Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 21 October 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 248.

W — T ~” ’”7l .jsLITTLE ROCK SENIORS REGISTER— Some of more than 400 white senior High School students register for school under the aegis of the Little Rock Private School Corp., on Monday, with classes scheduled to begin on Tuesday. Little Rock’s four public schools have been closed for eight weeks, never having opened this term because of integration crises. They will attend in a leased building that formerly housed tht U. of Arkansas Graduate School.

Eisenhower In Sharp Attack On Democrats First Major Speech On Cross-Country Tour Monday Night LOS ANGELES (UPD — President Eisenhower today mounted a new attack on the Democrats, accusing them of everything from economic pocket-picking to being politically nutty. The Chief Executive, as he carried the Republican congressional campaign up the West Coast north to San Francisco, seemed through his choice of unusually tough words, that Vice President Richard M. Nixon had the right idea in letting the opposition have it with both barrels. Not since his own 1956 re-elec-tion campaign had Eisenhower employed such harsh labels for his political opposition as he did here Monday night irt the first major speech of his’ current cross-country tour. He said the Democrats were suffering from “political schizophrenia. ” He said they were dominated by “left-wing, . .radicals” given to “demogogic excess.” Asks Financial Help Furthermore, he told an audience of 6,700 GOP precinct workers — and the state Republican campaign slate — that unless they put more effort and money into the current campaign, the Democrats would be unchecked in “pursuing economic and political goals at odds with American tradition." “The opposition record is one of ever higher taxes —of dollars worth fifty cents —of sky-high prices —of an economy harassed into producing fewer jobs, chronic unemployment, labor strife and fear of the future,” he said. “If you don’t want that kind of government dgain, work for a Republican victory.” Calls For Harmony Eisenhower did his best in personal contacts and in his speech to smooth relations between Sen. William F. Knowland, runnnig for governor, and Gov. Goodwin J. Knight, seeking Knowland’s vacated Senate seat. Both candidates applauded when the President said, “let’s have no more family bickering.” but there was no sign of a working KnowlandKnight alliance coming out of Eisenhower's two days in California. Both Knowland and Knight, along with Rep. Pat Hillings, the GOP candidate for state attorney general, were to accompany the President to San Francisco today for two GOP meetings. Knowland introduced the President Monday night. It was Knight’s turn today. INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness tonight and Wednesday with chance of occasional light showers late tonight or Wednesday. A little warmer east and south portions tonight. Turning cooler west and north Wednesday. Low tonight mostly in the 50s. High Wednesday 66 to 74. Sunset today 4:58 p. n>- CST., 5:58 p. m. CDT. Sunrise Wednesday 6:02 a. m. CST., 7:02 a. m. CDT. Outlook for Thursday: Mostly cloudy and cooler with showers likely. Lows in the 50s. Highs 55 to 65.

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Government Backs Gas Rate Methods Ask Supreme Court To Retain Methods WASHINGTON (UPD — The government asked the Supreme Court today not to overturn present natural gas rate-making methods which it said protect consumers from price - gouging while permitting expanded service. U. S. Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin said no alternative procedures could give equally satisfactory results. The court set three hours Monday and today for arguments in the highly complex case which could mean refunds of many millions of dollars by pipeline companies to their customers. Before starting the week’s argument schedule the justices Monday disposed of a batch of appeals ‘ including one from a lower court order that Negroes may use the facilities of the New Orleans city . park. The high court affirmed the . order permitting Negroes to use the park. In other actions Monday the court: —Granted a hearing to three Ohioans, Talmadge Raley, Joseph Stern and Emmett Calvin, convicted of contempt for refusing to answer questions six years ago in Cincinnati, Ohio, by the State UnAmerican Activities Commission. —Agreed to decide whether a city health officer without a warrant may i n s,p ec t a private dwelling over objections of the occupant. The case came from Baltimore. Md., where Aaron D. Frank denied entry to a health inspector who was called on to check on a report of rats in the neighborhood. "7. —Refused to review a court of claims decision denying $8,899,547 in excise tax to the Ford Motor Co. as rebates for repairs and replacements,, .under auto sales warranties. Field Marshal Takes Power In Thailand Bloodless Coup In Thailand On Monday BANGKOK, Thailand, (UPD— Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, who seized power in Thailand in a bloodless coup d’etat Monday night, today began a roundup of ’the Communists who he says threaten the nation’s security. More than 100 police patrols fanned out across the city seeking suspected Reds. At least 100 persons, many of them Chinese, were picked up on charges of Communist subversion. The prisoners included members of parliament, leftist politicians and newsmen. The new military group also banned all political parties and forbade all meetings of any kind. The roundup followed Monday’s seizure of power by Sarit’s Revolutionary Party, which charges that Communist subversion had become a threat to the nation. The field marshal, who had been supreme commander of the armed forces, declared martial law, scrapped the constitution and dissolved the national assembly. He announced over Radio Thailand that his revolutionary party will rule the country until further notice. The coup came six hours after Premier Thanom Kittikachorn had resigned, declaring that he (Continued on pa<e five)

Fish Fry And Grain Show In City Thursday ( Annual Rural-Urban Fish Fry Is Climax Os Events Os Day The annual rural-urban fish fry will be held Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock at the Decatur high school with the highlight of the evening centered on the crowning of the soybean queen and her court, Earl Caston, chairman for the event, said today. The crowning of the queen and her court will close the annual pvent at the Decatur high school, held each year and sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. The selection of the queen and the court will be held in the afternoon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, but Will not be announced until the evening ceremonies at the high school. A soybean king will be named for the award given to the grand champion for his entry in the soybean grain show. G. P- Walker, extension agronomist from Purdue University, will judge the entries. The king will also be chosen in the afternoon but wm not be announced until at the close of the ceremonies. Myra Hatter, of Roanoke, the recently named Junior Miss Indiana, will crown the queen and will also be one of the three judges. The other judges named earlier by Joe Kaehr, chairman in charge of the judges, are: Jack Gray, a TV personality from WKJG. and Mrs. Ron Ross, whose husband is from radio station WOWO. Three more names were released for the competition of the 1958 soybean queen today by E. E. Rydell, chairman of the queen entries. They are: Bobbi Lou Butler, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Butler, of Decatur, and a student at Decatur high school. Miss Butler will sing and twirl for her talent; Sue Merriman, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Merriman, of route three, Decatur, Miss Merman gave her talent as a monologue. She is a student at Monmouth high school. The third name released today is Annette Thomas, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas, of route one, Monroe. Miss Thomas will give a dramatic reading, and is a senior at Adarqs Central high school. First prize of $lO, second $5, and third $3 will be awarded for the three best entries of one-peck of soybeans consisting of either Blackhawk, Monroe, Hawkeye, Harosoy, or Lincoln varieties, exhibited at the Decatur youth and community center for the grain show. Judging and placing of ribbons on grain entries of corn, soy(Continued on page five) Film Op History To County Schools First Os Series To All County Schools The first of an historical series of colored film strips on Indiana history, for school use, will be distributed in Adams county to every school, thanks to the First State Bank of Decatur, the First Bank of Berne, the Bank of Geneva, the local Tri Kappa sorority, the Adams' county historical society, the Decatur and Beene Chambers of Commerce, and the Panhandle Eastern company. The first strip, “The Ice Age in Indiana,” will be shown on the program of the Adams county historical society next Tuesday night at 8 o’clock at the Lincoln school. The film is the result of planning by the Council for Local History, Inc., of which Dr. Robert Kohne, of Lafayette, is a vice president. By 1966, the 150th year celebration of the entry of Indiana into the union, the council hopes to have films in all the schools of the state. Adams county is one of the first in the state to receive the films. This film will be distributed in 30 other counties at this time. The 44-inch, 35-millimeter film strip consists of 40 frames, showing the advance and retreat of the ice over Indiana in cartoon form. A total of 35 water-color paintings of ™p§, landscapes and cartoons have been reproduced on the film for projection. Each illustration bears a number and caption. These are repeated in the teacher’s manual which accompanies each film. The teacher or reader follows each number in the manual, explaining the film COovtinued on page five)

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 21, 1958.

Dulles, Chiang Confer On Formosa Situation; Reds Resume Shelling J—! —1 :

r ; Candidates In : State Step Up I ■ Election Drive r Hartke And Handley | Assail Each Other In Renewed Vigor United Press International Governor Handley and Mayor i Vance Hartke assailed each other ■ with renewed vigor today as they ; carried their Indiana campaign for the U.S. Senate to new battle- > fields in a speed-up of voter- . wooing activities. [ Hartke sailed into the 2nd Dis- . trict in the first stage of a final [ flurry of speeches which will find ! him in a different district each . day for 11 days. He was at Lafay- , ette this morning for breakfast , and at Delphi, Flora and Munti- ( cello later in the day. Handley hit Shelbyville and Columbus in his latest swing. I Other candidates and party /orators were busy, too. ’ At Lafavette. Hartke accused Handley of “dishonesty and bad ’ faith” in swearing to uphold the Indiana Constitution, then violat- ’ ing a clause which says a gover- ’ nor shall not be eligible for any ’ other office during the term for ‘ which he was elected. “My Promises Sacred” • “Breaking the promise to up--1 hold the constitution is the most t basic of all the promises the govl ernor has broken,” Hartke said. : “My promises are sacred to me. I I have kept the promises upon , which I campaigned in Evansi ville.” Hartke said these promises “range from lowering taxes and 1 paving more streets to building of : swimming pools and elimination f of vice and corruption.” But Handley said at Shelbyville that this wasn’t so. “Evansville's streets need’ reI pair badly,” he said. “But about ! the only work which has been . done in that city has been paid for from the $838,853 which Evansville received from the state as its share of gasoline taxes." Handley said Hartke “as usual failed to keep his word” and did not put up any funds for a flood wall or new throughway. At Reynolds Monday night, Lt. Gov. Crawford Parker said Indiana Democrats apparently regard their platform “as nothing but a scrap of paper which may be de(Continued on page five) Sharon Bebout Is Crowned As Queen Pleasant Mills PTA Auction Last Night Sharon Bebout, a member of the junior class at Pleasant Mills high school and daughter of Thurman Bebout, was crowned queen of Pleasant Mills last night at the PTA auction at the school. Miss Bebout edged out three other contestants representing the senior, sophomore and freshman j classes to win the competition. , Votes were based on the amount . of contributions the workers for each girl raised for the PTA. . The girls raised a total of $372, J and the auction lifted the total to S7BO raised. Each class chose its contestant two weeks ago and since then ( members of the classes have been hard at work to raise contributions ! for their queen contestants. Announcement of the winner was , made at the auction Monday night. Tracy Turner organized the auction, and all of the contestants re- . ceived gifts for entering the con- , tests and were given corsages. Other entrants were Miss Judy I Williamson, of the senior class, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis , Williamson; Miss Louise Currie, of the sophomore class, daughter of . Mr. and Mrs. Everett Currie; and , Miss Beverly Myers, of the freshman class, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Myers.

Convict Killed In State Prison BlastFellow Inmate Is Burned Critically MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. <UPD — A convicted murderer was killed late Monday and a fellow inmate was burned critically when a "sharp, violent explosion" tore out the side of a boiler house at the Indiana State Prison and covered them with red-hot ashes. • Dead under a pile of bricks, ■ mortar and ashes, was Edgar Harr ris, a Negro, whose 30th birthday i anniversary was Monday. He was • sentenced to life from Madison - county Dec. 5, 1952. for seconddegree murder in the fatal stab- ■ bing of William Hibler. I In critical condition in the I prison hospital with second and i third-degree burns was William ■' Sandage, 33, a parole violator from : Perry County. ■ Harris was standing under the ash hopper and Sandage was in a I truck parked tinder it. Mess hall guard Tom Owens said he was on duty when he "heard a low rumble and felt the ground shake.” ; "After I got outside there was ! a sharp violent explosion in the ’ silo holding the ashes," Owens , said. Sandage In Truck Sandage was in the truck. Owens, other guards and prison- ' ers went to help the unconscious man. It took 15 minutes for the men to clear away s the truck and pull out Sandage. Owens and other men sustained first and seconddegree burns on their hands in the hot ashes. The truck burst into flames and fire hoses had to be used to extin- ■ guish them. • Harris was lost under the debris. Men worked far into the night trying to dig his body from the ashes which “were still hot (Continued on five) Schools To Close Thursday, Friday Teachers To Attend Annual Conventions Delegates and alternates for the Indiana state teachers association were announced today by Gail Grabill, Adams county school superintendent. . • The persons representing the county schools as delegates are: John Rosier, Monmouth; Margaret Kuhn, Adams Central; and Harold Long. Geneva. The alternates are: Bernice VanMatre, Geneva; Brice Smith, Monmouth; and Elmer Ehrsam, Adams Central. The teachers who will represent Decatur school 1 system are: Floyd Reed and Robert Doan. Ray Leh- ’ man was named as the alternate. 1 The above named teachers will 1 attend the convention that is to be held in Indianapolis to represent ' the schools in Adams county for the organizing of the 1959 program. Most of the teachers in this com- ' munity will attend the festivities 1 in Fort Wayne. More than 32,000 school teachers, principals and superintendents will attend the 105th annual convention of the ISTA Thursday and Friday at five regional centers throughout ' the state. The five cities acting as hosts for the teachers are. Fort Wayne, South Bend. Evansville, Indianapolis and Gary. Workshops and panel sessions on latest teaching methods, displays of instructional equipment and aids, general sessions on school finance, science education in Indiana, and other school problems will highlight the two-day convention. Public schools throughout the state will be closed all day Thursday and Friday to permit teachers and school administrators to attend their professional meetings. The Decatur Catholic schools and. the Lutheran schools of the city and county will also be closed Thursday and Friday for similar institutes in Fort Wayne.

Classes Are Organized At Little Rock Initial Attempt At Private Schools To White Pupils Only LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UPI) —A teacher went to the back door of what used to" be the University of Arkansas Graduate School today and told nearly 300 white high school senior students to come on in. Thus started the first attempt of the Little Rock Private School Corp, to provide private, segregated classes with public contributions for Little Rock's white high school students. Herschel Goodman, a member of the Private School Corp., said classes will organize today and school will let out early. He said regular classes will start Wednesday. Goodman told newsmen that they won't be allowed on the school ground and asked them not to interview any studentss. Idle Several Weeks Nearly 300 students were registered, but W. C. Brashears, superintendent of schools for the corporation, declined to say exactly how many. “A few more" will register today. Negro leoders discussed an allout assault on private school plans which would “save the public school system” for both races. More than 3,000 high school students have been idle for the past . seven weeks because the four high schools have never opened. Gov. . Orval Faubus kept the schools ' closed to keep them from being integrated. He blames the federal , government for keeping them closed. Negro leaders, meanwhile turned thumbs down on proposals to start their own private schools. “It would put the Negro in the position of supporting private schools and supporting segregation,” said L. C. Bates, publisherhusband of the president of the Arkansas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Consider Court Action ' His wife and NAACP attorneys 1 had been working over the week 1 (Continued on page five) Noble County Jury Votes Indictment Hears Witnesses In Fund Shortage 1 ALBION, Ind. (UPI) —A Noble ' County grand jury returned a secret indictment Monday after 1 hearing two witnesses in an in- ' vestigation of reports of a huge shortage of funds in the Noble County Credit Union. The indictment was returned in late afternoon but the person or ; persons named in it were not arrested immediately. Witnesses appearing before the jury after it opened a probe Monday morning were Darwin Freck, Huntertown, an accountant with a firm which has been auditing the institution's books, and Fay E. Parr, who has been serving as acting manager of the credit union since Arnold G. Hobbs, 32, was fired last month. Reliable sources indicated last week that the shortage may amount to as much as $1,300,000. Mail Overseas Gifts By November 20 WASHINGTON (UPl)—Families of servicemen overseas should do their Christmas gift mailing by Nov. 20 to assure delivery at foreign posts by Dec. 25. A Defense Department statement also urged that packages be securely wrapped in cartons of wood, metal, or double faced corrugated fiber board.

Oppose Sales Tax On Manufacturers i GOP Dismayed By Weeks' Suggestion , WASHINGTON (UPl)—Treasury officials and the chairman of the Republican National Congressional Committee today rejected Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks’ plea for a national sales. tax on manufacturers. They asserted that the adminij stration will not recommend such r f legislation despite Weeks’ announ- t , cement that he will try to sell f the President on the idea. f Weeks told reporters last Satur- ; day that he will urge the ad- < . ministration to include in its leg- ; I islative proposals next January a board uniform excise tax levied 1 at the factory. He said federal j " revenue is too dependent on the j : income tax which falls off 1 sharply in times of economic re- ( " cession. , Speaks For Himself 1 Weeks emphasized he was j * speaking only for himself. Never- j ■ theless, the wide publicity given < his statement in the closing weeks t I of the congressional election cam- ( ’ paign caAed some dismay among t GOP campaign strategists. They < feared voters might tend to as- { sociate Republican congressional i * candidates with Weeks' advocacy r of a new, and unpopular tax. { Rep. Richard M. Simpson (R- j ’ Pa.), chairman of the Republican ■ National Congressional Committee. took the lead in publicy re- j - pudiating Weeks’ proposal. < ; “I have been assured by of- < : ficials in the Treasury Department that the administration is | . not contemplating any recom- j t mendation to the Congress for the j ! enactment of a new broadly based ; excise tax as recently mentioned , s by Commerce Secretary Sinclair . Weeks,” Simpson said. 1 Doubts Consideration < i This was confirmed by a United Press International reporter in : e private talks with top Treasury s officials. “We have no intention of ree commending such a tax and B haven’t even been considering it.” _ one official said. “You’ll note that ■ . Weeks said he was speaking for ‘ e himself — well, he sure was!” I Simpson, a key member of the ] t tax - writing House Ways & i Means Committee, went on to say , that in the absence of a recommendation from the administra- i 5 tion he doubted that Congress , C would even "consider" such j sweeping changes in federal ex- < cise taxes. ' Various proposals for a uniform j excise tax on manufacturers have j bed) advocated for many years, but have never generated any t enthusiasm in the Treasury of , Congress. ; Joe Kohne Elected 1 1 ' As Vice President Named By National ; , Catholic Rural Youth ; Joe Kohne, of near Decatur, son ] ' of Mr. and Mrs. William Kohne, ] and a graduate of Decatur Catho- i : lie high school, was elected vice < ' president of the national Catholic ‘ rural youth organization at its con--1 ference in Fort Wayne Sunday eveJ ning. More than 170 delegates from ll- ‘ linois, Ohio, Kentucky, lowa, Min- ! nesota, Missouri, and North and ' South Dakota made the meeting i the largest ever held with the na- , tional Catholic rural life conference. Lectures, panel discussions, and business sessions held Sat- * urday and Sunday before the election. Kohne was one of six delegates from the Fort Wayne dio- ■ cese. Large groups of youth from > the Decatur church also attended r the youth meetings in addition to t the official representatives. Dr. Lawrence Biever, a 4-H spe- . cialist from Chicago, spoke on ; youth opportunities. Dr. Biever ; stressed the need for advance preI paration for a rural career, and other careers that are possible.

Hold Lengthy Discussion On Quemoy Islands Assume Discussion On Resumption Os U.S. Navy Convoys TAIPEI, Formosa (UPI)— Secretary of State John Foster- Dulles and President Chian Kai-shek met for 2'/z hours today. A spokesman for Dulles said it was logical to assume they discussed resumption of U.S. naval convoys for Nationalist ships supplying the Quemoys. As they started the first of three days of talks on the Formosa Strait crisis, the Nationalist Defense Ministry reported that the Red Chinese had opened another artillery bombardment of offshot'e Islands. The ministry said the Communists poured a total of 3,313, shells into the Quemoys on this second day of renewed bombardment of the Quemoys after 15 days of quiet. Joseph Greene, special assistant to Dulles, briefed newsmen at the end of the opening discussions at Chiang’ mountaintop re t)r ea t near Taipei. He said he was not present at the talks, but was filled in afterwards. Not Twisting Arm Questioned whether Dulles proposed offshore island troop reduction, which Chiang opposes, Green said: “Mr. Dulles is not out here to twist anyone’s arm, apply any pressure or heat. That sort of thing is not compartible with the mutual trust and confidence which governs our relations.” Asked if the question of the United States resuming its naval escort of Nationalist supply ships to Quemoy was considered Greene replied: “I would imagine that matter was encompassed in the general review of the military situation." Nationalist government spokesman Sampson Shen issued this statement after today’s meeting: ‘“The tWo sides made a preliminary exchange of views on problems of mutual interest. The meetings will be resumed tomorrow.” Dulles came here to discuss with Chiang and other leaders ways to strengthen U.S.-National-ist Chinese relationships. On this score, Greene told reporters that “the keynote of the talks was set in what Dulles said upon arrival in Taipei this morning.” This referred to Dulles’ statement that “our consultations are not aimed at reaching any new agreement.” “We hope through re-examina-tion further to consolidate a relationship of mutual trust and confidence which is of immense value to all of the free world,” Dulles said. Plan Another Meeting The newsmen questioned Greene on whether Dulles’ 10-minute telephone conversation Monday after th Communists initially broke their own self-imposed cease-fire had affected the secretary’s approach to Chiang. Dulles called the President in Denver during a stopover in Fairbanks, Alaska, Continued on page five' C. C. Nominating Committee Listed The nominating committee for the new board of directors of the Decatur chamber of Commerce was announced today by. Fred KoIter, executive secretary for the Chamber of Commerce. The committee consists of Wilbur Petrie, chairman. Bill Lose Jr., Al Beavers, Dan Tyndall, and Wayne Price. The committee will select the five nominees which consist of two men from the retail division, two from the professional and service division, and one from the industrial division. The names of these five men will be presented to the board in November with the election in December. The, 1959 officers will be elected in January ol next year.

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