Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 252, Decatur, Adams County, 25 October 1958 — Page 1

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f Ojp : ; - \ 5 B’ ‘ • ■>. ' MINE TRAGEDY—ABOVE GROUND— Anxiety, resignation and despair are etched on the faces of those keeping vigil at the entrance to the Springhill, Nova Scotia mine of the Cumberland Coal and Railway Company where an earthshift entombed 174 men. Os those in the mine when the disaster occurred 83 are still below ground. It was the third disaster in the area 75 miles east of Halifax in the Cobequid Hills, 39 having died in an explosion two years ago and 125 having perished in a blast in 1891.

Rescue Teams Continue To Seek Miners No Indication Any Os Trapped Miners Are Still Living SPRINGHILL, N.S. (yPll—Poisonous ges, rotkfalls and lack of air in the Springhill mine hampered rescue teams today as they worked around-the-clock despite official reports there was “no indication’ the 83 miners trapped since 7:10 p.m. Thursday were alive. Two more bodies were’ recovered from the Cumberland Railway and Coal Company mine Friday night, bringing to 10 the number of known dead in the cave-in, which was caused by a “bump,’ or earthquake-like jolt felt as far as 14 miles away. A total of 79 miners were brought out alive, and 15 of them were injured. Harold Gordon, general manager of the Dominion Steel “ and Coal Company’s colliery operations, (the Springhill company is a Dosco subsidiary!, told reporters early today there was “a remote, a very remote possibility some men may be alive.” Encounter Gas Gordon, who learned mine rescue work in his youth, spent 23 hours in the mine directing operations Friday. When he emerged for the second time at 1 am., e.s.t., today he told waiting newsmen the gas ' problem was still serious, with the draegermen (mine rescue workers) encountering blocks of gas on their slow job of making a path through the The rescue teams had already . (Lan’.b'je on page six) Exchange Student's Father Died Sunday Felix Friederici, 55, father of German exchange student Peter Friederici, died suddenly last Sunday of a heart attack at his home in Wiesbaden, Germany, it was learned here this week. Peter, a senior at Decatur high school and “son” for the year of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Petrie, received the news by letter from his mother and from a California exchange student staying in his home. They did not want him to come home, and lose his opportunity of studying for a year in America. Mr. Friederici was born August 31, 1903, at Wiesbaden, and is survived by his wife, Edith, and two daughters, Christi and Carin. Funeral services were held Thursday. Peter arrived in this country August 10, and started to Decatur high school this fall. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cool tonight. Sunday mostly fair f with little change In temperature. Low tonight in low 40s. High Sunday near 60. Outlook for Monday: Generally fair and a little warmer.

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Three Women Killed By Berserk Farmer Ex-Convict Killed By Sheriffs' Bullets LINCOLNTON, N. C. (UPD — An ex-convict tenant farmer went on a berserk rampage Friday, killed three women and wounded four other persons. He died, his body riddled by sheriffs’ bullets, eight hours after his reign of terror began. Leroy Cook, 28, described as “just plain mean,” was cornered Friday night by sheriff’s deputies. He was able to fire one blast from his shotgun, which wounded Sheriff Frank Heavener. Then, said Deputy Grady Fisk, Cook “died in a blaze of gunfire. It looked like a small war. I could never say which shot hit him first There were a lot of them’ The grim search for Cook began Friday morning after he shot and killed his wife, Rachel, 22, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Jeannette Cook, at his farm home. As he was fleeing, Cook chanced upon Mr. and Mrs. George Smith and their daughter, Marjorie, 16. Cook shot and killed Mrs. Smith and wounded the daughter while Smith stood by in helpless horror. By this time Cleveland County Prison Guard Joe Godley and an unidentified Negro trusty had picked up Cook’s trail with bloodhounds. They cornered hirh but Cook turned and shot Godley in the side, wounding him slightly. The Negro trusty had to leave Godley behind. He was later credited with much of the success in cornering Cook the second time at a lumber plant about 11 miles from Lincolnton. For an hour and a half officers waited. Then, moving in from all sides, they blasted away at Cook. The single blast, from his shotgun sent pellets into Heavener’s head, chest and leg and pellets also struck Deputy J. D. Williams in the hand and shoulder. Heavener was hospitalized for observation but Williams and (Continued on page six) Public Invited To Hospital Dedication The public is invited to attend the opening of the new $600,000 addition to the Adams county memorial hospital at 2 p.m. Sunday, the board of trustees announced today. A tent will be set up alongside the building to house the group, and a speaker’s platform will be erected. Special tribute was paid by the board to Mrs. Roy Kalver and Wendell Macklin for the work they did in organizing and planning support for the new addition. Wendell Macklin canvassed the county with a petition in support of the addition, and Mrs. Kalver was in charge of the city campaign. Local representatives went door to door over a large part of the area. Petitions bearing the names of 4,195 property owners in the county were submitted to the county, commissioners. No remonstrance was filed.

Archbishop Os Detroit Dies In Rome Today Cardinal Mooney Dies Suddenly On Eve Os Conclave ROME (UPD—Edward Cardinal Mooney, archbishop of Detroit, died here today. First reports said that death was caused by a heart attack. Mooney, 76, yvas at the North American College. A church source said he died at 2:50 p’. m. 48:50 a.m. CDT) as he was about to take a nap before going to the Vatican for the start of the conclave that will select a new pope. Cardinal Mooney was the second “prince of the church” to die since Pope Pius XII died Oct. 9. Celso Cardinal Costantini died Oct. 17. Cardinal Mooney’s death reduced the Sacred College of Cardinals to 53. It left only two American cardinals, Francis Cardinal Spillman, Archbishop of New York and James Cardinal Mclntyre of Los Angeles. Cardinal Mooney was listed as the senior Roman Catholic cardinal in the United States in the 1958 Official Catholic Directory. He was the second American cardinal to die this year. Samuel Cardinal Stritch, archbishop of Chicago, died of a stroke in Rome last May 27 following amputation of an arm because of a circulatory ailment. Cardinal Mooney was born in Mt. Savage, Md., on May 9, 1882. He was ordained April 10, 1909 and consecrated a bishop Jan. 31, 1926. He was installed as archbishop of Detroit on Aug. 3, 1937. The late Pope Pius XII handed him the red hat of a cardinal at the February, 1946, consistory. Cardinal Mooney appeared to be in good health this morning when he attneded the mass of the Holy Spirit with 47 other cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica. The mass was to invoke divine inspiration in the selection of a new pope. But church sources said Cardinal Mooney had had a heart condition for some time. He suffered a stroke in April, 1946, soon after retlurning home from a visit to Rome. Conclave Opens VATICAN CITY (UPD — T h e age-old ritual of electing a new pope began today when 52 cardinals prayed at the “Mass of the Holy Spirit” for guidance in their choice of a new leader for the ..Continued cb page three) Hartke And Jenner Exchange Attacks Dominate Political Scene In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (UPD —Evansville Mayor Vance Hartke and retiring Sen. William E. Jenner dominated the political scene today. Hartke, who is running for Jenner’s seat, and Jenner, who is plugging hard for Governor Handley's senatorial hopes, have been assailing each other’s political views in speeches around the state for the past three days. Hartke told a Richmond audience today that Hoosier children aren’t the only ones masquerading for Halloween. He said the Republicans “also are dressing up in costumes and raising goblins, ghosts and bogeymen. They’re trying to fool the people with tricks into giving them treats on election day,” he said. Hartke said, “the Handley machine seems to hate people. One of its favorite bogeymen is to cry Socialism about anything that might help people.” He criticized Handley for refusing to take advantage of federal programs jdesigned to aid retarded children and the construction of hospitals and libraries. “This," Hartke said, “is under the guise of states’ rights ... It is a cover-up, a cruel Halloween hoax to deny these services for the needy. “If we are truly interested in states’ rights,” he asked, “why does Indiana not substitute its own programs for these people?” Jenner told GOP faithful at Anderson Friday night that a vote for Vance Hartke for senator would be a vote for “bigger deficits, more foreign give -a ways, more federal interference with our schools, our cities and our industries.” Jenner, in the second of seven , scheduled campaign appearances. , said the Federal Education Bill, ; the Area Redevelopment Bill and “new foreign give-aways” are 1 iConUnued en page six)

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 25, 1958

Shattering Explosion Rips Business Section Os Ottawa Early Today

- ■ ■ i. .y British Plane Crashes Into Detroit Area 20 Homes Or Shops Destroyed, Damaged By Crash On Friday DETROIT (UPD — Authorities searched for clues today to the cause of a British jet bomber’s plunge into a heavily populated area Friday. Six Royal Air Force crewmen were presumed dead. Two residents were injured. At least 20 homes and shops were destroyed or damaged. Ironically, the RAF bomber had been on a good will mission to the United States. It was carrying a message from the mayor of Lincoln, England, to Mayor Bennett S. Martin of Lincoln, Neb. Police and coastguardsmen searched all night and into the morning for remains of the airmen, blown to bits by three explosions. Sections of at least two bodies were recovered. The delta - wing plane trailed smoke and flames through rainy skies, clipped the tops of trees apd, ’ x.e,off the roofs of two houses before hurtling through a third frame home. Nothing but scattered debris remained of three two-story homes. Two others were gutted beyond repair and at least 15 additional homes and small businesses were damaged by fire and debris. Roofs and windows were smashed on a dozen cars and flying debris shattered windows of buildings three blocks from the wreck. The pilot apparently tried to crash his jet in the Detroit River. Molten metal from the diving jCt landed atop Marine Hospital. A witness said the jet appeared headed “right at the hospital” when it veered toward a canal. The plane plunged through the home of the Ivan Kay family, but the Kays were not at home. Motor Vehicle Tax Distribution Made Decatur And County To Receive Checks INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—The office of the state auditor today mailed to Indiana cities and counties $511,372,111 as their share of motor vehicle taxes during the July-September quarter. The total of $24,195,980 collected during the quarter was $676,399 lower than collections for the corresponding quarter last year. Gasoline taxes, which form the bulk of the distribution, were down $677,693 from the $27,436,788 collected during the third quarter of 1957. Os the $24,195,980 collected, 53 per cent of $12,823,869 went to the State Highway Department. Thir-ty-two per cent, or $7,742,714 went to counties and 15 per cent, or $3,629,397 went to cities and towns. Distribution by counties: Adams $66,538, Allen 217,937, Bartholomew 79,202, Blackford 34,551, Cass 101,674, Olairk 78,178, Cointon 78,417, DaviesS 75,983, DeKalb 69,954, Decatur 58,843, Delaware 137,863, Dubois 83,049, Elkhart 147,663, Fayette 43,579, Floyd 46,612, Fulton 69,712, Gibson 93,335, Hamilton 83,851, Hancock 62,82,795 Huntington 70,291, Jackson 79,529, Jasper 78016, Jay 66,788. Jefferson 59,707 Johnson 62,856, Knox, 107, 533, Kosciuski, 115,128, LaGrange 63,148, Lake 288.519, La Porte 129,367, Lawrence 78,233, Madison 150,326, Marion 440,614. Marshall 83.943, Miami 75,080, Monroe 91,458, Morgan, 67,794, Noble 79,757, Owen 56,842, Perry 68,519, Posey 70, 235, Putnam 70,451, Randolph 79,909, St. Joseph 217454, Shelby 75,867, Starke 69,139, Steuben 58,224, Sullivan 73,768, Tippecanoe 101,030, Tipton 51,(Continuad on page five)

Strauss Appointed To Cabinet Position Named Successor To Weeks In Commerce WASHINGTON (UPD — Lewis J. Strauss was keeping his own counsel today on what plans, if any, he has to give new direction to administration fiscal policies as secretary ot commerce. But those close to Strauss said they expect him to "make his presence known” in much the same forthright way he did as Atomic Energy Commission chairman. «.* His atomic policies made him a prime object of criticism from some quarters of Congress. President Eisenhower on Friday appointed Strauss, 62, to succeed Sinclair Weeks as commerce secretary on or before Nov. 10. Weeks resigned for business and family reaon. The appointment must be confirmed by the Senate. There was no immediate indication whether Strauss’ appointment would be contested there. Senator Surprised Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (DN. M.), one of Strauss’ most outspoken critics when he was AEC chairman, refused to comment on the appointment when contacted in Albuquerque; N. M. Sen. George Smathers (D-Fla.), »member of the Commerce Committee, expressed surprise at the appointment, called Strauss a “splendid gentleman who is most knowledgeable” in the atomic field, but said he was “at a loss to understand how he fits into the secretary of commerce position.” Strauss, however, was not without credentials for his new position. He was associated with the New York investment house of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. from 1919 to 1946, became a financial counsellor to the Rockefeller family in 1950, and has served as director of many corporations and institutions. Won’t Wear Label Friends say Strauss refuses to wear a label as either an economic conservative or liberal. He was quoted as having said: “I believe in the system of competitive free enterprise. If that’s conservative, then I’m conservative. I believe in government regulation of business. If that’s liberal, then I’m a liberal.” The Commerce Department’s principal function is to keep tabs cm the health of domestic business (Continued on paxe five) To Withhold Fire Every Other Day China Communists Announce New Plan TAIPEI (UPD — The Communist Chinese today announced a policy of withholding their fire from the airfield, wharves, beaches and ships on Quemoy Inland on even dates of the month. The plan to harass the Nationalist held offshore island only every other day was announced by the Red Chinese Peiping radio in a broadcast monitored in Tokyo. It came as Chinese shore guns were carrying out a light bombardment of the island. The intensity of the Communist artillery assault fell off sharply on this rainy national holiday, marking the 13th anniversary of Formosa’s return to China after 50 years of Japanese rule. The Nationalists claimed their counter fire during the past four days destroyed 51 Communist shore guns opposite Quemoy, a near-record during the past two months of hostilities in the Formosa Strait. Eight Red guns were knocked out Friday, the Nationalists said. Highly accurate eight inch howitzers and additional 155 millimeter guns have been moved to the Quemoys in recent weeks, riving the offshore islands the “increased and Improved firepower” promised by the United States.

Last Os ILS. Combat Troops Leave Lebanpn l / " < ... * v-- -- Troop Departure In Lebanson Today [ BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPD — The ; last of the U. S. combat troops who landed here in July left by ship and plane today, leaving be- , hind a handful of civil affairs officers to settle final claims. Most of the American “rear guard” left at 9 a. m. in a sixship convoy led by the amphibious force flagship Pocono, com- [ mand ship of the operation. Brig. . Gen. David S. Gray and the staff of the 24th Airborne Brigade left by air half an hour later. Maj. Gen. Paul Adams, commander of the ground forces in the landing, left by air with his staff at noon, leaving behind two dozen officers, unarmed and wearing civilian clothes, to settle the last details. The American departure went virtually unnoticed in Beirut, i Neither of the city’s two major foreign language dailies mentioner it on their front pages. < A few housewives, hanging out clothes on rooftops near the wa- ■ terfront, waved as the convoy ! carrying the 3rd Battalion of the 1 6th Marine Regiment steamed ■ slowly out to ,sea. The departure of the convoy 1 left Beirut Harbor completely ' free of U. S. warships for the first time since July 15, when American soldiers and Marines landed to protect Lebanon’s pro- ; western government against pos1 In all, the United States sent about 14,400 servicemen in response to an appeal from President Camille Chamoun, who has , since been voted out of office. Nine American soldiers were killed while the U. S. forces were here, but most of the deaths were accidental. Only one was killed by what may have been enemy fire. The troop withdrawal began some weeks ago. Erwin F. Fuelling Heads Farm Bureau County Farm Bureau In Annual Meeting The election of officers for 1959 was held by the Adams county Farm Bureau association at the annual meeting and membership drive held at the Adams Central high school gym Friday night at 7:30 o'clock. The results of the election and the new officers are: chairman, Erwin F. Fuelling; vice chairman, Ben Gerke; secretary and treasurer, Carlton C. Steiner; Farm Bureau women's leader, Mrs. Ed Gerbers; assistant women’s leader, Mrs. Orval Neuenschwander; and Mrs. Claude Dennison, pet and hobby leader. t > Harvey Lehman, the 1958 chairman, gave the opening remarks to the estimated 250 guests. The invocation was led by the Rev. A. E. Burk, retired Methodist minister. Several numbers by the Starlites, of Ossian, were then presented to the group. The election of officers was then held, followed by a selection by Eli Schwartz and Jay Sprunger. Hifi records of the National Anthem were then presented to the county schools by Mrs. Ed Gerbers, Adams county Farm Bureau women’s leader. Ken Todd, of Jonesboro, then addressed and discussed farm problems with the attending guests. The election results were then presented to the guests and refreshments were served, with Mrs. Ed Gerbers in charge. NOON EDITION

Students Parade In Washington Today March Staged For Integrated Schools WASHINGTON (UPD — Negro and white students from throughout the country parade down Constitution Avenue today in a "youth march for integrated schools.” A spokesman for sponsors of the demonstration said about 6,000 students from the fourth grade through college were expected to participate in the afternoon parade. The parade route ran about nine blocks from 15th Street to the Lincoln Memorial. Speakers listed for a rally at the memorial included Lillian Smith, a white author; Mrs. Daisy Bates, president of the Arkansas branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and several of the parading students. Attempts to get an appointment for a representative delegation of the students with Presiden Eisenhower or a White House aide were unsuccessful as of late Friday. However, the spokesman said there wouldn’t be any protest demonstration directed at the White House. He said the primary purpose of the march was to mobilize public opinion for integration. In addition to Miss Smith and Mrs. Bates, its chief sponsors included: Jackie Robinson, former big league Negro baseball player; the Rev. Martin Luther King, leader in the Negro boycott of Montgomery, Ala., buses three years ago; Negro singer Harry Belafonte, and the Rev. Kilmer Meyers, white rector of New York’s Trinity Church Chapel. College students in the march, a spokesman said, will include delegations from Harvard, Yale, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (Continued on page five) 59 Americans Are Removed From Cuba Evacuated In Face Os Kidnap Threats HAVANA (UPD — The attack transport Kleinsmith arrives early today at the big U. S. naval base in Guantanamo with 59 men, women and children from the U. S. government's rebel-threat-ened nickel plant at Nicaro. A U. S. Embassy spokesman said the Kleinsmith’s emergency passenger, mostly American but including two Chileans, a Canadian and an Argentine, were "all in good shape.” Virtually all the non-Cubans employed at the plant boarded the transport, but five Americans volunteered to remain. They were Mr. and Mrs. Sherman A. White, Carl T. Linderholm, William G. Wendt and Arthur B. Courtney. The Whites and Courtney are employes of the Nicaro processing Corporation, which operates the plant. Wendt works for the Cuban Nickel Company, and Linderholm is an official of the government’s General Services Administration. Their reason for remaining was not disclosed. The Kleinsmith lay off Nicaro for 16 ‘ hours Friday before its launches had brought off the last of those who chose to leave. The aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt stood by while the launches plied between ship and shore. The carrier’s official mission was "to provide helicopter airlift if needed,” but there was little doubt its presence was a grim warning to the rebels not to attempt any interference with the Kleinsmith’s mission. The U. S. Government apparently ordered the withdrawal of non-Cuban workers from the plant, left defenseless by the withdrawal of loyal troops from the area, because of the possibility the rebels might tty to kidnap them.

Early Reports Claim Several Dead In Blast Four-Block Area In Canadian City Is Ripped By Blast ' OTTAWA, Ont. (UPD—A shattering explosion ripped through 1 the capital’s downtown business • section today, smash in g two buildings and battering store fronts, windows and sidewalks in ’ a broad four-block area. The blast, of unknown origin, shook the area at 7:20 a.m. c.d.t. ' It was felt in a 10-mile radius ; around the city. ■ Early unconfirmed reports said ‘ several persons were killed. One ambulance driver said he ’ personally knew of 21 persons taken to hospitals. He said many ■ of them had been blown from sidewalks through shattered storefronts by the force of the blast. Ambulances screamed through the downtown area, searching out the injured. For most of them it was a matter only of minutes before they had picked up victims and headed for hospitals. All available firemen and police ' were called to the scene. Tie fire - ' department sent out an urgent call for all off-duty men to report 1 immediately. An auto showroom and an adjoining building all but disappeared in the explosion. A huge , pile of broken stone, wood and glass remained. First unconfirmed reports said the blast came from the boiler room of the old Jackson Building at the corner of Bank and Slater streets. The front of the building, used almost entirely’ by federal government departments, was all but blown away. A part of the roof hung limply. Most of the building’s large working population was at home, since Saturday is not a working day. Much of the shopping area was shattered. Mannequins hung grotesquely out of broken shop display windows. Tie pavement was almost ankle deep in broken glass. Ottawa police, reinforced by Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel, had a two-fold battle : on their hands to keep paths clear . ’ for firemen and other rescue 1 operators, and to prevent looting. k ■ — I Vincennes Market r ■ Is Robbed Friday Two Very Nervous Men Stage Holdup VINCENNES, Ind. (UPD —Two “very nervous” bandits armed with automatic pistols held ups an outlying supermarket jammed with pay-day customers nine minutes before closing time Friday night and vanished with SBOO. Police said their getaway method was not known. A customer, James White, 34, Vincennes was shot in the left arm with a ,45-caliber automatic, police said. White was treated and released at a local hospital. The second bandit was armed with a .32-caliber pistol. The supermarket butcher tele- ' phoned police! shortly after the gunmen burst into the store shoutJ ing," All right, this is a stick-up.” ; Poli** were speeding to the scene ! wtMe the robbery was still in pro- ' gress. ’ s Witnesses said the men were dressed identically in dark green • jackets and fatigue trousers. They f were masked with bandages made • of gauze and adhesive tape. k. , . i Police said the men appeared to . be "very nervous” and talked • loudly all the time they were in ' the store.

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