Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 226.

Earl Caston

J® Al Beavers

EARL CASTON, general chairman of the 10th annual Chamber of Commerce fish fry, has named committee heads for the annual event, including the men pictured above. The fish try will be staged at the Decatur high school gymnasium, Thursday evening, Oct. 16.

Construction i Worker Killed In Fall Here Falls From Top Os Silos Being Built At Central Soya Co. Kenneth Lewis Long, 49, of Bradner, 0., an assistant superintendent with the Jennson Constructin company, was killed instantly Wednesday evening approximately at 5 o'clock after falling from the top of silos at Central Soya Co., 110 feet to the concrete tunnel below. The mishap occurred on the catwalk at the of the huge silos, when Lon .'•tc.pped where there was a lan»e piece of steel used to cover a hole, through which workers raise material to the top of the construction site from below. It was learned today that workers had moved the steel used to cover the floor, to roll a large welding machine from the north end of the bridge to the south end. Long, not knowing this, came back to the bridge and upon stepping near the hoie, lost his balance, falling 11C feet. Long was pronounced dead by Coroner Elmer Winteregg, Jr., upon his arrival at the scene of the mishap. He stated that Long died from a fractured neck, fractured skull, fractured ankle, and cuts and abrasions. x Long was a resident of Bradner, 0,., and lived there most of his life with the exception when working on construction sites. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and a daughter, Mrs. Julie Spannarg. One sister survives, Velma Knepper, Pemperville, 0., and two brothers, Dale of Decatur, 111., and Merle, of Toledo, O. He was born September 14, 1909 near Bradner, 0., the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Long, who survives. While living in Decatur, the Longs made their temporary home at the Simmerman trailer court on Mercer avenue. The body was taken to the H. A. (.Continued on page five) INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with widely scattered showers this afternoon and in south portion tonight, becoming partly cloudy over north and central sections tonight. Cooler tonight. Low tonight 48 to 55 north, 55 to 60 south. Sunset 6:38 p.m. Sunrise Friday 6:36 a.m. Friday partly cloudy north, considerable cloudiness south with chance of rain southwest by afternoon or night. Cooler Friday. High. 67 to 75, low Friday night in the 50s. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and cool north. High in the 70s. 12 Pages

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Committees Named On Annual Fish Fry 10th Annual Event In Decatur Oct. 16 Committee chairmen for the 10th annual Chamber of Commerce fish fry to be held Thursday, October 16, were announced today by Earl Caston, general chairman. Carl Gerber will be chairman of the kitchen and food committee, f and his co-chairmen will be Fred Foos, George Litchfield, and Jack . Gordon. Richard‘ Kershner will be in . charge of ticket sales, and sales . will start early next week. Clarence Ziner, general chair- . man for several years, will be dining room -chaitman this year, with Carl Braun and Ted Hill as co-chairmen. > Eugene Ziner will be chairman > of the tables and chairs commit- . tee, with Victor Porter and Wilbur f E. Petrie as co-chairmen. Publicity will be directed by . Dick Heller, Jr. > M. J. Pryor will head the en- . tertainment committee, with Lyle i Mallonee as co-chairman. Al Beavers was named chair- : man of the soybean festival and ; queen contest, with E. E. (Gene) ‘ Rydell and Joe Kaehr as co-chair-men. Entry blanks for the contest , Will be sent out soon. Leo N. Seltenright, county ag- . ent, will head the 4-H grain show I this year. [ The fish fry, with the Jonah club . cooking the fish, is an annual event which draws hundreds of people for a full evening of en- . tertainment and good food. All . serving is done by local merch- . ants arjd businessmen. The fish I fry is traditionally held in the Decatur high school gym, and tables . are set up on the floor and in the , bleacher sections (Continued on page five) 1 To Clean City Water Mains Here Tonight Ralph E. Roop, superintendent . of the city water department, announced this morning that his department will clean the city water mains by flushing hydrants tonight and Friday night after 9 o’clock, scuth of Monroe street. Emergency Funds Allocated County WASHINGTON (UPI) — The agriculture department today allocated $192,000 for 11 Indiana counties in emergency conservation subsidy funds as a result of spring floods. The funds will repay farmers for part of the cost of approved emergency conservation practices needed to restore the damaged land. The allocations were for Adams, Carroll, Greene, Lawrence, Miami, Morgan, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo and White counties.

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Auto Workers And GM Bogged Down On Talks Wildcat Strikes On General Motors And Chrysler Mounting DETROIT (UPI)— United Auto Workers Union and General Motors negotiators bargained for a new contract today, five days before more than 325,000 GM workers are scheduled to go on nationwide strike. Negotiations bog ge d down Wednesday, with no major developments reported. Wildcat strikes against GM, largest of the “big three” auto producers, and Chrysler, the smallest, mounted with more than 75,000 hourly paid workers idled by walkouts at GM, Chrysler and Ford plants across the country. General Motors was hardest hit with 34,206 workers out in 14 plants. Chrysler reported 22.500 idled at 15 plants and Ford had 18,250 out at 7 plants. Chrysler Hit Hardest The strikes hampered production of 1959 models for each of the “big three.” but Chrysler apparency would be due to suffer most if the strikes would continue. Chrysler workers were idled at the corporation's Kokomo, Ind., transmission factory, one of Chr ys 1 er’s two transmission plants,.. .and - continuedstrikes at' Kokomo would mean serious curtailment of 1959 Chrysler production. Part of the threat against Chrysler getting out its new models was removed Wednesday when workers returned to the other transmission plant, at Indianapolis. UAW president Walter P. Reuther, who broke off marathon negotiating sessions with Chrysler at dawn Wednesday announced he would concentrate on reaching a settlement with General Motors At GM Friday But the UAW chief was to take a break from bargaining today to attend a meeting of the union’s National Ford Council to consider approval of the contract reached last Wednesday with Ford. Reuther, who said he would attend Friday’s GM bargaining sessions, said a strike had been authorized at Chrysler but no deadline had been set. He said the company and the union were too far apart and had too many problems to be resolved for a quick settlement. However, Chrysler vice president John D. Leary, chief of the corporation’s bargaining team, said he believed an agreement could have been reached had negotiations continued. Chrysler was to continue its bargaining sessions with UAW representatives today, but Reuth-1 GOontinued on page live) '

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Cease-Fire In Formosa Urged Today By Lloyd British Secretary Urges Immediate ChimrCease-Fire UNITED NATIONS (UPI) — British Foreign Secretary Selwyn I Lloyd today urged an immediate ' cease-fire in the Formosa Strait and welcomed the “conciliatory approach by the United States government” to the conflict between Communist and Nationalist China. “We hope most earnestly that there will be an immediate cessation of military action and the determination to see that the Warsaw talks reach a satisfactory conclusion,” Lloyd said in a policy speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Lloyd spoke while U.S. and Red Chinese ambassadors resumed their attempts to negotiate a settlement in private talks at Warsaw amid a growing feeling of gloom and war -spares in the world’s capitals. Against that background, lobby conversations here sought to set up quiet negotiations within a U.N. framework but no definite developments had yet emerged. "The government of the United Kingdom sup po r t the United States government in their wish for a peaceful settlement," Lloyd said. “The crisis has been immediately precipitated by large-scale • bombardment of Quemoy by Chinese Communist forces. We hope 1 that this resort to force "will be terminated and that the Chinese Nationalist authorities will also abstain from military activities.” Lloyd noted President Eisenhowi er’s declaration on Sept. 12 that ■ “measures can be taken to assure shat these offshore islands will not , be a thorn in the side of peace” > and Secretary of State John Fos- » ter Dulles’ call in the assembly i for “a cease - fire and equitable 1 conditions." I “We welcome that conciliatory approach by the U.S. governt ment.” he said. “We deprecate I the violent and provocative lan- ) guage used about the situation by I spokesmen of the Chinese People’s Republic and of the Soviet Un(Continued on page five) : First Aid Classes ; Held Last Evening ' 94 Men Enrolled In County For Classes The total of men from Adams ■ county attending the first aid clasess in the county has risen to i 94, Mrs. Wanda Oelberg announc- • ed today. The total of bus drivers was listed at 54, the sheriff’s depart- . ment shows 31, seven in the fire department, one from the police . force, and one milkman. The first aid class for Decatur was held at the Decatur high school Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock, with Mrs. Roger Single- , ton and Mrs. Leo King, Jr., in , charge of the instruction. Thirtythree men attended last night'? classes. Those attending from the bus drivers division were: Frederick Bittner, Glenn Roughia, W. A. Miller, Roy Young, William C. Aumann, William Susdorf, Herbert Weigman, Raymond Reinking, William Fritzinger, Ralph Bering, Ivan Zeigler, William Wolff, (Fort Wayne), Richard Miller, Edgar Ehlerding, and Fred Fuelling. From the sheriff’s division: Marion Robinson, Charles Arnold. Jim Cowens, Jerbme Ginter, Robert A. Everett, Daniel -Everett. Paul Spangler, E. E. Rydell, A. A. Luyben, Floyd Mcßride, William Murray. Robert Raudenbush, William H. Brown, Harold Thieme, Roger Singleton, and Bob Meyer E. R. Nem attended from the • police force.

Renew Negotiations Over Formosa Peace Increasing Signs Point To Deadlock WARSAW, (UPl)—The U.S. and Communist Chinese ambassadors agreed here tdday to carry their Formosa Strait crisis talks into a third week but gave ,no other signs of progress in the negotiations. American Ambassador Jacob Beam and Chinese Communist envoy Wang Ping-han met today for one hour and 45 minutes in the fourth session of their negotiations on a Formosa peace formula. Both envoys announced after the session that they had agreed to meet again next Tuesday mornfog- » The five-day recess before next Week's meeting will be the longest to date in the current round of Warsaw ambassadorial talks that began Sept. 15 on a possible Formosa Strait cease-fire. It was believed that both sides were awaiting Secretary of State John Foster Dulles’ forthcoming Statement on U-S- Formosa policy and wanted an opportunity to consult fully with their home governments before their next meeting. The White House announced today that Dulles will make the statement “soon.” The United States was believed Still to be seeking an immediate cease-fire in the Formosa Strait. The Communists apparently remained adamant in their stand to end the shooting only when they are assured they can take over the offshore islands. Chinese Communist sources in Warsaw said the U. S. cease-fire proposal had been rejected “categorically.” In London, official sources disclosed Red China had reaffirmed its refusal to compromise on the Formosa issue in a memo to Britain and other Western powers four days ago. London diplomatic sources reported that urgent backstage moves were under way to shift the Warsaw talks to a “little summit” (Continued on page five) Service Stations To Register Voters Two Local Stations Offer Vote Service Persons who wish to register during the last 10 days may do so at the clerk’s office during regular business hours, or at Gay’s service station at 13th and Monroe or Lawrence Kohne’s service statiefl- — at— Adams and Seventh streets, Dr. Harry H. Hebble, Democratic county chairman, announced today. Anyone eligible to register may do so, regardless bf politics, Dr. Hebble stressed, as the Democrats are doing it as a public service, not just for party members. “ Also, anyone who plans to vote in the city referendum on the power plant sale must be registered during the regular time, Dr. Hebble cautioned. While no date has been set for the referendum, no one will be able to register between Oct- 7 and Dec. 1, the opening of registration after the 1958 election. “Registration does not require one to vote, but you cannot vote unless you are registered," he continued. “It is a good idea to register even though you do not think you will vote election day. If you will be absent or if you are sick at home, you may vote by absent voter's ballot. If you need an application of absent voter’s ballot brought to you, call Dr. Hebble at 3-4318 during regular business hours, and he will see that someone takes you an application, and later a ballot.” Each election year, numerous Democratic workers poll and register their precincts without pay, merely because of public interest, Dr. Hebble stated. Any way they can help a voter, or a citizen, they will be glad to do so, he concluded.

Mack Indicted For Influence , On TV Award Ex-FCC Member And Friend Indicted On Conspiracy Charges ’ WASHINGTON (UPD—A feder--1 al grand jury—today -indicted former Fede ra 1 Communications Commissioner Richard A. Mack and his- long time friend, Thurman A. Whiteside on charges of conspiring to influence the award ! of Miami television channel 10. 1 Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers announced the three-count indictment was returned in Federal Court here today. j Whiteside is a Miami attorney. Mack resigned from the com- ’ mission last March 3 in the wake ! of an investigation of the FCC by the House influence-investigating ’ subcommittee. ■ Whiteside had been accused dur- • ing the hearings of being a “fix- ' er” and of making loans to Mack ’ for which he received a '‘pledge” ' from the ex-commissioner to cast • the deciding vote in the award of ' Channel 10. ! The channel went to Public Service Television Inc., a subsidiary of National Airlines. The : commission majority voted for • Public Service eden thougty an ’ FCC examiner had recommended • the channel go to WKAT. r The first count of the indictment r charged Mack and Whiteside with “conspiracy to influence, obstruct 1 and impede the administration of 5 the law under which the FCC was ‘ conducting a proceeding” to determine which of four applicants ' should be awarded the Miami 1 channel. e The indictment charged the con- ' spiracy was intended to “defraud r the United States of the right” to have the affairs of the FCC and ! * the actions of Commissioner Mack e “free from bias and improper ine fluence.” Count two of the indictment accused Whiteside of knowing that the FCC was considering the Miami channel contest and of “corruptly influencing” Mack to vote in favor of Public Service Television Inc. Public Service was awarded the channel in February, 1957, and is now on the air as television station WPST. An FCC reconsideration of the channel award is being conducted by Judge Horace Stern. former chief justice of the (Continued on page five) o : : Dr. Lee Hileman Is ■ Air Crash Victim , Native Os Willshire Killed In Michigan ’ Dr. Lee Hileman, 59, physician at Lincoln Park, Mich., and a naJ tive of Willshire, 0., was killed 5 Wednesday afternoon or evening ’ when his private plane crashed • near Gaylord, Mich. ! Word of the fatal crash was re- ’ ceived by the physician’s sister ’ Mrs. Frank Kitson of Decatur ‘ route 6, but no details were avail--5 ale here. Three other men, passengers in Dr. Hileman’s plane, : were reported critically injured. ■ Dr. Hileman was born in Will- ! shire, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. • Alonoz Hileman, but left that com--1 munity a number of years ago. He ■ graduated from Alma College and 1 the Detroit City medical school. ! Surviving in addition to Mrs. 1 Kitson are the physician’s mother, - Mrs. Daisy Hileman of Willshire; his wife, Nina; two daughters, ’ Mrs. William Neuter of Taylor ’■ Creek, Mich., and Miss Janice • Hileman of Lincoln Park; one son, Robert Hileman of Lincoln Park; ; two brothers, Roscoe Hileman of - Escorse, Mich., and Dr. Walter , Hileman of Tucson, Ariz.; anoth- , er sister, Mrs. Edgar Holcomb of i Spokane, Wash., and four grandr children. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Oscar H. Lengerich Dies From Injuries Dies Os Injuries In Fall At Fort Wayne Oscar H. Lengerich, 48, a native of Adams county died at 2 o’clock | Wednesday afternoon at St. Joseph’s hospital. Fort Wayne, of injuries sustained in a fall while at work Monday afternoon in that city. Mr. Lengerich, a millwright em- . ployed by Wermuth, Inc., con- } tractors, fell 15 feet Monday while c engaged in construction work on . the new addition to the Lincoln f Life Insurance Co. in Fort Wayne. ] He did not regain consciousness and his condition was critical j from the time of the accident. The accident victim resided in I a trailer court at Hessen Cassel, south of Fort Wayne. He was born in Adams county . May 30, 1910, a son of Mr. and » Mrs. Joseph Lengerich, and was r married to Maribel Gabel April r 19, 1947. Mr. Lengerich was a member . of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, . Decatur and the Holy Name Sot ciety. • Surviving in addition to his wife t are a brother, Herbert J. Lengert ich of Decatur, and a sister, Mrs. Gail Shaul of Fort Wayne. A . brother, Fred Tonnelier, was killed in an auto accident near Mon- . mouth last June 21. Funeral services will be con- , ducted at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. [ Mary’s Catholic church, the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiat- » ing. Burial will be in the Catholic ! cemetery. The body was removed t to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, f where friends may call after 7 o’s clock this evening until time of . the services. The Holy Name SOS' ciety will recite the rosary at 8 i p.m. Friday. □ Sunday Schools To ' Parade On Saturday i Plan Annual Parade j; Saturday Afternoon e The annual Sunday school pa- ’- rade is scheduled to take place Saturday afternoon with all of the e local and area churches invited to participate, Leonard Soliday, n chairman, announced this morn- ' ing. s Several of the churches will ? have floats, ears, trucks, bieyeles 8 and youngsters parading on the streets of Decatur inviting people to attend the church of their choice. The people who will take part in the parade are asked to meet at the jail Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the parade starting at 2:30 p.m. The route will begin at the Adams county jail, up Adams street to Second street, north on Second to Jackson, and return over the same route. Soliday stated that all of the ‘ churches were invited to take part j in the festivities, but not all of , the churches could be contacted ’ today to find out if each will en--1 ter the parade. Some of the plans and each ' church that will enter the parade on Saturday are: Church of God. a float is in the process of completion, according to Mrs. Eleanor Singleton, chairman for the committee. The Baptist church will feature a float that participated in the festivities in Bluffton during the ' street fair. Virgil Andrews stated that the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church will decorate trucks and cars which will contain children representing the downstairs of their Sunday school. ; The First Methodist church will b have a float with children from the Sunday school, according to ’ the Rev. Hazen Sparks. , Boys and girls on bicycles, cars, . and station wagons will represent the Bethany Evangelical United I Brethren church, according to Mrs. Dorothv Beeler, chairman for the committee. . A small float will represent the Church of Christ, the Rev. Carroll OOontlnued on pace five)

Judge Refuses To Take Action , At Little Rock Rules No Authority t On Constitutionality 1 Os Arizona Laws ■ FORT SMITH. Ar&.'UPWO-U.S. ■ District Judge JdMßte. Miller re--5 fused today to prohibit the Little 1 Rock School Board from leasing 1 out four closed ptlblic high schools • 4or use as private, segregated 5 schools. 1 He said to issue such an order would mean his passing on the > constitutionality of state laws He • said he does not have that authority ; it takes a three - man r court. • “For this court to hold today ; to grant the prayer of the plain--1 tiff (NAACP) would require the court to hold that these acts of f the Legislature are invalid, that > they infringe on the Constitution ■ of the United States, that they are invalid and without effect,” ! Judge Miller said. There were two suits before Judge Miller and he disposed of 1 both of them in less than an ■ hour. In one, the NAACP asked that the Little Rock ; School Board be - forbidden to lease out the high . schools for private operation. • This is the essence of Gov. ■ Orval E. Faubus plan to sidestep : U.S. Supreme Court integration I orders. , As an alternative, the NAACP - asked Judge Miller to rule that f if the schools are leased, Negroes - must be admitted to them as pri« 8 vate institutions. In the other suit, the Little Rock School Board asked Judge Miller whether it would be in contempt of court if it leased the buildings. He turned down the NAACP, on whose side the U.S. Department of Justice had intervened, and refused to advise the school board. Tension Mounting LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UPD— Tension over the mounting Little Rock integration crisis showed signs today of building up to a e dangerous level. e Police, who had orders to allow o no crowds to gather, reported three incidents Wednesday. The - worst involved a clash between “15 or 16 Negroes” and three 1 white youths with duck-tailed 5 haircuts. The white boys were j beaten by the Negroes, who car- » ried cleated football shoes. None r of the victims was hurt seriously. In another incident Patrolman t P. A. Malone was struck on the t leg by a rock, which came flying t out of a crowd of Negroes who - had attended a Negro football I game Wednesday night. The offi- , cer was not hurt. A police dispatcher said his I switchboard was flooded with calls reporting racial incidents. > He said most of them turned out i teontlnuen on page five) f - 1 Lase Bulletins WASHINGTON (UPD —The ( White House said today that President Eisenhower will take a major part in this fall’s congressional election campaign, including a speaking trip to the West and Middle West. > MIAMI (UPD — Two hurrij canes — one operating 425 miles off the Florida eoast » with winds of at least 90 miles 1 an hour—put the East Coast of 5 the U. S. on storm alert today.

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