Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 227.

H''9HB HHBTDavid Moore Ralph Habegger THE ANNUAL CAMPAIGN FUND for the Decatur Community Fund, Inc., Will be opened Monday, October 6. Ralph Habegger, owner of Habegger Hardware, is president of the Community Fund, and David Moore, manager of the Sears Roebuck catalog sales office here, is campaign manager.

Eastern Coast Is Alerted For Twin Hurricanes Hurricane Watch Is Put In Effect On Eastern Coast BULLETIN CHARLESTON. S. C. (UPI) — Hurricane Helene today roared in the direction of the South Carolina coast which was immediately put under •‘emergency” evacuation .warning. CHARLESTON, S.C. (UPI) — Twin hurricane churned through the Atlantic today, throwing the Eastern Seaboard on a "quick action” alert for one of the mighty storms out of the tropics. Helene, with winds up to 100 miles an hour, was located about 320 miles east of Jacksonville, Fla., and was moving west-north-west at eight miles an hour. It had moved 20 miles nearer the Georgia - South Carolina coast in three hours. The other hurricane, lisa, still was far to the south but its winds were already up to 105 miles an hour. A special bulletin on lisa 'from the San Juan Weather Bureau said the storm has been steadily increasing in size and intensity. The Leeward and Virgin islands and the north coast of Puerto Rico were continued on gale warning. The storm was 325 miles eastnortheast of San Juan, moving west - northwest at 10 miles an hour. A turn toward the northwest was indicated for later today. A hurricane watch was put into effect from the Florida line to Charleston and persons living in the area were cautioned to "be ready for quick action in case the hurricane watch is changed to hurricane warning.” Weather scientists, flying in an Air Force 852 bomber, planned another attempt at dropping a balloon-borne radio beacon into the eye of Helene today. The beacon sends out vital information about a hurricane’s behavior, and, when perfected, will save many a hazardous flight into the teeth of these roaring storms. A special morning bulletin from the Miami weather bureau said ships at sea had reported gales howling 150 to 250 miles from the coast —100 miles east of Helene's center. Early this morning however, alerted coast reported balmy, clear weather and there were no strong winds. Tides were expected to increase gradually throughout the day. Topsail Peach near Wil-* mington, N.C., reported tides one foot above normal this morning. Mrs. Harry J. Knapp Undergoes Surgery Mrs. Ruth Knapp, of 327 Stratton Way, was reported in serious condition following a colestomy operation at Parkview memorial hospital this morning. It was the second major surgery Mrs. Knapp, wife of Harry J. Knapp, has undergone in the past few years. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloud and cooler tonight ond Saturday with scattered rain likely. Low tonight in the 60s. High Saturday in the low 60s and 70s. Sunset 6:36 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 6:38 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Cloudy and cool with some showers likely. Low Saturday ight in the 50s north and 60s south. High Sunday in the 60s and low 70s.

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More Os State Areas Stay On Fast Time Revolt On Indiana Law Is Continuing By HAL W. MAERTZ United Press International INDIANAPOLIS <UPI) — A revolt against the 1957 time law by many of Indiana’s major cities appeared to be in the making today as the Sept. 28 deadline for return to “slow” time approached. Several of the state’s largest and most influential cities, led by Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, were ready to defy the law and remain on “fast” time the year around. Others, particularly in the Chicago and Louisville areas, apparently will wait until Oct. 26 to make the switch. Still others, including many of Hoosierland's major industrial centers, prepared to adhere to the dictates of the rural-dominated 1957 Legislature and return to Central Standard Time at 2 a.m. Sunday. State law decrees that Indiana follow “slow” time (CST) for seven months, beginning Sept. 28, and "fast time (CDT) for five months, beginning April 26. ‘The law was passed, after weeks of bickering in the General Assembly, in a futile attempt to bring order to the annual confusion over the time issue. In past years, a general rule -was that the eastern half of the state went along with “fast” time and the western half with “slow” time. Three Major Camps But the 1957 plan, passed over the objections of many legislators, never took hold in many areas dependent on cities like Chicago and Louisville where the time change occurs Oct. 26, the same day that New York returns to the “slow” time fold. As things stack up at the present, the cities are divided into three major camps, with no clearcut pattern established. Some favor year-round "fast” time, others want to return to “slow” time on Oct. 26, and still others favor compliance with the law which requires a return to CST on Sunday. The decision by Indianapolis city officials and business leaders to remain on “fast” time all year was expected to have a strong influence on most of central Indiana. Most surrounding communities quickly indicated their intention to follow the Capital City’s lead in defiance of state law. The same holds true for northeastern. Indiana where Fort Wayne's decision last year to remain on “fast” time dictates the pattern for surrounding areas. How They Stand Other cities and towns which indicated to Indiana State Chamber of Commerce officials that they would remain on “fast” time the year around included Angola, Bluffton, Brookville, Butler, Columbia City, Connersville, Danville, Decatur, Elkhart, Fremont, Garrett, Geneva, Goshen, Greenfield, Kendallville, LaGrange, Laketon, LaOtto, Milford, Monroeville, Nappanee, New Haven, North Manchester, Portland, St. Joe, Syracuse, Union City,’ Wabash and Zionsville. The Richmond City Council also voted in favor of all-year “fast” time, but Mayor Roland Cutter said the action is not binding and urged that clocks be moved back on Sept. 28. The Oct. 26 return to “slow" time is led by Calumet areas cities and those in the LouisvilleCincinnati areas. East Chicago, East Gary, Hammond, Gary, Crown Point, LaPorte. Michigan City, Bremen, Mishawaka, Valparaiso, South Bend, Plymouth, North Liberty and Whiting all have indicated they will make the switch next month when Chicago returns to CST. Jeffersonville, Corydon and New Albany will go along with Louisville on the same date. (Continued page eight)

Seven Newsmen I Reported Lost Near Formosa Nationalist Vessel Capsizes, Report No Americans On Board TAIPEI (UPI) — A Nationalist vessel capsized in the Formosa Stjait today during * a Quemoy convoy operation with eight Chinese and foreign correspondents aboard, the Quemoy military command announced. The announcement said only one of the newsmen was rescued. The military com m and announcement issued on Quemoy said the vessel capsized because of “rough seas and mechanical trouble.” It said a search was underway for the seven missing correspondents. The missing men were not immediately identified. But preliminary and unconfirmed reports from Quemoy said that no American correspondents were aboard. A Nationalist Defense Ministry spokesman said here tonight that the capsized vessel was an LVT Klanding vehicle tracked)—one of 18 landing barges which was ferrying supplies to Quemoy beach from an LST vessel. United Press International correspondent Charles Smith, in a dispatch from Quemoy, said the LVT capsized while attempting to come ashore from landing ships about a mile off Quemoy. In another Quemoy dispatch, UPI correspondent Norman Williams reported that the Capsized craft was loaded with ammunition. It had been announced earlier that three Nation alist ships cracked the Communist blockade of Quemoy today and unloaded badly needed supplies despite a murderous Red artillery bombardments. The Nationalist air force also claimed its second victory of the week in a battle between Sabrejets and Communist MIGI7s. The Nationalist convoy was the first to reach Quemoy since Monday. Three LSTs (landing ships tanks) lowered landing barges a rpile offshore for the run to the beach while 100 or more Sovietmade MIGs swarmed overhead but did not attack. In the new air action, the Nationalist air force claimed four of its FB6 Sabrejets battled 16 MIG 17s over the Swatow area, 120 miles south of Quemoy. The Nationalists reported that one Communist plane was shot down and another damaged. The air force said an unannounced number of F-86 Sabrejets took on 16 Soviet-built Migtcontinued on page five) Decatur 4-H Team Is County Winner Adams Central 2nd, Both To District The Decatur 4-H team and Adams Central 4-H and FFA team placed first and second in the Adams county 4-H and FFA land judging contest held Thursday in Wells county in conjunction with the Wells county contest, reports Leo N. Seltenright, county agent. These two teams will participate in the district contest in Elkhart county October 8. The Decatur team, coached by William Journay, scored 506 points. The team members were Leonard Thieme, 182 points; Fred Lehrman, 167; David Vanhorn, 157; and Rex Allison, 151. The Adams Central team, coached by Martin Watson, scored 492 points. The members were: Loren Habegger, 180; Clair Inniger, 158; Phil Gerber, 154; and a tie for alternate between Tim Ringger and Roy Mazelin, both with 151 points. The Berne team, coached by Eugene Sprunger, was third with 491 points; Monmouth, coached by Jim Woolsey, was fourth with 476 points, and Geneva, coached by Doyle Lehman, was fifth with 429 points. High individuals were as follows: Ist, Larry Schakel, 184 points, Monmouth; 2nd, Leonard Thieme, Decatur, 182; 3rd, Loren Habegger, Adams Central, 180; 4th, Fred Lehrman, Decatur, 167; sth, a tie between Jim Sipe and Gregg Liechty of Berne, 163; 7th, a tie between Ron Bulmahn, Monmouth, and Pat Raudenbush, Berne, 162; 9th, Kenny Kipfer, Berne, 159: and 10th, Clair Inniger, Adams Central, 158. The official judges were the area soil scientist and Connie Schafer and Cletus Gillmah, soil conservation service technicians from Wells and Adams counties. Also assisting with the contest was Elmer Phelps of SCS and district SCS supervisors, Ivan Huser and Herman Bulmahn.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 26, 1958

Navy’s 7th Vanguard Blasts Off In Effort At Satellite In Orbit

Local Strikes Community Fund's Delay Showing Hf Naw Antnc By Drive Cha,rman VI IlVww HUIvJ Nine co-chairmen for the community funcl drive to raise $18485 Strikes Marked By during we f k ... . ' named Thursday night by David Violence First Time E. Moore, chairman, and Ralph On Thursday Night D “ a ' DETROIT (UPI) — Widespread . T * ie drive will raise funds for local strikes in the auto industry, Vlta , De £ atur agencies, inmarked by violence for the first eluding the Boy Scouts, Girl time Thursday night, were blamed Scouts, Decatur Youth Center, today for postponement of the cancer society, the Red Cross, introduction of four lines of mental health organization, SalvaChrysler Corp. cars. ti°n Army, and the USO. A Chyrsler spokesman said the The n ine co-chairmen who will company decided three weeks ago work closely with Moore are: Carl to delay introduction of its 1959 Braun, Arthur Burris, Mrs. Lloyd Imperials, Chryslers, De Sotos Cowens, Gail Grabill, Ralph Haahd Dodges because of the “er- begger, Ted Hill, the Rev. J. O. ratic labor situation.” The spokes- Penrod, Wilbur Petrie, and Miss man said introduction of Ply- Glennys Roop. mouths also might be postponed Each co-chairman will have five and unveiling of the other four captains working under him, and lines further delayed if the situa- each captain will have five worktion does not clear up soon. ers. Each worker will contact one United Auto Workers president other person beside himself. The Walter P. Reuther, who entered names of the captains will be renegotiations With General Motors leased next Tuesday. in an effort to head off a na- Last year this system, which tional strike only four days away, provides actually for 558 solicitors, indicated he was concerned about and which is based on an industhe violence in the local strikes, .trial-business contact, rather than which idled a total of 70,170. He a very difficult house-to-house blamed the strikes on the fact the contact, was quite successful, the workers have been without con- full goal being reached. tracts with their employers for This year’s goal, Moore stated, nearly four months, but he had is just $35 more than last year's no excuse for violence in the goal. Kinks will be taken out of strikes. the system, and much duplicate Won’t Condone Violence contacting, but perhaps not all, He supported the actions taken has been eliminated. by UAW vice president Leonard Anyone who is contacted twice Woodcock, head of the union’s should report this to Moore, or GM Council, when the violence Mrs. Robert Boch, who will then was first reported Thursday night, correct the master file. Woodcock immediately sent two Each worker will be furnished top union officials to the picket with the information he needs conlines to halt the violence. cerning his contacts. Captains will “The UAW does not and will not organize their teams next week, condone violence in a strike,’ “Hard work by each of the coWoodcock warned the strikers, chairmen, captains, and workers “Violence does not solve a see the job completed within worker's problems. It only creates (Continued on page five) new and unnecessary ones.” The violence occurred at the g t Cadillac assembly plant in De-j Hicfftl’lfal \Aflpfv troit, where 7,640 workers halted ■ IIIJIUI lUul JUvIUly all production of Cadillacs byl walking off their jobs Thursday I \Af!|| |u|_-1 TllAf-rElf Pickets milled around the plant VV 111 M66l I UcSQdy peacefully until Dr. Douglas J. Wood, medical director of the p. .r ii U ee fi na plant, left after completing his HrST FOII peering work. Is Scheduled Here Cars Damaged Wood reported the windshield. The first meeting of the fall seaand two side windows of his car son of the Adams county historiwere broken and the side panel calisociety will be Held next Tueswas kicked in by pickets after he hay evening at the Lincoln school refused to open the trunk of his .j n Decatur, with Miss Frances car so they could see he was not Dugan giving a program on the carrying Cadillac parts out of the CO unty’s most famous authoress, plant. He said the pickets hurled Q ene Stratton Porter. (Continued on page eight) Thg meeting will Start promptly at 8 p.m., with a board meetAanava I ihrarian ing p receeding at 7:30 pm - n ! s VwllvVu LlUluliail necessary to hold the program in ’ the Lincoln grade school auditorI. D.. IVaIU ium because the library auditorIS l3K6n Dy U6ain ium, used in the past, is being con ' verted into the adult section of the MrS. Hazel Banta R. Durkin, president of Dies At Hospital i the society, announced that the program for the coming months Mrs. Hazel Byers Banta, 60, li- would be planned in advance at brarian at Geneva since the insti- this meeting, with the initial work tution was founded, died Thursday (j O ne by the board, and the final at the Jay county hospital at Port- approval by the group following land. Miss Dugan’s program. Mrs. Banta was a member of The public is invited to attend the Methodist church at Geneva, t he meeting, which will undoubtthe Women’s Society of Christian ediy include many relics of Mrs. Service of the church, and the Porter. A former resident of DeAmaranth lodge, Order of Eastejp C atur, Mrs. Porter was wellStar. She was a native of Ridge- known to many who lived here at ville. that time. Her books made famSurviving are three sons, Mai- ous that section of Adams county colm Banta, with whom she re- known as the Limberlost, part of sided at Geneva, Horace Banta <?f which has recently been convertLos Angeles, Calif., and Keith ed into a lake and public park Banta of Columbus, 0., and six area. grandchildren. 4 Miss Dugan, the speaker of the Funeral services will be held evening, is well acquainted with at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Geneva Mrs. Porter and her writings, havMethodist church, the Rev. Roger ing known both her and her husLautzenheiser and Dr. Robert band while they lived in Decatur Bickel officiating. Burial will be and Geneva, and being a cousin in West Lawn cemetery. Friends of the latter. may call at the Hardy & Hardy A previous meteing of the sofuneral home until 9 a.m. Safur- ciety was held in Geneva, and day, when the body will be re- well attended. The group recorded moved to the church to lie in state the description given by the lady until time of the services. The who now cares for the state-owned family announced a preferred home of Mrs. Porter, of the home, form of remembrance would be its contents, and of Mrs. Porter, donations to the library. herself.

Plans Demand For Broader Integration Special Election On School Problems In Little Rock Saturday LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UPI) — The NAACP’s chief attorney for Arkansas said today that he is going to demand even broader integration of Little Rock’s public schools if the high schools are turned into private, segregated inThe attorney, Wiley Branton of Pine Bluff, said a private corporation, operating the high schools privately, probably will not have the protection of a court-approved gradual integration plan. “Technically, we might have more integration if they were turned over to a private corporation, although personally we would hate it because of our objections to private control of schools," he said. “But the minute they (school board) relinquish control over the high schools, we are going to move against the junipr high schools because the plan has been abandoned and the high school phase is no longer under their control.” Board Is “stunned” Branton said he had not determined yet whether he will appeal a federal judge’s rejection of the NAACP’s request to forbid the Little Rock School Board to lease four closed high schools out for private operation. “I may wait until Monday, after the election.” he said. Gov. Orval E. Faubus has ordered a special election for Saturday in Little Rock on the integration question, School Board attorney Archie House said he and the board were still “stunned" by U.S. District Judge John E. Miller’s decision Thursday. “I have never been so shocked in my life, to think that a court would hand down an order, then tell you that the court cannot tell you whether or not something will be in violation of that order." Won’t Sit Back Judge Miller handed down the original Little Rock integration order. Judge Miller’s decision Thursday apparently left the door open for opening of the schools, perhaps by Monday, under Faubus' (Continued on pare elglrt} Mrs. John Kirchner Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Augusta Kirchner, a resident of Preble for the past 53 years, died at her home in that town at 2:35 o’clock Thursday afternoon. She was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., a daughter of Fred and Bertha Hornmiller - Miller, and was married to John F. Kirchner in St. Joe county, Mich., April 25, 1905. Her husband preceded her in death Aug. 31. 1955. Mrs. Kirchner was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church in this city. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Glen (Irend) Friedly of Convoy, 0., Mrs. Roger (Lorine) Bebout of Fort Waynej Miss Irma Kirchner of Preble, “and Mrs. Lloyd (June) Shackley of Decatur; one grandson, Darrell Shackley of Preble; three brothers, Carand Fred Worde'lman of Sturgis, Mich., and Will Wordelman of Three Rivers, Mich., and one Sister, Mrs. Otto Nigglie of Sturgis, Mich. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. William C. Feller 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.

Typhoon Ida Lashes Hard At Tokyo Area Early Reports List At Least 23 Killed TOKYO (UPI) — Typhoon Ida, the worst Pacific storm in 24 years, struck the Tokyo area tonight with powerful winds and torrential rain. Early incomplete reports listed at least 23 dead or missing. Nine persons were reported killed in Tokyo alone. At least two other persons were missing and 22 injured in tokyo. The typhoon — 22nd of the Pacific season — packed winds of 125 miles an hour and gusts as high as 185 miles per hour as it bore down on the Japanese coast. The typhoon lashed Tokyo with more than nine inches of rain and flooded downtown streets with knee-deep water. The rains set off landslides and caused homes to collapse. Some 195,000 houses in the Tokyo area were flooded or partly flooded. Along the coast in the Tokyo area, at least 28 fishing vessels capsized. Twelve crewmen were missing. A 7,240-ton British freighter, the Eckcliffe, was adrift in the storm tossed Tokyo Bay after reporting she had run out of fuel. A Japanese coast guard boat rushed to her rescue. The storm knocked out most public transportation in the Japanese capital. Street cars were (Continued on paste eig'lit) Republicans Open Headquarters Here Open Headquarters Saturday Evening Harry Essex, chairman of the Adams county Republican central committee, announced today that Republican headquarters for the fall election campaign will be opened at 12214 North First street Saturday night. Telephone number of the headquarters will be 3-4577. Party leaders also stated that there are now several registration officers at work throughout the county, registering voters for the November flection. Registration may be made at all auto license branches, also the city clerk’s office in Berne and the twon clerk's office in Geneva. Several of the Republican candidates are also registering voters while campaigning. All this registration is being done for the benefit of voters, party heads said, regardless of political affiliation. The county chairman also stated that the state speakers bureau is attempting to arrange a date for Lt. Gov. Crawford Parker to speak in Decatur during October. Former Berne Man Is Taken By Death Word has been received of the death of Dale Heller, 49, former Berne resident, at Marion after a long illness. Survivors include his wife, Bonita; a son, John D of Marion; his father, Courtney Heller, also of Marion; four brothers, Lloyd of Greenfield, Loren Heller of Berne, Vaughn of Indianapolis, and Truman of Louisville, Ky., and a sister, Elta, of Marion. Funeral services will, be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Shawley mortuary in Marion. Open Monday Night For Registration Richard D. Lewton, Adams county clerk, announced again today that the clerk's office will remain open Monday evenings from 5 to 9 o’clock for the registration of voters. The office will continue to be open the same hours each Monday until registration closes October 6. Transfer of voters and/or change of name of recently married voters should be registered during these hours. The office will be opened September 29 and October 6.

Three Rocket Stages Fired Successfully Attempts To Place 20-Inch Satellite Into Orbit Today BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UPI) —Two and one-half hours after a Vanguard rocket was fired off Cape Canaveral, U. S. scientists said today they had no definite information that the latest satellite had ’achieved orbit. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPl)—The Navy’s seventh Vanguard blasted off today in an attempt to place in orbit a*2o-inch satellite that could soon be giving the world the latest weather forecast including advance hurricane data. The Navy in Washington announced that all three stages of the rocket fired successfully. The Navy said “test range instruments indicate that each of the three-stage rocket’s engines were fired in proper sequence.” The slender rocket—the same Vanguard that barely escaped disaster 10 days ago after a false start—was given only a one in four chance of putting its delicately instrumentec caby moon in orbit. Navy missile men, longing for success after five failures in six Vanguard launchings, began an anxious wait for word on how their temperamental “bird” behaved. The trim Vanguard roared up at 10:39 a.m. c.d.t. into a hazy sky. It rose slowly at first, but picked up speed and thundered into a high cloud bank and disappeared about two minutes later. A wait of about two hours was expected before it would be known whether the new artificial moon had begun circling the earth. If it did go into orbit, the Navy had hopes it would revolutionize the •tricky science of weather forecasting. Success would also mean that the nation could at last point to a visible moonlet traveling in space with Russia’s starbright Sputnik 111. The Navy said the satellite would twinkle like a “fifth or sixth magnitude star," and “might be observed with a good pair of binoculars.” A spokesman said that the two .hurricanes now boiling through the Atlantic would have absolutely no effect on the Vanguard launching. The spokesman said both Helene and lisa were too far away to make any difference. The Navy said it did not expect that the new satellite would achieve an orbit as large as that of Vanguard I, which is expected ((Continued on page live) Annual Fish Fry In Decatur October 23 The rural-urban fish fry, sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, will be Oct. 13, not Oct. 16, Earl Caston, general chairman,, stated today. The Decatur Daily Democrat erroneously stated yesterday that the 10th annual fish fry would be held Oct. 16, setting off a chain reaction among committee members who were preparing the fish fry for Oct. 23, and alarming the Youth and Community Center and Decatur high school, which were both holding the Oct. 23 date open, and both of which were busy on the Oct. 16 date.

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