Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 250, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 250.

—r- vr . — F —-- , ~~ 7 I■ . ' _. -a ill - £ -Bfidii E , jL, 4 JPWjC •M«NHbuJ BE' »Js* ’fll r 4 jutatai Bw-. '*S9**' Jr" ISfi •. MID-AIR JET-AIRLINER CRASH KILLS 31— Rescue workers and Italian Air Force officials inspect the wing of a British European Airways plane, sheared off over famed World War II Anzio battleground by an Italian military jet plane in a mid-air crash which killed 31 aboard the airliner. The military pilot, Capt. Giovanni Savorelli parachuted into the Mediterranean and was saved. All aboard the BEA craft died.

Link Defenses Os Islands To Formosa Itself Joint Communique Issued Today After Dulles-Chiang Talks TAIPEI, Formosa (UP I) —The United States and Nationalist China today linked the defense of the offshore islands with the defense of Formosa itself and expressed hope for the peaceful liberation of the Communist-held Chinese mainland. A joint communique issued at the end of three days of talks between Secretary of State John Foster Dolles and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek reaffirmed the solidarity of the two nations in the face of renewed Communist aggression — the new bombardment of Quemoy. The communique took no note of repeated rumors of a rift between Dulles and Chiang — officially denied by spokesmen of both sides — and attacked the Communists for breaking the Formosa Strait cease - fire and turning the Dulles - Chiang talks from peace to possible war. Discuss “Military Aspects’* The three days of conferences “dealt largely with military aspects’’ because the Communists broke the cease - fire on the eve of the conference with a heavy bombardment of Quemoy, the communique said. The bombardment continued today almost •without letup. The statement said it had been hoped that the Chiang - Dulles conversations “could have been given to measures which would have contributed to stabilizing the actua. r tuation of non-mili-tancy.” The jf't communique made these other points: —“The two governments reaffirmed their solidarity in the face of the new Chinese Communist aggression now manifesting itself in the bombardment of the Quemoy s.” —“lt was recognized that under present conditions the defense of the Quempys together with the Mateus is closely related with the defense of Taiwan (Formosa) and the" Pescadores.’’ Recognizes Free China “The two governments took note of the fact the Chinese Communists with the backing of the Soviet Union avowedly seek to conquer Taiwan, to eliminate free China and to expel the United States to abandon its collective security arrangements with the free countries of that area. This policy cannot possible succeed.” —“The United States recognizes the Republic of China is the authentic spokesman for free China and of the hopes and aspirations entertained by, the great mass of Chinese people.” “The government of the Republic of China considers that reiOcutlnued on page five) INDIANA WEATHER Generally fair and cooler tonight. Friday partly cloudy and a little cooler extreme north, fair and not much temperature change south and central. Low tonight 37 to 42. High Friday around 60 extreme north to around 70 extreme south. Sunset today 4:55-p. m. CST., 5:55 p. m. CDT. Sunrise Friday 6:05 a. m. Outlook for Saturday:'Fair and a little warmer. Lows in the 40s, highs 60s north to. 70s south. jo

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY - ■ > - • - -------- - - ■ - ... . . . - —ShJi—A. ... .... — — ... , -

Army Opposes Any Scientist Transfers Opposes Takeover By Civilian Agency WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Association of the U.S. Army was on record today in opposition to any transfer of Army missile scientists to the new civilian space agency. The association's annual meeting, attended by 2,700 civilian and military supporters of the Army, called on President Eisenhower in a resolution to thwart the proposed takeover by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Other resolutions adopted Wednesday included a demand that the Army be enlarged from the present strength of less than 900,000 men to at least one million, and that the Army be provided with its own fleet of troop transport planes. Two top Army generals sharply condemned the controversial missile transfer proposal at a news conference late Wednesday in connection with the association meeting. Both Lt. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau and Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris said such a transfer would interfere with the “momentum” of America’s satellite and other space work. Eisenhower told a news conference last week he would make the final decision on what research teams and facilities are transferred to NASA. This may come at the Oct. 28 meeting of the U.S. Space Council, of which Elsenhower is chairman. The exact form of the NASA has not been disclosed officially. But it was understood NASA chief T. Keith Glennan told Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucfter he would like to take over 2,100 German-led scientists and technicians and their laboratories at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville, Ala. Glennan also was said to have proposed taking over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of California Institute of Technology at Pasadena which now does satellite and missile work for Huntsville. However, Glennan was understood to have toned down his proposals in a recent letter to Defense Secretary Neil H. McElrcv. {Continued on page six) Fish Fry Tickets At Door This Evening Chamber of Commerce officials announced this morning that a limited number of fcCKets are available for the annual rural-urban fish fry, which will be held at the Decatur high school gym this evening, with serving scheduled to start at 6:30 o’clock. Persons desiring to attend the fish fry and ceremonies crowning the county’s Soybean Queen and King may purchase tickets at the door. Six Airmen Killed In Crash Wednesday NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. (UPI) —The Air Force opened an investigation today into the crash' of a..C47 transport plane that killed six airmen near hpre Wednesday. Preliminary reports indicated the twin-engine plane en route from the Perrish Air Force Base near Sherman, Tex., to the Olmsted Air Force Base ,at hearby Middletown missed clearing the top of a fog-shroulded ridge by only 10 or 20 feet. It hit some trees and cut a wide swath before crashing and burning in a gully. “ 1

French Offer Safe Conduct To Algerians Offer Rebel Group Safe Conduct For Negotiating Peace PARIS (UPl)—Premier Charles de Gaulle offered safe conduct today to any Algerian rebel group that wants to come to Paris to negotiate peace. The move was the farthest yet De Gaulle has gone in his public statements aimed at laying the basis for a peaceful settlement of the bloody and costly Algerian rebellion against France that will be 4 years old on Nov. 1. At his first news conference since he came to power this summer, De Gaulle also: —Announced that “France will soon have her own atomic bomb.” —Refused to lend his name to any political party in France on the Nov. 23 and Nov. 30 parliamentary elections. Calling on the rebels to lay down their arms. De Gaulle promised to discuss Algeria’s future freely with rebel delegates in Paris. “If tomorrow delegates were designated to come here to settle the end of hostilities, they would have only to contact our embassies in Tunis and Rabat, which would assure their transportation. “Their total security would be guaranteed. It also guarantees their safe departure from Paris.” De Gaulle's statement appeared to indicate that he is willing to go halfway to meet the rebel demand for negotiations. Up until now. De Gaulle and previous French governments had refused any sort of arrangement with the rebels, except military cease-fire agreements among local commanders. French troops were trying for two smashing military victories in Algeria to give weight to his words while at home the Communists were seeking alliances with the Socialists and Radicals in an effort to embarrass him. The Communists said they would favor alliances with the Socialists and Radicals and “republicans who have not capitulated before the show of force in Algiers.” Observers said the move could embarrass the Socialists since De Gaulle is reported planning to use them as the basis of his new government. Socialit leader Guy Mollet, tipped as new premier under De Gaulle, would be severely embarrassed by Communist support. The time appeared npe for some sort of Algerian settlement. The war has been frozen for four years in uncompromising combat between the Algerian Nationalists and the French army but it was suddenly thawing. At the United Nations, Mohammed Yazid, information minister for the Algerian “government in exile,” said his group was ready (Continued on page two) Late Bulletins WASHINGTON (UPI) -The State Department today announced that Cuban rebels have released two American • ofl company employes who were kidnaped last Monday. CAMBRIDGE. Mass. (UPI) —Two masked gunmen robbed a branch bank of between $85,000 and $90,000 today after slugging two employes and tieing up six other persons.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 23, 1958

13th American Effort At Launching Satellite Is Ended In Failure

Living Costs Are Reported As Unchanged 2nd Straight Month Index Is Unchanged; Earnings Increased WASHINGTON (UPI) — Living costs remained unchanged between August and September, the government said today. It also reported that earnings of the average factory worker hit new record highs last month. The Labor Department’s consumer price index remained at 123.7 per cent of average 1947-59 prices in September. It was the second month in a row in which the index failed to rise after a steady two-year climb. Ewan Clague, labor statistics commissioner, predicted the index would stabilize over the next six months and would not resume its rapid upward movement. The department reported that the average factory worker, with three dependents received a record $77.25 a week in pay after reductions for federal taxes. Some Wages Increase Buying power of these wages, Clague said, rose 1 per cent because of the stability in prices across the nation. About 900,000 railroad workers will receive a 1-cent hourly pay increase because of the rise in the index over the past six months. Another 450,000 electrical and aircraft workers whose wages are tied to the index on a quarterly basis will not receive any wage boost because there was no index change from August to September. The department said the factory worker’s buying power has creased 5 per cent since the low point of the recession last April. This reflected a longer work week, higher hourly earnings, and relatively stable price levels, the department said. The earnings after taxes were about 65 cents a week higher than in August and about SI.BO higher than in September a year jgo. Sharp reductions in food prices and lower costs for personal care and r ecreation offset higher prices for fall clothing, medical ucntinueo on page fivt 40 Hours Devotion Opens Here Friday Solemn Closing Os Devotions Sunday The annual Forty Hours devotion for members of St. Mary’s Catholic church will be held this week end, with the solemn closing Sunday evening. The devotions will open Friday morning, with masses at 5:45, 7 and 8 o’clock, with the 8 o’clock service a high mass, with exposition of the blessed sacrament and a procession. Saturday masses will be at the same, hours, with exposition before the 5:45 service, and a high mass for peace at the 8 o’clock service. The regular schedule of masses will be followed Sunday, at 6, 7:3d. 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30. Exposition of the blessed sacrament will be held before the 6 o’clock mass, and the 10:30 rites will be a high mass of reposition. , Holy hours will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 2:30 to 3:30 o’clock. Evening devotions will be held Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 o’clock, and solemn closing of the Forty Hours devotion will be held at 7:30 p m. Sunday. General intention of the devotions is prayers for peace and order among all nations. Confessions will be heard Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons from 2:30 to 5 o’clock, this evening from 7 to 8:30 o’clock, and Friday and Saturday following the evening services.

Hartke, Handley Exchange Attacks Handley Speaks At Teacher Convention United Press International Governor Handley sought the support of Indiana’s school teachers and administrators today in his campaign for U.S. senator while his Democratic opponent, Vance Hartke, carried his attack on Handley into the 3rd District. Handley spoke at the opening session of the Indiana State Teachers Association’s annual convention. Hartke shuffled between LaPorte, South Bend and Elkhart. * Ordinarily, governors appear at the ISTA opening sessions for a Sew brief words of welcome. But this time, the teachers invited Handley and told him, in effect, to forget about a welcome speech. He was expected to talk off the ■cuff and bring in the matter of politics, a chief interest these days in his down-to-the-wire battle with the Evansville mayor for Sen. William Jenner's seat in Washington. Hartke said at a breakfast meeting in LaPorte, which is Handley’s hometown, it is his firm intention to see that Handley is governor for the two remaining years of his term. “For this I have been called a constitutional Democrat,” Hartke said. “In fact, quite a number of constitutional Republicans have joined me in this effort.” Hartke then told his audience the answer to the problems now confronting Indiana and the natio lies in leadership. He said the people have not found it in either the Statehouse or the White House, which have subjected Hoosiers to “a tirade of meaningless scare words .. .in an effort to sweep the real issues and (Continued on page live) Investigate Crash Os Airliner, Jet American Heiress Is One Os Victims ANZIO, Italy (UPI) — British and Italian air experts today began an investigation of “the crash that shouldn’t have happened"— the collision of a British airliner and an Italian jet fighter which killed 31 persons over this World War II beachhead. The 26 passengers killed in the crash included an American heiress and the Briton who had been her husband for less than 24 hours. * The collision, in broad daylight and crystal-clear weather, touched off an immediate controversy. The Italian air force charged that the airliner was off course, while British airline agents argued that it was well within the charted London-to-Naples airlane. <- Eleven Italian investigators, led by air force Gen. Domenico Ludovico, met here this morning to try to determine the cause of the crash. Britain was represented by Anthony Milward, president of the Nationalized British European Airways Corporation. The condition of the wreckage indicated that that the U. S.made FB4 fighter ripped into the side of the BEA turboprop Viscount, exploding its pressurized cabin and killing all of its 31 passengers and crewmen. The air force pilot's parachute saved him from death, but he was critically injured. He told interrogators in a hospital in nearby Nettuno that “I don't know what happened.” Victims of the crash included Mr. and Mrs. Desmond Cubitt, an American heiress and her British bridegroom of a day. Mrs. Cubitt was the former Diana Muckermah. of New York City, a granddaughter of the late publisher Bemarr MacFadden. The Cubitts were married Tuesday in London’s fashionable St. James Church. They were headed for an Italian honeymoon when the collision snuffed out their lives.

Nuclear Test Shot Series Is Expanded Three Nuclear Test Shots Wednesday In Span Os Few Hours ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nev. (UPl)—The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, apparently keeping a close count of the current Russian atomic test shots, has again expanded its nuclear test series. The series’ 13th shot was scheduled for today to be followed by the 14th shot Friday. There were indications that as many as 18 nuclear devices would be detonated before a proposed deadline on nuclear testing Oct. 31. The AEC, which originally said the series would include only 10 shots, Wednesday held three tests within the unprecedented short span of 10 hours and 10 minutes. The shots were all exploded while suspended from balloons. The AEC last week announced the current series had been increased to include 13 shots and then shortly after Wednesday’s third shot—and word that Russia had held its 12th shot in its current series—the AEC again indicated the series would be expanded. The first shot held Wednesday, dubbed Socorro, exploded at 8:30 a.m. c.d.t. with a force equal to about 10,000 tons of TNT. Its bright flash was visible from Los Angeles 300 miles away, and its blast was heard as far away as St. George, Utah, about 110 mile. The heat wave from the device which packed a wallop half the size of the bomb which demolished Hiroshima was clearly felt by reporters 11 miles away. Socorro was followed in three hours by Wrangell which also had an explosive force of 10,000 tons of TNT and like Socorro was exploded as it dangled from a balloon 1,500 feet above the desert floor. The final shot of the day codenamed Rushmore flared at 6:40 p.m. c.d.t. and was a "baby” shot with a force of between 1,000 and 2,000 tons of TNT. A shot dubbed Stanford was set to be exploded from a balloon today at 6 p.m. c.d.t It was scheduled to be followed Friday by a device named Mazama. Seven Compete For Miss Soybean Queen To Name Queen At Fish Fry Tonight The two final names were released today by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce for the competition of the soybean queen that was held this afternoon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center and announced tonight at the fish fry, E. E. Rydell, general chairman, said today. The two latest candidates are: Miss Janice Badenhop, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Badenhop, of Decatur, and a senior at Decatur high school, who gave singing as her talent; Miss Linda Jackson, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sephus Jackson, also of Decatur, and a senior at Decatur high school, who will play the piano. The total of girls competing for the crown of soybean queen for 1958 is seven. The names of the other five girls were listed earlier. The fish fry is to start at 6:30 o’clock at the Decatur high school. The crowning of the queen will be held later in the evening at DHS to close the 10th annual event sponsored each year by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Judging of the grain show and of the soybean exhibit was held this morning and afternoon with the competition starting at 9 o’clock at the youth center. The soybean king will also be announced tonight at the finale of the fish fry. i

More Indictments Returned At Albion Continue Probe Os Shortage In Funds ALBION, Ind. (UPI) — Three more indictments were returned Wednesday by a Noble County grand jury which is investigating reports of a shortage of perhaps $1,300,000 in the records of a credit union whose manager was fired last month. The indictments were handed to Judge Kenneth A. King in circuit court late in the afternoon. Bench warrants were prepared but not picked up for service by Sheriff Charles Haase before the Courthouse closed for the day. Pending arrest of the person or persons named in the indictments, names were not revealed. But observers speculated the new charges may be additional ones against Arnold G. Hobbs, 32, manager, director and secretarytreasurer of the Noble County Credit Union for 10 years until he was ousted Sept. 13 by his fellow directors. Hobbs was indicted Monday on a charge of embezzling $5,000 from the institution. Auditors hired by the board continued checking Hobbs’ books over a 10-year period and apparently had not arrived at a total figure tor the alleged shortage, which reliable informants placed last week at $200,000 to $1,300,000. The grand jurors were expected to recess for the rest of this week and to resume the investigation early hext week. In Indianapolis, , Joe McCord, director of the Indiana State Department of Financial Institutions, said the setup uder which the credit union operated “was a little unusual.” He said most of the 147 state-chartered credit unions operate on a limited basis for the benefit of employes of a single company or organization, “The Noble County Credit (Continued on page five) Nobel Literature Prize To Russian Boris Pasternak Is Named By Academy STOCKHOLM, Sweden (UPI)— Boris Pasternak, a Soviet writer whose best-known novel is banned in Russia, won the $41,250 Nobel Prize for literature today. The Swedish Academy of Literature cited Pasternak for his “important achievements in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the Great Russian epic tradition.” The citation made no mention of the Soviet ban on his bestselling novel, “Dr. Zhivago.” It is uncertain whether he will be able to come here to receive his prize Dec. 10. The literature award is the first of this year's prizes to be announced. Prize winners in chemistry, physics and medicine will be announced next week, while will be named later. Pasternak is the first resident of Russia who has ever won the the peace prize winer—if any—literature prize. Ivan Bunin, the only other Russian to receive the award, was living in Paris when he won it in 1933. “Dr. Zhivago,” a novel describing nearly four decades of Russian life, was an immediate success when it was published in Italy. It has since appeared in 18 countries outside the Iron Curtain, but it appears unlikely that readers in the Communist world will have a chance to read it. A few instalments of the Pasternak masterpiece appeared serially in the Soviet monthly Znamya, but publication was halted abruptly when the Kremlin decided to ban the book. Although Pasternak has lived in Russia all his life, he has usually kept aloof from the changing tides of politics which have affected the work of his contemporaries,. Most of his writing is characterized by a combination of gentle lyricism and strong mysticism.

Army Attempt At Launching Balloon Fails Some Difficulty In Upper Stages Os Vehicle Blamed CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPD—America’s 13th attempt to launch a satellite ended in failure early today because of “some difficulty with the upper stages” of its launching vehicle. The Army disclosed it gave up hope that the “Beacon” balloon satellite had orbited only two hours and 40 minutes after its Jupiter-C. launcher blasted off late Wednesday night. Brig. Gen. John A. Barclay, commander of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency at Huntsville, Ala., said there was “some difficulty with the upper stages” of the launching vehicle, but “we haven’t determined precisely what went wrong.” Dr. Jack Froehlich of the Jet Propulsion Laboratories at the California Institute of Technology said that the transmitter in the payload “started giving abnormal signals after about 110 seconds, but we don’t know whether this was caused by difficulties in the transmitter or the rocket." Third Unsuccessful Try It was the 12th satellite launching attempt since the first Navy Vanguard blew up just off the launching pad last Dec. 7, and the try proved bitterly unlucky. If the gleaming inflatable balloon had gone into orbit, Americans would have been able to point to a manmade moon that rivaled in brilliance “the stars of the Big Dipper.” But the n o vel experiment, aimed at gathering information on the density of the earth’s atmosphere at more than 400 miles up, apparently ended in failure. It was the third satellite-launching attempt in a row that did not make the grade. It also was a blow to the Army’s prestige and to that of the Jupiter-C, which had a record of three successful Explorer satellite launching in five tries. The Army has described the rocket as its “old reliable,” but it let its makers down Wednesday night. At first the Army and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), under whose auspices the experiment was held, said only that radio contact had been lost with the rocket 10 seconds before the second-stage was to fire. Performance “Not Normal” In a statement issued 50 minutes after the rocket streaked up, project officials said it was “unknown. . .whether or not an orbit will be achieved.” The statement said visual observation would be needed to determine whether Beacon had started circling the earth. But two and one - half hours later, the Army said radio signals from the instrument package in the satellite casing showed the Jupiter-C’s performance was “not, normal,” and that it was “practically certain" the experiment was not successful and an orbit was not achieved.” The Army would not comment further. But it appeared any of a number of things could have gone wrong. One of the Jupiter-C s upper stages may have failed to ignite. The fourth stage may have (Continued on page six) Pittsburgh Hotel Strike Is Settled PITTSBURGH (UPD —Management of five major Pittsburgh hotels rushed plans today to resume full operations after settlement of a 22-day strike by 2,300 employes. In a secret ballot vote Wednesday, the workers agreed by a two to one margin to return to work. They accepted a management offer of pay increases and other benefits in a three-year contract. ’c'T" ' '

Six Cents