Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 267

SAFE (?) At HOME— Jordan’s King Hussein (left) is greeted by a loyal follower as he returns to Amman after his European vaca-tion-bound plane was intercepted by MIGs bearing UAR markings. The action by Syrian planes rallied Jordanians to their monarch’s support.

East Germany Eases Threats On West Berlin Leaders Back Down On Earlier Threats To Take Over City BERLIN (UPD — East German Premier Otto Grotewohl and Foreign Minister Lothar Bolz backed down today on their threats to take over isolated Western Berlin. The two Communist officials, faced by Western determination to hold the city by force, made conciliatory statements today which contrasted sharply with earlier Red statements. Grotewohl, in one of his rare news conferences, denounced as “sensational” Western reports that Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev planned to turn over four power occupation rights to East Germany. He said the main point of Khrushchev’s speech was not Berlin but the demand that Ger-' many be given a peace treaty. Bolz even sidetracked an opportunity to assert that the East Germans will take over control of West Berlin’s lifelines to West Germany through the Soviet Zone Bolz was asked if the East Ger-man-Soviet agreement under which the Soviets retain the right to pass Western Allied traffic to Berlin would be revised or annulled. He replied, “If changes are necessary they will be followed in a general settlement.” Grotewohl holds a news conference once a year at the most, and when today’s was announced it was thought he might announce officially nullification of the city’s four-power status and East German takeover of control of the routes to the West. Grotewohl did make mild attacks on the Western position in the city, but they were mild when read in context of his statement. He did not repeat Communist threats against the West or say they must leave the city. It appeared that the Communists had abandoned for the time being at least any plans they might have had for a direct attempt to force out Western powers. Though West Berliners themselves showed no sign of fear, they were aware they might be facing another test of their ability to hold out under Communist pressure. Some were convinced there would be another deadly Red blockade. ' West Berliners were reassured by their leaders that they could trust Allied security pledges to hold the city—including a pledge by the U. S. State Department to fight if necessary to save Berlin. Bonn, the West German capital, buzzed with conferences between the federal government and American, British and French diplomats whose countries agreed with the defeat of Nazi Germany to occupy Berlin with the Soviet Union. East German Deputy Premier Hans Loch said Tuesday night the Western Allies must get out of Berlin because they have broken the Potsdam agreement which provided for spur-power occupation. (Ct,' uoed on vase five/ INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, a little cooler north and central tonight. Thursday partly cloudy, a little warmer north. Low tonight - ! a3os north and central, 38 to 46 extreme south. High Thursday 57 to 65 north, 64 to 72 south. Sunset today 5:33 p. m. CDT. Sunrise Thursday 7:26 a. m. CDT. Outlook for Friday: Cloudy and mild with showers. Lows 38 to 44. Highs mostly in 60s.

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Credit Union Asks Slate To Take Over Noble County Credit Union Is Insolvent ALBION, Ind. (UPD—The Indiana State Department of Financial Institutions today prepared to take over the Noble County Credit Union in the wake of a reported $1,200,000 or more shortage which forced the firm to declare insolvency. Directors and supervisory committee members of the credit union adopted a resolution Tuesday agreeing to turn over its books, records and business to the state because “liabilities are in excess of assets." Auditors have been working on the firm’s books since Sept. 15 to determine the extent of a shortage discovered just before the board of directors fired Arnold G. Hobbs, 32, as manager of the union after a 10-/ear tenure. The $1,200,000 shortage is an unofficial estimate and indications were that it could be considerably higher. A Noble County grand jury indicted Hobbs on several counts of embezzlement and still is in session studying the case. The state was asked to take over as soon as possible, preferably before the end of this week. A 60-day moratorium on withdrawals by stockholders expires in the next few days. A shareholders meeting is planned for next week or the week after to discuss the possibility of reorganizing the union on the chance that shareholders would receive a larger return than if the firm was placed in receivership. Alex Campbell of Fort Wayne. Hobbs’ attorney, appeared in Noble Circuit Court to register a protest because a hearing was called on a legal holiday, Veterans Day. But he filed a motion showing no objection to the court appearance after Prosecutor Louis G. Ketcham demanded that Hobbs, who is free on bond, be jailed to insure his appearance in court on the latest of six indictments.

McClellan Works On Labor Reform Bill Bill Tougher Than Kennedy-Ives Bill WASHINGTON (UPD — Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) is working on a new labor reform bill expected to be tougher than the Kennedy-Ives bill which was passed by the Senate but rejected by the House this year. McClellan, chairman of the Senate Rackets Committee, disclosed Tuesday that he plans to offer a bill to the new Congress which will convene in January. He said “the need for legislation is already clear.” The rackets group Thursday will open intensive hearings into secondary boycotts — union campaigns by picketing or other tactics against companies not directly involved in labor disputes. ’ Although McClellan would not discuss details of his new bill, it was recalled that at the last session of Congress he sponsored a bill of his own which was broader and tougher than the measure sponsored by rackets committee members John F. Kennedy (DMass.) and Irving M. Ives (R-N.Y.) McClellan declined to discuss the scope of his committee’s new inquiry beyond a previous announcement that witnesses Would be called from New York, Texas, Oklahoma. Nebraska, Ohio and other areas. 1

East And West Talks Pushed Into Deadlock Link Disarmament Into Confab Over Surprise Attacks GENEVA (UPD— The Soviet Union made public today a formal note to the United States declaring the Geneva talks on preventing surprise attacks are useless unless they are linked directly with disarmament. The Soviet statement broadcast by Moscow Radio Tuesday night threw the East-West talks here into even tighter deadlock. The note, handed to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, said the purpose of the Geneva talks "is to work out practical recommendation for measures to prevent a surprise attack, coupled with definite steps in disarmament.” “Without these steps, it is useless to consider the question of preventing a surprise attack,” the note said. The note was in reply to a U.S. note of Nov. 7, in which the United States demanded the talks be limited to a discussion of technical problems. The broadcast, which confirmed the Soviet position hinted at earlier by First Deputy Foreign Minister Vasili V. Kuznetzov, head of the Soviet delegation here, came just a few hours before the 10nation surprise attack conference opened its second working ses sion. The outlook appeared brighter for Geneva’s other East-West conference on suspension of nuclear tests. It had been held up for two days while the U.S., British and Soviet chief delegates tried to reach agreement on Russia’s demand that an immediate ban on nuclear tests be placed at the top of the agenda. The West wanted to discuss a control system. A compromise was reported reached in which a nuclear ban and a control system would be discussed simultaneously and the seventh session was ordered today. Judge To Speak To Historical Society Meeting Is Slated For November 25 "Under the court house bell” will be the subject of a very interesting story of Adams county legal history by Judge Myles F. Parrish of the Adams circuit court to the Adams county historical society Tuesday evening, Nov. 25, at 8 p. m. The meeting will be held in the court room and will be open to the public. All persons interested in the history of the Adams county court should attend. Gerald M. Durkin, president of the society, will preside, and G. Remy Bierly, a member of the bar and a member of the Anthony Wayne Parkw T ay commission, will introduce the speaker. A tour of the jury room, where old-time lawyers used to carve their names with their diamond rings, will be conducted by the judge, who has made a 20-year study of the. court lore. In picking the title of his address, Judge Parrish explained that in former days the court (ConUhued on page tlve) Six Traffic Deaths Spur Indiana Toll 1958 Traffic Toll Below 1957 Figures INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) —Six traffic deaths Tuesday and today caused a spure in Indiana’s fatality toll but left the 1958 total far below that of a year ago. The toll was 864 through last Sunday midnight, a decrease of 113 from the 977 killed through the corresponding date a year ago, according to Indiana State Police provisional figures. Edward E. Elder, 44, Fortville, was killed today in a car-truck collision on Ind. 67 at Oaklandon. Tuesday victims included: Mahlon T. Cherry, 56, Jonesboro, killed in a car-train crash in Jonesboro. Claude Goff, Sr., 56, DeMotte, killed in a three-vehicle crash in Highland. Winfield R. Scull, 44, Olivetta, Mo., killed in a station wagontruck collision on U. S. 31 near Rochester. Charles G. Meinders, 36, Milan, killed in a car-truck collision on (Coatlnned on pu«

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 12, 1958

All Chrysler Plants Are Closed As Strike Paralyzes Production

U. S. Planning Continuation Os Rocket Program Henry Cabot Lodge Speaks At Meeting Os U. N. Committee UNITED NATIONS (UPD—The United States told Russia today it will continue its rocket development program as long as the Soviet Union maintains its “aggressive imperialism.” U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told the United Nations Main Political Committee that Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin suffered from "a malignant and tragic hallucination” in charging that the United States plans to use outer space for military purposes, including an attack on Russia. Zorin told the 81-nation committee such reports should not be dismissed as "ill-advised or fantasy.” He demanded support for Russia’s resolution calling for prohibition of military use of outer space and the dismantling of foreign military bases —from which most of the Soviet Union could be attacked by 1,506-nule-range U. S. rockets. Zprin charged that the United States wanted to ban "the intercontinental ballistic missiles which are in the arsenals of the Soviet Union” while maintaining its own foreign bases for the launching of intermediate rocket missiles against Russia. “We cannot take the Soviet remarks at face value,” Lodge said. “They indicate either a true lack of understanding of the situation or a deliberate attempt to mislead this committee. These bases are not foreign at all, in the way the Soviet Union uses the word. They are mutual bases which are to be used mutually for common defense—and I stress defense—by common consent —and I stress consent... "We will leave these bases whenever we are requested to do so. And this is precisely the opposite way in which the Soviet Union has behaved in Hungary... the Soviets aim to end the existence of these bases to destroy the capacity of the non-Soviet world to defend itself. What would happen then can be imagined by looking at the Soviet satellites... “The outstanding examples of direct and indirect aggression in the last 15 years have involved countries which did not have the protection of collective security ■ continued on page «v<

Mayor Cole Discusses Proposed Utility Sale

By Mayor Robert D. Cole The editor of the Decatur Daily Democrat has graciously granted your mayor newspaper space in which to discuss the recent resolution adopted by the city council and signed by the mayor proposing the sale of our electric utility to Indiana & Michigan Electric company. Tais we mall do in a series of arti .s icing the next few weeks. ~ r r Following more than two and one-half years of negotiations, deliberations, the hiring of an independent engineering firm to survey the plight of our utility, and numerous discussions with officials of I&M, we feel that a detailed, analysis! and report of our findings to the citizens of Decatur is in order. As the articles appear, we earnestly solicit your comments and questions. Send your me, in care of city hall, and I’ll endeavor to answer them in this space in succeeding articles. You, the citizens of Decatur, will make the decision in a forthcoming referendum vote as to whether Decatur remains in the electricutility business or accepts an offer of $2,102,300 from I&M and receives its electric service from this

32 Persons Released By Rebels In Cuba All On Hi-Jacked Airliners Freed HAVANA (UPD —Thirty -two persons, including two American' sailors, who were aboard two Cuban airliners hi-jacked by the rebels were released during a truce that ended at 9 p. m., Tuesday the Cuban Red Cross said today. The prisoners were delivered to Cuban government and Red Cross officials at the village of Alto Songo in Oriente Province at noon Tuesday and taken by convoy to the Moncada army headquarters at Santiago de Cuba. They included 26 passengers and six crewmen of two DC3 airliners hi-jacked Oct. 21 and Nov. 5 on flights across Cuba. The Americans were identified as U. S. Navy Airmen Robert M. Montgomery of Miami, Fla., and William Parker Woolman. A spokesman for Cubana Airlines said the rebels also returned the body of an 8-month old girl who accidentally strangled while in rebel hands when food lodged in her windpipe. Capt. Francisco Valliciego, pilot of the plane hi-jacked last Oct. 21, was wounded slightly when a pistol carried by one of the rebels fired accidentally. However, all the prisoners said they received excellent treatment while with the rebels. The truce was arranged during five days of conferences conducted by ham radio between rebel leader Raul Castro, brother of Fidel Castro, and Lt. Col. Oscar Cossio del Pino of the Cuban Red Cross with the co-operation of Maj. Gen. Eulogio Castillo, commander of the Cuban army forces fighting Castro in Oriente Province. Castillo’s son, Armando, a stew s ard aboard the second airliner, was among those released. 47 Are Overcome By Noxious Fumes FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (UPI) — Noxious fumes accumulated in a local Masonic hall Tuesday night and overcame 47 persons attending a civic club meeting. Ambulances rushed the victims to hospitals here and in Atlanta. Doctors said all were expected to recover. Investigators attributed the accident to carbon monoxide from an unvented natural gas heater that had just been installed in the building. They said fumes from wax | applied to a concrete floor also ! might have been involved.

utility in the future. In the past 30 monms, your board of works, council iind I have investigated every aspect of the pros and cons of the sale of our electric utility to I&M and the alternative of the city's remaining in the utility business. In the opincn of the admnistration, a microscopic examination of all facets of the situation overwhelmingly dictates the sale of the utility to I&M. Each part of the proposed sale to I&M—rate schedule that would go into effect, the future of employes of the Decatur electric utility, the service and facilities that the city could-expect from' I&M, the disposition of the $2,102,300 that the city would receive from I&M as the purchase price, the additional revenue in taxes, and other aspects of the proposed sale—all will be discussed separately in future articles. The initial article, comparing I&M rates with those now paid by customers of the city utility, will appear in an early edition of the Democrat. We hope you will avail yourselves of this opportunity to acquaint yourself with all the facts in the issue. And, again, your comments and questions during thi serias of articles are come.

Former Boston Mayor Curley Dies Today Last Os America's Big City Political Bosses Dies Today BOSTON (UPD — James Michael Curley, one of America's last city politico bosses, died today, just eigh* s before his 84th today 1 former Massachusetts goverr , died at 8:45 a.m. a..<_r an emergency surgery at City Hospital where he had been recuperating from an abdominal operation performed Nov. 4. The veteran political warrior had described the critical operation as “just another campaign.” Curley thus became the second former Boston mayor to die within a week. Former Mayor Frederick W. Mansfield died Nov. 6 at toe age of 81. The life - long Democrat had made good progress during the week following his operation, but he suffered a sudden weak spell Tuesday night. He was taken into emergency surgery shortly after. Cutely amazed physicians only two years ago, with his rapid recovery from a massive internal hemorrhage caused by a fall that fractured both shoulders. The day following the surgery, he was wisecracking with his doctors. With Curley when he died were his two sons, George and Father Francis, a niece, Sally Curley Beales, two special nurses and three doctors. f Curley was unconscious when he died. Curley was given the last rites of the church by his son, the Rev. Francix X. Curley, a Jesuit priest at Holy Cross College in Worcester. Curley was a prominent political figure in Massachusetts for a half century. A life-long Democrat, he was often described as the last of the big city political bosses. He served four terms as mayor of Boston, four terms as congressman and one term as Massachusetts governor.

Mrs. Samuel Fogle Dies Last Evening Lifelong Resident Os County Is Dead Mrs. Samuel Fogle, 79, lifelong resident of Adams dounty, died at 8 o’clock Tuesday evening at her home in Jefferson township, eight miles southeast of Berne. She had been ill five years of a heart condition, and serious since September. She was born in Jefferson township Sept. 19, 1879, a daughter of Isaac and Catherine Heinz-Booh-er, and was married to Samuel J. Fogle July 3. 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Fogle celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary July 3 of this year. Mrs.' Fogle was a member of the Mt. Carmel Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving in. addition to her husband are three daughters, Mrs. Clara' Becher of Decatur route 2, Miss Lola Fpgle, at home, and Mrs. Richard (Emma) Fennig of Bryant route 2; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. D. A. Rumple of Berne route 2. One daughter, three brothers and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Friday at the Mt. Carmel Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. Delbert Cress officiating. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery, east of Geneva. The body will be returned from the Yager funeral home to the residence, where friends may call after 7:30 o’clock this evening.

Rotary Governor ft , i fl ||j|| ■ Ji 0. Frank Helvie, South Bend, governor of district 654, Rotary International, will make his official .visit to the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. He will meet with Gail Grabill, local president, other officers and committee chairmen in a club assembly at 5 p. m. at the Youth and Community Center, and will deliver his official address following the dinner meeting at 6:30 o’clock.

Asks Air Force To Make Report Public Reported Critical Os Missile Program WASHINGTON (UPD — Comptroller General Joseph Campbell appealed to Congress today to help pry loose an Air Force report believed to be critical of some phases of the Air Force missile program. Campbell said the repeated refusal of the Air Force to make the 61-page review available is preventing him from doing his job as Congress’ financial watchdog. He heads the General Accounting Office, an arm of Congress that keeps tabs on federal spending. Campbell repeated his earlier statement that withholding such information from his auditors permits the hiding of “adverse conditions” as well as delay and laxity in correcting them, and can lead to waste of taxpayers’ money. The House government information subcommittee called Campbell as its first witness today at an inquiry into the matter. Air Force Secretary James H. Douglas was among those slated to appear Thursday. The report, prepared by the Air Force inspector general last January, covers management of the Air Force ballistic missiles program. Campbell, whose chores include auditing the military books first requested a copy last June 13. Nationalist China To Bolster Military Increase Strength To Reunite Nation TAIPEI, Formosa (UPD— Vice President and Premier Chen Cheng said today Nationalist China will increase its military strength to reunite divided China. Chen told a group of top Nationalist leaders at a meeting commemorating the 92nd anniversary of the birth of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen that a stronger military force was needed to battle the Communists on the mainland. Nationalist China pledged in a joint statement with the United States last month not to use force as a primary means of reconquering the mainland. But, Chen warned today. “Not only will we not reduce our military strength, but we will also continue to strengthen and solidify our military strength as a means to achieve our mission of fighting the Communists and reuniting our (Continued on tlva)

All Assembly, Body Plants Closed T day Walkout Os Office Workers Forces All > Plants Closed Down DETROIT (UPD—Chrysler Corporation’s production of 1959 cars was paralyzed today when it was forced to close all of its assembly and body plants because of a strike by 8,000 office workers. Most of the company’s 65,000 production workers reported for work as usual at the beginning of the first shifts this morning, some of them crossing picket lines established by the office workers. But refusal of unionized truck drivers to cross the picket lines with truck loads of new car bodies and difficulties in carrying out operations without the salaried workers soon forced the company to close all of the plants. The last assembly plant to close down was the Plymouth and Dodge assembly plant at Newark, Del., where the company sent 2,500 production workers home because it could get along “just so long” without an office staff. More to Be Idled Other closed plants included the Plymouth body and assembly plants, the Imperial assembly plant, the Dodge assembly plant, the Jefferson assembly plant, the Dodge truck assembly plant, the Mound Road engine plant, the Lynch Road gear and axle plant, the Chrysler foundry and the Am-plex-Harper plant, all in Detroit, the Plymouth body and assembly plants in Evansville, Ind., and the Chrysler assembly plant in Los Angeles, idling more than 21,800 workers on the first shifts alone. The number of idled workers was expected to be swelled by second shift workers being sent home when they report for work this afternoon. The Mound Road engine plant was the first parts plant to be affected by the salaried workers’ strike. A company spokesman said its 900 employes were sent home because of a shortage of engine parts from other plants. Chrysler Vice President John D. Leary explained the plants plants could not operate long without the salaried workers because many of them operated electronic machines which cut routing orders by which parts were sent to various factories for assembly. He said eventually the parts would pile up in the company’s 23 factories still in production to a point where they too would have to be closed. Set Up Picket Lines This would boost the number of idled Chrysler Workers from the present figure to 95,000, the total employment of the company, including both production and salaried workers. Chrysler’s total employment breaks down into 65.000 production or hourly rated employes, 8,000 salaried employes who are members of the United Auto Workers Union and 2,000 salaried employes who are not union members. Leary said the salaried workers’ strike would close all the company's car-making operations within a matter of days. Picket lines were set up at many of the plants this morning despite an announcement by the United Auto Workers Tuesday that the picket lines would be withdrawn while shifts were changing to allow production workers to report for work without crossing a picket line. A company spokesman said he presumed the picket lines were up because the union still had not had time to organize its strike procedures. No date was set for a resumption of negotiations, which were adjourned Tuesday after a 17hour marathon session. The UAW said it would seek an early resumption of the talks. The company and union early <M> bag* five)

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