Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 231.

i 'if BBOWiy •‘igs i ; ftl IMF »ISbl'< • * llj JaLTIOBf M Wj \' || >f Lv ♦ |v r? 4 - >&. AIMS AT FAB EAST PEACE— At his first news conference in three weeks, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles indicates that the U. S. would urge Chiang Kai-Shek to remove his troops from Quemoy and Matsu if a dependable cease-fire agreement could be reached with tire Chinese Communists. Dulles also said he would meet with Premier Chou En-Lai if “something positive” could be achieved. but doubted the wisdom of such a meeting at this time. •

Says Governors Must Abide By Court Rulings Eisenhower Scores Southern Governors On School Problems WASHINGTON (UPD — President Eisenhower said today it is incumbent on officials of Arkansas and Virginia, along with all other Americans, to comply with Federal Court rulings on public school integration. The President told his first news conference since Aug. 27 that “any other course” but compliance with the federal courts and the re-opening of closed schools would be “fought with grave consequences to our nation.” The President also: —Said this country would continue to oppose Communist expansion in the Far East. He said that while it was debatable whether demilitarization of Quemoy after a Communist cease-fire might be negotiated, he thought that the maintainance of large Chinese Nationalist forces on Quemoy for an extended period was unwise. —Announced that the atomic submarine Seawolf had now been submerged for 54 days, going far beyond the previous record of 31 days. It is still going strong, he said, and on the way to a new record that would be hard to beat. —Said he will enter Walter Reed Army Hospital this weekend for his annual physical checkup. He 4aid he was announcing it himself because he did not want anyone to get the idea that his presence at the hospital was evidence of new illness. —Criticized apathy and complacency within the Republican Party in this election year, calling for a strong GOP effort on all levels of the party to further the moderate aims of his administration and keep government out of the gutter. —Said that at no time had he instructed anyone to request the resignation of Sherman Adams, as his assistant, although there was no doubt that others had advised Adams in strong terms to get out even weeks and months before ( Adams made his actual announcement. The President said he planned to issue publicly a table of White House staff reorganization to show plainly how issues are funneled upward to the chief executive. Eisenhower, in discussing the crisis over school integration, avoided specific reference t o school closures, pointing out that he had stated his position on this previously. He was asked whether, in the light of recent rulings, he thought public schools closed in some areas of Arkansas and Virginia should be re-opened immediately on an integrated basis without their being forced into it by the federal government. ' He said he had no recommendation on re-opening beyond the decisions of the various federal courts and his own recefit statement when he said the continu(Ccntinuea cn page five) INDIANA WEATHER Frost warning tonight. Continued cool with frost tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and a little warmer. Lows tonight in the 30s. Highs Thursday mostly in the 60s. Sunset today 5:28 p.m. c.s.t., 5,28 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Thursday 5:42 a.m. c.s.t., 6:42 a.m. s.r.t. Outlook for Friday: Fair and warmer. Lows night in 40s. Highs Friday near 70.

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Two Local Students Are Semi-Finalists Survive First Round For Scholarships Two Decatur high school students are among the 10.000 scholars from all parts of the United States who survived the first round of competition, eliminating 469,000 other young people for the 735 merit scholarships worth $5 million available in 1959. Terry Marbach and Phyllis Schmidt were among the 10,000 who outscored other students in the national merit scholarships qualifying test, the nationwide examination measuring educational development. It was given in more than 14,000 high schools last April 29. including all junior classes in Adams county. The group honored today represents slightly more than one-half of one per cent of the nation’s senior class. The semi-finalists face another rigorous three-hour exam, the scholastic aptitude test of the college entrance examination board. This test will be given in Fort Wayne on Dec. 6. About 95% of the semi-finalists will pass this hurdle and become finalists, John Stalnaker, president of the National Merit Scholarship corporation, said today. “This year our search for talent has been the most extensive we have ever conducted. Nearly onethird of the entire national senior class has been tested. The finalist group will be composed of youngsters of superb ability. Our goal is to help as many as possible, and through the help of others, I make it possible for all of them to enter college next fall. This program would not be possible without the outstanding cooperation of the nation’s secondary school administrators,” declared Stalnaker. As finalists, the students will be eligible for an estimated $5 million in scholarship awards sponsored by over 80 business and industrial organizations, professional societies, foundations, individuals and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation itself, the conductor of the annual nationwide competition. Merit Scholarship sponsors have included such nationally known names as SearsRoebuck Foundation, International Business Machines Corporation, The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Shell Companies Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Inc., National Distillers and Chemical Corporation, Pittsburgh Plate Glass foundation, Arkansas Opportunity Fund, F W. Woolworth Co., Edwin T. Meredith Foundation, The Upjohn Company, C.I.T. Foundation, Inc., the B. F. Goodrich Fund, Gulf Oil Corporation, Santa Fe Foundation. Time Incorporated, and many others. In the final phase of the competition, high school grades, extra curricular activities, school citizenship and leadership of the students will be evaluated, along with the scores on the tests. About May 1, at least 735 fortunate young people will be named the merit scholars of 1959. All finalists will receive certificates of merit attesting to their high ability; and all colleges and universities will be notified, thus enabling these students to be considered for a wide range of other scholarship awards. Each merit scholarship is a four-year award covering the four undergraduate college years, and each award carries a stipend tailored to the need of the individual winner. The stipends have been averaging about $650 a year. Minimum awards, for students who have been determined to have no financial need, are SIOO a year; (Continued on nage five)

Ike Reaffirms U.S. Stand On China Crisis Says United States Will Not Retreat In Face Os Force WASHINGTON (UPD—President Eisenhower today reaffirmed U.S. determination to oppose Communist aggression in the Far East. He said this country will not retreat in the face of force. The President told his news conference that withdrawal of Chinese Nationalist forces from Quemoy and Matsu has been considered as one possible solution to the Formosa crisis. But he said he was not sure this was the final answer on which everyone could agree. He said that he, like Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, believed Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek had been unwise in commiting such large forces on the offshore islands. The President emphasized, however, that people should not become so preoccupied with specific geographical aspects of the China crisis as to lose sight of the major danger which lay in the broad Communist threat to the entire free world. Must Avoid Retreat Eisenhower was asked twice during the conference to say whether he believed “demilitarization” of Quemoy and Matsu or 'reduction of the Nationalist forces 'there offer a possible solution of j the crisis. / He replied twice that he could ' conceive of no possible >solution which the United States and its (Allies had not considered, but that the basic issue remained to avoid retreat in the face of force. The second time he replied that if there is a cease-fire at Quemoy. there will be an opportunity to negotiate in good faith. But he was not certain that demilitarization was the final answer on which everyone could agree. Throughout the news conference questioning on the Far East crisis, the President hammered at the theme that the United States could not afford to retreat under fire at any point. He said this was the basic principle which should not be neglected because of consideration of other matters of geographical nature. The President, as Dulles had done Tuesday, referred reporters to a recent speech by Secretary(Contimied oh page three)

Many Services By Red Cross Chapter One Os Agencies In Community Fund The American Red Cross operates under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States. While this charter imposes specific duties and responsibilities upon the Red Cross, the organization receives its financial support solely from the voluntary contributions of the American people and organizations such as the Decatur Community Fund. The Adams county Red Cross chapter offers eight services to the people in this community. The services offered by Red Cross include: blood program, home service, disaster service, first aid service, watre and safety, home nursing, and Junior Red Cross. The Red Cross has helped several people in this community over the past years. §uch needy cases, as Aaron Yoder is a good example. The Red Cross contacted donors to give blood at the hospital in Indianapolis for Yoder. This type of process is called direct donation, this means when people travel to another city to give blood for special heart operations of this type. Several people have received as much as eight to 10 pints of blood for sickness and operations in Adams county. This is taken care of through the blood program. A mother and four children front Decatur received clothing, food, money, furniture, etc., during Christmas of last year after losing all of their possessions in a fire. Several such incidents have occurred in the (past. The disaster service might be explained as to the help given to flood victims in the eastern states floods in 1955, the Red Cross spent more htan $18,000,000 in aiding the victims. First aid classes are now being taught in three parts of Adams county by the local Red Cross chapter. Over 94 men from Adams county jare participating in these classes. Good citizenship and intelligent (Continaec an page five) 12 Pages

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 1,1958

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UAW, Aulo Firms Appear As Deadlocked Appear Deadlocked With GM, Chrysler On New Contracts DETROIT (UPD — The United Auto Workers Union appeared deadlocked on two fronts today in driving for contract agreements with General Motors and Chrysler. The UAW had only about 24 hours to reach an agreement with General Motors before a deadline which would send 325,000 GM workers out on strike at plants throughout the nation, There was no strike deadline in the talks between the union and Chrysler but negotiators were trying to reach an agreement there before any settlement was reached at GM. UAW president Walter P. Reuther, who left Chrysler talks for the second time, was participating in the negotiations at General Motors. A week ago he placed Chrysler on the “back burner” but returned to the smallest of the “big three” auto companies on Monday when talks at GM were recessed to allow striking GM workers to end “premature walkouts.” Reuther took part in the GM talks only briefly Tuesday and then took time off to rest up from the earlier marathon session which stretched over 23Vi hours at Chrysler. When Reuther left the Chrysler talks he expressed optimism over a quick agreement and said there was a “meeting of the minds” on the basic issues. But Chrysler vice president John D. Leary later denied any “meeting of the minds” and said progress had slipped instead of progressed after Reuther left the talks. Later in the day, however, both the union and Chrysler negotiators reported they had reached “substantial tentative agreement or most of the areas in contracts (Continue* on page live;

Ralph Stoller Dies After Long Illness Willshire Resident Dies This Morning Ralph Stetler, 61, of Willshire, 0., died at 8:30 o’clock this morning at the Van Wert county hospital. Death was attributed to complications. He had been in failing health for five years and critically ill for the past four weeks. He was born in Mercer county, 0., Aug. 16, 1897, and was a lifelong resident of that area. His wife, the former Clara Marbaugh. died in 1942. Mr. Stetler, a member of the Moose lodge in this city, was a former employe of the Decatuf General Electric plant and the Decatur Casting Co. Surviving are two brothers, Walter and Earl Stetler, both of Van Wert, and five sisters, Mrs. Rov Case, Mrs. Fred Marbaugh arid Mrs. Theodore Schumm, all of Willshire, Mrs. Amos Harman of Decatur, and Mrs. Foster Coil of Spencerville, O. One brother and one sister preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Black funeral home, the Rev Walter Sites officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday until time of the services. Pedestrian Killed By Hit-Run Vehicle MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (UPD - Arthur F. Utpatel, 61, was killed Tuesday night when he was struck by, a hit-run vehicle in a city street. There were no witnesses, police said. Utpatel’s body was dragged nearly 60 feet. He was dead on arrival at Doctors Hospital.

Historical Society Meets Last Evening Relates History Os Gene Stratton Porter The interesting story of Gene Stratton Porter, born Geneva Grace Stratton, was told the Adams county historical society Tuesday evening by Miss Frances Dugan, former dean of women in an eastern college, and a cousin of Dr. Porter. A resolution memorializing Mrs. Hazel Banta, a charter member of the Adams county historical society, was passed. Minutes of the June meeting were read. President Gerald Durkin presided, and introduced Miss Dugan. While there is a difference of opinion on the literary merits of Mrs. Porter’s books. Miss Dugan said, there is no difference of opinion on her amazing life story, which brought her as one of ten children of a Methodist preacher to an author with an audience of 50 million readers in eight or nine languages. Youngest Child Gene Stratton was the youngest child and was raised on a large farm with her nine brothers and sisters. The Hopewell farm, in Wabash county, was large and contained much virgin timber, which her father had to cut down. Gene's mother was of solid Dutch ancestry, but the .-hard frontier life and her family wore her down so that her health failed. Young Gene spent, much time in the fields and woods with her brothers and sisters, and with her father, often sleeping on his coat in a fence corner while he plowed the fields. Her passionate interest for outdoor life started early, then. When eight she surprised her family by showing them 64 bird nests which she had been watching all summer as the occupants raised their families. Even as a small child she composed her first serious peace being “An Ode to the Moon” at the age of six. Avid Reader Her father was an avid reader, and often read aloud from his collection of histories and the classics. He always took his daughter seriously, and helped her correct her poems and literary efforts, as did her husband in later years. Mrs. Stratton had a “green thumb,*’ and her garden was a constant inspiration to her daughter, who inherited her interest and ability. Always humorous, and an accomplished mimic, Gene was the life of the family circle. The family moved into the town of Wabash as Mrs. Stratton grew more sickly, and after her death the family lived with a brother of Rev. Stratton, and his wife and family. When the sister-in-law died, Gene was forced, just three months shy of graduation from high school, to withdraw and help with the family. Meets Dr. Porter Mrs. Fanny Dugan well remembers the time when she and her two cousins. Will Winch and Charles Porter, went to Rome City for a visit at the island assembly. At that time Gene Stratton was visiting a girl friend there. Dr. Porter saw her in the audience, and immediately remarked to his cousins’ about the striking girl. Cousin Will Winch then found out the girl’s name, and about her family, but it was two months before Dr. Porter had nerve enough to write to the girl. Two years of correspondence developed between Miss Stratton and Dr. Porter, much of which has been saved and published, showing the Victorian moral atmosphere in which the couple lived. Miss Stratton was horrified at the idea of a young man so txfld as to address a letter to her without proper introduction. But through the two years of friendship they found so many mutual interests that engagement and marriage followed. Dr. Porter was 36 at the time of his marriage, and Miss Stratton just 18, but she has been described as the most mature girl of 18 ever seen in this area. Welleducated, and thinking far in advance of others, she was a perfect

Red Blockade Is Cracked By Another Convoy Nationalist Guns Now Replying To Artillery Os Reds TAIPEI, Formosa (UPD— The Chinese Nationalists slammed another convoy to Quemoy through the Communist Chinese artillery blockade today, using the technique that has almost cracked the Red siege. United Press International Correspondent Robert Miller who landed on Quemoy with (he supplies of ammunition and other priority goods reported a. deadly barrage of Red shells—now answered in kind by Nationalist guns —failed to slow the operation. Nationalist landing ships protected by an umbrella of high-flying jet fighters unloaded smaller amphibious tractors—the amtracks of World War ll—three miles off the beach. Each amtrack can carry 2 l /z tons of supplies. The strengthened Chinese Nationalist artillery destroyed an unidentified Communist vessel Tuesday in one of the heaviest artillery duels of the Quemoy war. The Nationalists did not disclose their volume but said the Reds hurled more than 11,000 shells, most of them during the successful landing of new Nationalist supplies. Nationalist counter-shelling from eight-inch howitzers, landed and installed on Quemoy by U.S. Marines, have knocked out Red guns, fortifications and coastal shipping in greater numbers during the week. I* Rear Adm. Liu Hoh-tu, Defense Ministry spokesman, said thatl,until two weeks ago the Communists (Continued <«■ page six’

Nuclear Tests Are Resumed By Russia Two Explosions Are Reported By U. S. WASHINGTON (UPD—U.S. officials awaited some indication from Russia today as to whether the Soviets intended to blow up arms control negotiations with their resumption of nuclear testing. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announced Tuesday night Russia had resumed nuclear weapons tests with two explosions of "moderate to high yield” at the Soviets’ Arctic proving grounds. Detection presumably was by seismograph ic and atmospheric means. Official State Department reaction to the Russian tests was that “unless the Soviet Union holds further tests after negotiations have begun, the United States remains prepared to withhold further testing of atomic and hydrogen weapons for a period of one year from the beginning of the negotiations on Oct. 31.” Moscow announced a unilateral test suspension last March 31. But Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev later threatened Soviet resumption of nuclear testing when this country agreed to stop its weapons tests only after holding a series at its Pacific and Nevada proving grounds. The Pacific series was completed in August. The Nevada tests now are in progress. U.S. officials said they doubted Khrushchev intended to back out of the scheduled East-West Oct. 31 talks at Geneva, Switzerland, on a nuclear test ban. They said such a reversal would have resounding propaganda repercussions. Rather, these sources said, Russia was expected to defend its test resumption on the ground the United States and Britain had taken advantage of the Soviet unilateral suspension by continuing tests. • Officials were quick to point out Russia had announced its suspension only after completing an extensive winter series.

Tension In UN On China Crisis Eases U.S. Pronouncements Easing U. N. Tension UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPD —U. S. policy pronouncements indicating willingness to negotiate a cease-fire and Nationalist withdrawal from the offshore islands decreased United Nations tension over the China crisis today. Pronouncements by President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, coupled with the continuation of the Warsaw ambassadorial talks between the United States and Red China, gave rise to renewed hope a peaceful solution might be found. In addition, delegates studied a suggestion by Prince Wan Waithayakon of Thailand, former assembly president, that Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold might be enlisted as a conciliator. Drawing equal attention was a suggestion by Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange that a “balanced group” of small nations be entrusted to seek a peaceful way out of the crisis. Nationalist Chinese sources were cool to both proposals, which were made Tuesday in the General Assembly. They pointed instead to Nationalist Chinese Ambassador Tingfu F. Tsiang’s pledge the Quemoy and Matsu islands would not be used for an invasion of the mainland. Tsiang also said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s forces envisioned invasion only if help were asked from the mainland in a Hungarian-type people’s revolt. They saw no inconsistency between Dulles’ reappraised policy as set forth in a news conference and the line followed by the Formosa government. One source said Nationalist China probably would be willing to withdraw a considerable part of its offshore garrisons now because the United States had equipped Chiang’s artillerymen with eight - inch howitzers which matched the fire - power of the Communist shore batteries.

Temperature Drops To Near Freezing Coldest Readings Os Season In Stare United Press International Early-rising Hoosiers scraped ice off the windshields of their cars today as the mercury fell within a whisker of freezing and all-time records for Oct. 1. Brisk weather greeted Indiana residents as October arrived. The lowest temperature recorded in a daily check of six well-scattered cities was 33 degrees at Lafayette, one degree above freezing. Indianapolis and Fort Wayne recorded 34, South Bend and Goshen 35 and Evansville 38. The readings were the coldest of the season. The Indianapolis Weather Bureau reported “some thin ice on rooftops and parked aircraft” at Weir Crook Municipal Airport shortly before sunrise. Motorists found dew frozen on windshileds, even in Southern Indiana. The 34 reading at Indianapolis was within two degrees of the alltime record for the date. Another cold night was in store. Forecasts called for lows tonight in the 30s throughout the state. A slow warmup was due Thursday. Temperatures stayed in the 50s at high points Tuesday throughout the state except the far south, where Evansville had a top of 62. Light rain fell during the day at most stations. Today’s highs will range in the 50s despite sunny skies. Top temperatures Thursday will be in the 60s, and the outlook for Friday was “fair and warmer.” The five-day outlook called for temperatures to average 7 to 10 degrees below normal through next Monday, with a slight warming trend Thursday and Friday to be followed by cooling Saturday and throughout the remainder of the period. No precipitation of consequence was expected.

Spahn Opposes Ford In Duel Os Southpaws Braves And Yankees Open 1958 Series In Sunny, Cool Weather UPI Sports Editor MILWAUKEE (UPD—The Milwaukee Braves called on Warren Spahn, their 22-game winner, to oppose Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees in the first game of the World Series today. It was a clear, sunny day, but the temperature was around the 50-degree mark and there was a 13-mile in hour wind. It was comfortable on the playing field, but topcoats were the order of the day for the 47,000 fans who jammed County Stadium for this duel of southpaws. Manager Fred Haney of the National League champions made one last minute lineup change, sending the veteran Andy Pafko to Centerfield instead of Felix Mantilla. “Andy is an old hand at World Series play and I wanted to get all the experience I can in mj* lineup,” Haney explained. He had said Tuesday that he would go with Mantilla because the regular centerfielder, Bill Bruton, has a bad knee. Besides, Bruton bats left handed and Haney wanted to get as much right handed hitting power as he could muster into his lineup. Howard in Cleanup Spot The Braves will have two lefthanded hitters besides Spahn, third baseman Eddie Mathews and leftfielder Wes Covington. Covington has been slowed up by a leg injury, but he was one of the hitting stars of last year's Braves’ triumph and Haney wanted, him in the batting order. Like the Braves, the Yankees, too, will have three left - handed hitters —Fora, catcher Yogi Berra, and shortstop Tony Kubek. playing before his home town friends. Manager Casey Stengel had toyed with the idea of catening Elston Howard, a right-handed hitter, instead of Berra, but decided against it. However, he put Howard in leftfield in place of the left-handed hitting Norm Siebern and put him in the cleanup spot in the batting order. There was a sharp contrast between the two ball clubs today and a year ago. Then the Yankees were free and loose and the Braves tight and jittery. But today the Braves appeared confident, talking it up throughout their batting drill. The Yankees, on the other hand, said little and went about their business with grim determination. But they did- • n’t have that cocky air of opening day a year ago. “Just Another Game” Haney held a brief club house meeting before the Braves took their hitting drill. ‘I didn't give them any pep talk,” he said. “We just went over the regular things as we do before every game during the season.” At the end of the meeting he went up to Spahn, patted him on the back, and said: "Remember, this is just another ball game.” There weren't more than 5.000 spectators in the park when the Yankees concluded their batting practice, but the fans were starting to stream in and outside the stadium, scalpers were asking as high as SSO for a $lO box seat. (Continued on page six)

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