld Evansville mayor entered the race for his party’s nomination as a distinct underdog. Convinced that the source of political -power in Indiana lies at the grass-roots, Mayor Hartke made direct contacts with the voters themselves and with delegates to the party convention. Effects of this were clearly apparent in the convention balloting. Without backing of the political king-makers, Hartke was nominated on the second ballot against four opponents. On the first ballot 630 of his 878 votes were from outside the six largest counties of the state. On the second ballot he carried nine of the 11 congressional districts. Since his nomination, Hartke has been stumping the state with equal vigor. Yet he finds time to carry on the business of managing the affairs of Evansville. He is a tireless worker, dictating letters and carrying on government business even while rid- . ing from town to town. He has had practically no vacation since his election as mayor. Mayor Hartke’s warm personality and sincere concern for the problems of Hoosiers have impressed the people of the state. He has sought opinions of others and on-the-spot reports on Hoosier needs. A number of Republicans for Hartke clubs are being organized through efforts of Ray Allen, Crawfordsville businessman. In addition, Hoosiers for Hartke groups are in operation in every county. (Continued on page five) Braun Selected As Advisory Candidate Jerome J. Braun, precinct committeeman for the past eight years in North Washington township, has been selected by the Democratic central committee as the nominee for Washington township advisory board, made vacant by the repent death on Ben Eiting. Braun is the son of the late Frank R. and Bertha Kintz Braun of Washington township, and is a native of the Decatur area. A farmer, he lives on an 80-acre farm and dents an additional 90 acres. Married to the former Esther Geimer, the couple have seven children: Carolyn, 16; Edward, 15; Elizabeth, 14; Patricia, 9; Joyce, 8; Thomas, 7; and Donald, 5. They live two miles west of Decatur. Braun will be on the ticket I with John R. Parrish and Roy ■ Runyon. One Republican has filed for the advisory board of WashI ington township.

Auto Workers And Chrysler Fail To Agree Contract Talks Are Recessed Without Making Settlement DETROIT (UPI) — The United Auto Workers and Chrysler Corp, recessed contract bargaining talks without a settlement this morning and UAW President Walter P. Reuther announced he would go to General Motors negotiations. The announcement apparently meant the UAW was abandoning efforts to settle with Chrysler before GM and would now leave the smallest of the big three utitfl last. Ford settled with the unsdn-aAveek ago. “Chrysler is now on the back burner as far as I am concerned,” Reuther said at a news conference following the recess. "We will not set a strike deadline at Chrysler until after GM is out of the way at least. We still hope we can work without a deadline.” The recess this morning climaxed all-night bargaining sessions at Chrysler. Reuther had set noon today as a deadline for his negotiations at Chrysler before going to GM. He explained at the recess that the UAW and Chrysler were still too far apart and had too many problems still unresolved to be able to work out an agreement before the noon deadline. “That’s why we recessed now,” he saidHowever, Chrysler Vice President John D. Leary, chief of the company negotiators, disagreed with Reuther. He said he believed if negotiations had continued until noon, an agreement could have been reached. “We were very close,” said Leary. A “Our negotiations bogged down and needlessly so,” Leary added. He said the main question separatig union and company when the talks broke up was representation on worker grievance matters. The Chrysler talks were recessed until Thursday. „ Reuther said he would go to the GM bargaining table as soon as possible, but he was not sure it would be today. General Motors is under a Sept. 30 strike deadline set by the UAW after it settled with Ford last Wednesday. At that time, the union also authorized a strike at Chrysler, but set no deadline. However, some 13,000 Chrysler workers were off the job at plants around the country and more were expected to join today following breakdown of the marathon efforts to settle ahead of GM. Fred Nuerge Dies Suddenly Tuesday Native Os County Dies Last Evening Fred Nuerge, 73, a native of Adams county, died suddenly of a heart attack at 9:30 o’clock Tuesday night at his home in Wells county, three and one-half miles southeast of Ossian. He had lived in Wells county for the past 44 years. “He was born near Friedheim April 27, 1885, a son of Conrad and Sophia Bieberich-Nuerge, and was married to Emma Meyer in 1912. Mr. Nuerge was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran church near Tocsin. Surviving in addition to his wife are one daughter, Mrs. Edgar Dietrich of route 1, Ohio City, O.; three grandchildren; one brother, Carl Nuerge of Decatur route 1, and two sisters. Mrs. Minnie Schaper and Mrsj Marie Wiehe, both of near Ossian .y Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Bethlehem Lutheran church, the Rev. Harry Behning officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetary. Friends may call at the Elzey & Sons funeral home in Ossian after 7 o’clock this evening until noon Friday. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday. One Driver Killed In Two-Car Crash JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (UPI) —Ray Barnes, 21.' Borden, was killed Tuesday night in a two-car collision on Ind. 60 four miles south of Borden. According to Indiana State Police a car driven by Barnes anparantly went on the wrong side of the highway and sideswiped a car driven by James Paris, Jr., 20, Pekin. Paris was in serious condition in Clark County Hospital at Jeffersonville.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 24, 1958

McElroy Opposed To U.S. Approving Bomb Attacks On Mainland

South's Firs! ’ Private School Opened Today Opened For White Pupils Locked Out Over Integration CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (UPI) —The South's first private school system opens today for white pupils locked out of public schools in the integration battle. About 240 pupils of Venable Elementary School, shut down ■■by Gov. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. when a federal judge ordered 10 Negroes admitted, were expected to show up for make-shift classes. Assigned to instruct them were 15 regular teachers from Venable. Their quarters were hastily chosen, freshly painted recreation rooms and basements in 15 private homes scattered throughout this university city of 27,000. For the 10 Negroes it was just another day in their extended summer vacation. They had made no move to enroll for the private classes. G. R. Ferguson, an undertaker who is a leader in the Negro community, said he had heard of no attempt by Negroes to institute new legal action. The Negroes still expect and “anticipate” that Venable and Lane High School, the other school closed here to avoid integration, will reopen before long, Ferguson told a reporter. The schools opening today were set up by the Parents Committee for Emergency Schooling, one of two new private - school organizations. Teachers were guaranteed their regular pay from the city during the crisis whether they hold classes or not. Parents paid a fee of $3 per pupil attending the private classes, most of it for insurance on the makeshift classrooms. Sponsors said the school program and curriculum were arranged to meet the accreditation tandards of the State Board of Education. The second private school group, known as the Charlottesecntinuea cn page five) Four Are Injured . In Auto Accident Adams County Lady And Children Hurt Three small children and an Adams county lady received personal injuries Tuesday at noon as a result of a rear-end collision that occurred two and threefourths miles north and four miles west of Berne. Mrs. Roger Kaehr and two of her children, Rebecca and John, are in the Clinic hospital in Bluffton as a result of the injuries. They are expected to remain there for several days. Mrs. Kaehr is suffering from a broken nose, a fractured sternum, and lacerations to her right eye. Rebecca, 3, and John, 2, are suffering from severe lacerations to the forehead. Joe Fireoved, 3, received a severe laceration under his left eye. The accident occurred at 11:15 a.m. on county road 38 near the Carl Fiechter farm. Cars driven by Dr. D. W. Fireoved, 46, Berne, and Mrs. Roger J. Kaehr, 33, route four, Decatur, received considerable damage as a result of the mishap. The rearend collision was caused when the Fireoved auto attempted to slow doWn, and the car driven by Mrs. Kaehr struck the rear-end of the vehicle when she failed to see the car slowing. The Kaehr vehicle was considered 'a total loss by sheriff Merle Affolder, investigating officer. The auto driven by Fireoved received nearly SI,OOO damage. The Kaehr family was taken to the Bluffton Clinic by the Fiechter family. Joe Fireoved was taken to a doctor’s office in Berne, and was released following treatment.

Crazed Father Killed Four 01 Children Report Fifth Child Seriously Injured SPARTA, Mich. (UPI) — A Crazed father climaxed a violent argument with his estranged wife Tuesday night by grabbing three shotguns, killing four of their five children and setting the house on fire. The fifth child was injured seriously when the father, Orland McMillan, struck him on the head with one of the shotguns. McMillan was found unconscious by police about one mile from the rural home where the murders occurred. The fire he started was put out before it could cause much damage. The dead children were identified as Ronald William, 7; Bonnie Jane, 6; Richard, 1, and Michele Yvonne, 10 months. The injured child, Orland Benjamin, 8. was taken to a hospital where he was in "fair” condition with head injuries. - Sheriff Arnold Pigorsh said McJdillqn's wife, Edith, about 45, called police late Tuesday night from a neighbor’s home and said “my husband is beating me.” Pigorsh said Mrs. McMillan had been under court order to refrain from visiting the children who had been living with McMillan in the farm home. Tuesday night she went to the home and told McMillan she was going to take the children. McMillan, an unemployed factory worker, admitted the murders. Mrs. McMillan was taken to a hospital in Grand Rapids, about 15 miles south of Sparta, where she was reported in a state of shock. Doctors said she had cuts (Continued on page five) Ohio Youth Is Given Suspended Sentence Entered Guilty Plea To Burglary Charge Leonard Louis Martin, 20, of Lima, 0., received a suspended sentence of 2 to 5 years Tuesday in the Adams circuit court on the charge of second-degree burglary from Judge Myles F. Parrish. Martin was arested by the sheriff’s department August 30 at 10:55 p.m. on highway U. S. 27 after he was seen running from the Schwartz Ford company by Harry Deroo, a worker at that establishment. He pleaded guilty at 2 o’clock September 12 in the Adams circuit court to the charge Os seconddegree burglary. Judge Parrish took the matter under advisement on that day, and gave his ruling Tuesday at 2 p.m. Judge Parrish stated in court Tuesday, that the youth would be turned over to the Lima probation officer, Don Atkins. It is believed that the youth will have his probation revoked in Ohio, and that the youth might receive an additional charge. Martin was put on probation in May, on two charges of breaking and entering that occurred in January of this year. He is also A. W. O. L. from the United States Army and will probably stand before the military court to that charge upon his release here. Judge Parish also stated in his ruling in the circuit court that the youth will have to make full restitution of the damage caused y him at the Schwartz company. Judge Parrish gave several reasons to the youth on his reasons for the suspension of the sentence. A few were: his age, his record in the past, his service record, the cost of the state for his confinment, his home life, and many others. The youth will be turned over to the Ohio authorities in the near future. NEW SERIAL STORY “The Land is Bright,? a fulllength novel by Jim Kjelgaard, starts, in today’s issue of the Decatur Daily Democrat. It is a story on the frontier prior to the Civil War.

Nationalist And Red Planes In Aerial Battle Nationalist Planes Fight Way Out Os Communists' Trap TAIPEI, Formosa (UPD—Thir-ty-two Nationalist Sabrejets fought their way out of a Communist trap over the China mainland and shot down 11 Communist Mig-17s and probably destroyed 6 others today in a battle with 100 enemy planes over the Formosa Strait. The Nationalist air force reported no losses among the Sabrejets in the biggest aerial battle of the Quemoy war. There were unconfirmed reports the Nationalists used new American air-toair missiles to rack up what the government called a “glorious victory.” Maj. Gen. I. Fu-en told newsmen the Communist Migs used new tactics today in an apparent effort to forcea Nationalist plane to crash on the mainland where the Reds could use it as “evidence of aggression.” Lured Toward Mainland General I said the Communist formations, flying at different altitudes, lured the Nationalist planes toward the mainland. Then the Soviet-built Mig-17s boxed the Nationalists in on three sides, leaving an escape exit open only towards the mainland. The Nationalists’ Sabrejet pilots slugged their way out of the Communist trap in a battle that matched some of the great engagements of the Korean War when American pilots flying F-86 Sabrejets scored a 13 to 1 ratio over Communist Mig-15s. The spokesman said the planes fought over an area stretching from Swatow in the south to Luchao in the north, a distance of more than 150 miles that was covered in only a few minutes of the brief but furious battle. Same As Korea General I, Nationalist air force intelligence director, was asked how the 32 Sabrejets could take (Continued on page five) Advertising Clinic In City Next Week Retail Specialist To Conduct Clinic "How to Improve Your Advertising” will be the subject of a three-meeting retail advertising clinic to be held in Decatur by Robert L. Allen, of Bloomington, r.ct|»ll advertising specialist. The meetings will start Monday with a noon luncheon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center followed by a short session which will explain how advertising pays. Only cost for the entire program will be the regular luncheon charges. Tuesday’s session, starting at the center at 9:30 a.m., will explain the budgeting of advertising, and the method of evaluating retail advertising. Wednesday morning, the group will discuss the different media of advertising. The rest of the week and the following week Allen will meet in the store with anyone who has advertising problems and work out individual problems. Allen is a graduate of Northwestern university and has had considerable experience in the field of advertising and retailing. The discussions will center around the topics of advertising problems today, how to write ads so they sell merchandise, and what can be done to promote sales in the community. The entire program is being sponsored here by Indiana university, the vocational division of the state department of public instruction, tiie Decatur Chamber of Commerce, and the Decatur public school system. Reservations for the three meetings may be made by calling 3-2604 or by writing to the Decatur Chamber of Commerce.

Wanted i — ; M M Gregorioa Prado Valdez, 36, is being sought by authorities as the alleged triggerman in the murder of Jesse Gomez in August in a labor camp near Chattanooga, O. Termed as extremely dangerous, his description follows: Mexican, light complexion, brown eyes, dark .straight hair, weighs 155 pounds, 5 ft. 6 in. tall, and has two front teeth missing, and has a question mark tatoo on his right hand, between the thumb and forefinger. Boy Scout Leaders Meet Last Evening Plan Coordination For Transportation Boy Scout leaders from Decafour troops, three packs, and one post met at the Lincoln school Tuesday night and devised a plan to coordinate transportation to round table and district meetings. Steve Everhart, district commissioner, Gene Rydell, district chairman, and George Auer, Adams county chairman, discussed the problems with the representatives from the troops, their committees, and backing institutions. For round table meetings it was decided that each group would rotate in responsibility for making certain that at least one, and more if possible, representative from each troop committee was present. In October, responsibility will be on the chairman of the troop 61 committee; in November, troop 62 chairman; December, troop 63, and January troop 65, and so on, the same for Cub packs. Each troop chairman will find out who plans to attend from his troop, and if they need transportation, and call the month chairman well before the scheduled meeting. If they have not called by the day before, the monthly chairman will then call him to find out why, and find out who is going. The responsibility will be on the committee chairmen to do the contacting, however, and they will be checked on Only if they do not cooperate by calling first. Institutional representatives will have the sarfle setup, with the same chairman setup, the IR from 61 being responsible for the October meeting, IR from 62 responsible for November, etc. Auer then explained the new form which institutional representatives will make certain that the troop committee chairman fills out in three copies, and returns each month. • Use of the Boy Scout cabin by the troops was encouraged by Everhart, who pointed out that it is for scout use first. He asked that .any scout troop planning to use the cabin call him well in advance, so. that it may be rented to help defray costs if no scouts are using it. t . .' . . Also, Everhart asked that scoutmasters watch the consumption of wood, as the supply is rapidly depleted if it is wasted. He also advised that boys can be given good training if they are asked to compete with each other in cleaning the place up after use so that the next troop or renting group will find it spic and span.

Defense Head And President In Conference Doubts Desirability Os U. S. Approving Nationalist Attacks WASHINGTON (UPD—DefenseSecretary Neil H. McElroy said today he did not think it would be desirable for the United States to approve bombing of the Red Chinese mainland by Nationalist Chinese planes. McElroy conferred with President Eisenhower on what the White House described as routine Defense Department business. On leaving the President’s office, McElroy was asked about a report that this country was “thinking of releasing the Air , Force of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to bomb the mainland.” i “I don’t know that this is being contemplated,” McElroy said. “It is something we would not wish for. Let's give the Warsaw talks a chance to succeed.” He referred to talks in the Polish capital on the Formosa crisis between U.S. and Red Chinese ambassadors. - Earlier, the White House declined comment on a report from Paris that the ambassadors had reached some form of agreement. Two Critical Senators — As for the general situation at Quemoy, McElroy said supplying of the Nationalist-held island was “moving along in an improved way with sea and air supply going along regularly.” « Two Democratic senators critical of the administration’s Far East policy said in a joint statement Tuesday night that it was “highly unlikely that we can break the Communist blockade of Quemoy without the use of atomic weapons.” Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.) and Joseph S. Clark (Pa.) also said they hoped that Ambassador Jacob Beam could negotiate in the Warsaw talks a cease-fire at QuemoJ' and “the orderly withdrawal of Chinese Nationalist forces.” Humphrey and Clark said in their statement that loss cf Quemoy would have no effect on the defense of Formosa ana "we have accordingly been dragged to the brink of war again for no purpose GOonHnued on page five) Ravelings Staff Is Announced For Year The staff for the Decatur high > school yearbook has been chosen . by the faculty advisor, Lowell [ Smith. The complete staff and I their assistants are as follows: editor, Cheryl Ashbaucher, assistant, Alice Allwein; photography editor, Gloria Wall, assistant, I Barbara Burk; snapshot editor, , Steve Edwards, assistant. Jack Dailey; girls sports, Betty Smith, assistant, Deloras Schroeder; boys I sports. Bob Shraluka, assistant, i Jim Gay; advertising. Bill Bond i and Sharron Sheets, assistants, ■ Ron Highland and Nancy Helm. • The copy editors are Sharon Voshell, Karen Robinson, Kathleen Schultz and Pat Girod. Since 1960 will be the 50th an- ■ niversary of the school annual, an ' additional staff will be selected to 1 the above assistants. The general 1 outline and theme have been chosen for this year’s Ravelings. It is hoped that this year’s yearbook will be finished in time to be distributed before the school year is i over.

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