Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1958 — Page 1

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RIOTING IN MEXICO— Troops with fixed bayonets stand off a clubswinging crowd during rioting in industrial San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Hie rioters were attempting to force the removal from office-of Manuel Alvarez, Governor of San Luis Potosi. The troops arrived from Mexico City to quell the demonstrations.

Heavy Snowfall Warning Given For Midwest Siege Os Severe Weather Blamed In Numerous Deaths United Press International A death-dealing onslaught of wintry weather rolled out of the Rockies and into the Ohio River Valley Monday, bringing sub-zero temperatures to the northern plains and heavy snows to sections of the Great Lakes. Weathermen issued heavy snow warnings for Monday, with accumulations of from 4 to 7 inches, for eastern Nebraska, lowa, southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. In the far West, adense fog Sunday contributed to a ship collision in San Francisco Bay and caused a score of traffic accidents. The worst snow storm in 26 years tied up traffic and com- - munications in the area of Bellingham, Wash., north of Seattle. -The seige of severe weekend weather was blamed for a number of deaths. Two children at St. Paul Park, Minn., died Sunday in a fire blamed on an overheated oil stove which swept their frame home. Icy road conditions were blamed for two traffic deaths in lowa. The heavy fog in the San Francisco area resulted in one traffic fatality. The heaviest snows Sunday occurred along the lee shores of Lakes Ontario and Erie and in the northern Great Lakes. Up to 26 inches of snow blanketed Sault Ste. Marie in upper Michigan early today and Pellston, Mich., reported 24 inches. High winds which produced -— near-blizzard conditions gathered moisture ever Lakes Ontario and Erie, dumping up to 18 inches of snow along the lee shores since Saturday . In the St. Lawrence River, mover than 36 ships were trapped by ice on two canals between Montreal and Lake Ontario and may be frozen in for the winter. Seventeen of the vessels were listed as ocean-going vessels, many of which had been scheduled for service on southern trade routes during the winter. A belt of subzero temperatures stretched across Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Below freezing weather was reported as far south as Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and the Carolinas. However, a warning trend dented the frigid air in the Southwest, raising temperatures m Continued on page five INDIANA WEATHER Heavy snow warning north and central portions this afternoon and tonight. Snow 'north and central, some sleet or freezing rain changing to snow extreme south this afternoon and snow entire state tonight with snow accumulations in ex—- ! cess, of six inches north and central by Tuesday morning. Colder tonight. Tuesday snow flurries extreme north, mostly cloudy elsewhere and ©older. Low tonight sero to 5 below north, sero to 10 above south. High Tuesday 12 to 22. Sunset today, 5:21 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Tuesday 7:54 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Wednesday: Cloudy and continued quite cold with snow flurries north. More general snow spreading over state late Wednesday. Low Tuesday night around sero. High Wednesday U to 20.

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Operating Loss Is Shown By Hospital Largest Loss Os Year In November The Adams county memorial hospital reported a loss of $2,66216 for the month of November, the biggest loss so far this year, Thurman Drew, hospital administrator, reported to the board of trustees Friday. The main problem was collection of money actually ewed the hospital, Drew pointed out, as the collections were a little lower than usual, while expenses for the larger unit have increased. Deposits for November amounted to $23,662.13, while bills were $9,215.60, and the payroll was $17,108.69. Total expenses were $26,324.29. The operating balance November 30 was $3,676.47, as compared with $6,338.63 a month earlier. During the month. 173 patients and 58 babies entered the hospital. which had 42 adults and eight babies on November 1. Five patients and three babies died, and 181 patients and 58 babies were dismissed, leaving 29 patients and five babies in the hospital December 1. One set of twins was born, and there were 32 boys and 26 girls delivered. In the emergency room, x-ray and laboratory, 172 outpatients were treated. Mrs. Adolph Beisel Dies Unexpectedly Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Rosa H. Geisel, 74, of Decatur route 4, a lifelong resident of Adams and Wells counties, died unexpectedly about 10:30 p.m., Saturday at the home of a son, Olen G. Geisel, Bluffton, where she was visiting. Death was caused by a heart attack. She was born in Switzerland, a daughter of Godfrey and Mary Neuenschwander-Rauch, and was married to Adolph E. Geisel Oct. 6, 1906. Mrs. Geisel was a member of the Apostolic Christian church. Surviving in addition to her husband are five daughters, Mrs. Helen Harris and Miss Gladys Geisel, both of Bluffton, Mrs. Roger (Mildred) Baumgartner of Bluffton route 3, Miss Lorene Geisel, at home, and Mrs. Eugene (Delores) Mailer of Bluffton route 4; four sons, Olen of Bluffton, Everett W., Harold E. and Vernon L. Geisel, all of Bluffton route 4; 18 grandchildren; seven great - grandchildren; one brother, Godfrey Rauch of Vera Cruz, and one sister, Mrs. Ed Ringger of Bluffton. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Goodwin funeral home in Bluffton and at 2 p.m. at the Apostolic Christian church, the Rev. Sam Aeschliman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Fall Injury Fatal To 89-Year-Old Man MADISON, Ind. (UPD—Harry Joyce, 89, whose hip was fractured in a fall at his Vevay home a week ago, died in King’s Daughters Hospital here during the weekend. Good Fellows Club Previous total — $126.00 Kappa Kappa Kappa 50.00 VFW Ladies Auxiliary 5.00 Fred E. Kolter ..... 5.00 TOTAL 1186.00

West Powers In Warning At Geneva Parley Warns Soviet Bloc Must Cooperate In Deadlocked Parley GENEVA (UPD — The West warned today that it cannot go “any further” unless the Soviet bloc agrees to cooperate in the deadlocked 4-week-old surprise attacks conference. U. S. delegation chief William C. Foster sounded the warning signal in a major speech before the conference. It was the first formal alert that the conference was in its death throes. The Soviet delegation chief, First Deputy Foreign Minister V. Kuznetsov, at once took up Foster’s challenge and made it clear that the Soviet stand remains unchanged. Foster, speaking on behalf of the Western delegations at the 10nation conference, appealed to the Soviet bloc for a response to the West’s concrete proposals on a working plan. The West has offered five detailed outlines on various surprise attack detecticr. and prevention measures. The East rejected them all. Today it turned down the latest Western plan for ground controls against a Korea-type surprise attack by land forces. The three-power nuclear conference talks underway here simultaneously entered a crucial phase today with a concerted Western effort to write binding control provisions into a nuclear test ban treaty. The United States, Britain and Russia were meeting to seek agreement on treaty provisions for a control organization that would safeguard against violation of the test ban. Hie three powers agreed Saturday on a first draft treaty article pledging prohibition of nuclear weapons tests when the full Continued an page five Mrs. Dell Vancamp Is Taken By Death Heart Attack Fatal To Former Resident Mrs. Dell Vancamp, 79, widow of Willis Vancamp, formerly of Adams county, died Saturday morning at 10 o’clock at her home in Jackson, Mich., from a heart attack. Mrs. Vancamp had not been ill and death was unexpected. She was born near Berne in 1879, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Ashbaucher. Her father was a former sheriff of Adams county. She was married to Willis Vancamp, also formerly of near Berne, before moving to her home in Jackson, Mich., nearly 40 years ago. Her husband preceded her in death several years ago. Mrs. Vancamp was a member of the Baptist church in Jackson. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. John Martin, Jackson, Mrs. Doris Snyder, Lancaster, Pa.; two sons, Roy and Kermit of Jackson* two brothers, A. R. and Ed Ashbaucher, Decatur; three sisters, Mrs. Homer Goodin. Mrs. Lil Burroughs, and Mrs. EUa Studebaker, all of Decatur; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Jackson, Mich., Tuesday at 11 o’clock, with burial in Jackson.

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West Berliners Cast Massive Vote Against Communism Sunday

Army Pioneer Soars 66,654 Miles In Space Moon Rocket Short Os Goal; Falls To Fiery Death Sunday WASHINGTON (UPD — The Army is planning to wait at least two months before trying to send another rocket soaring toward the moon and possibly beyond, informed sources said today. The Army’s Pioneer 111, the second U.S. space vehicle to reach enormous altitude while ■falling short of its goat soared to a height of 66,654 miles before plunging to a flaming death Sunday over French Equatorial Africa. The Air Force’s Pioneer ‘I, launched in October, reached an altitude of 71,000 miles. Earlier reports said the Army would try to launch “Pioneer IV” in January or even late this . month. But top Army sources made clear today that the second Army lunar probe cannot be expected until February. Several Degrees Off Course One source said no delay would result from modifications needed to correct the errors that caused Pioneer 111 to fall short of its coal of by-passing the moon and becoming a man-made planet orbiting the sun. The rocket failed by several hundred miles to develop enough speed. It also was three and one-half degrees off course. The source said the Army never planned to fire a second moon rocket in January. “Pioneer 111 (launched at 12:45 a.m. e.s.t. Saturday) was within one minute of a schedule made five months ago,” he said. “The second Army lunar probe will also be on schedule.” Meantime, a Vanguard earth satellite launching is expected to highlight the January firing schedule at Cape Canaveral, Fla., missile test station. Hail Scientific Results Army scientists hailed the scientific results of Pioneer Ill’s fight into space while conceding some “engineering disappointment” that it did not attain the velocity hoped for. ' H Dr. William H. Pickering, director of the Army’s jet propulsion laboratory, said the moon probe yielded data which for the first, time produced information on the I intensity of part of the deadly; Continued on page five |

Mayor Cole Discusses Proposed Utility Sale

(Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles by Mayor Robert D. Cole discussing the various aspects of the proposed sale of the city’s electric utility to Indiana & Michigan Electric Company. Today’s article deals with I&M service). by Mayor Robert D. Cole In the humble opinion of your mayor, the citizens of Decatur need have no qualms about the quality of electric service that would be available should Indiana & Michigan Electric company be successful in purchasing our utility. 1 J. Calvin Hill. I & M’s Fort Wayne division manager, has outlined I&M’s plans to service the city and surrounding rural area should the citizens elect to take the city out of the utility business. Originally I&M plans to serve the city via three 33,0Q0-volt transmission lines, any two of which would be capable of supplying all the electric requirements of the city’s residential, commercial, industrial and rural customers. These lines later would be converted to 60,000-volt operation, bringing still more power into the area. Emphasizing a reliable source of electric power, I&M provides each of the cities that it serves with an alternatet source of power. Should a windstorm, sleet storm, lightning, or any unforeseeen de-

Humphrey Bearing Note From Nikita Senator Flying Back From Russia NEW YORK (UPD — Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) will report to the State Department today and President Eisenhower Tuesday morning on two “secrets” told him by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev "relating to items of our security,” he said today. Humphrey also will give the President a private message given him during an unprecedented eight - hour conversation with Khrushchev during the senator’s unofficial visit to Moscow. The Democratic senator arrived here by plane from London and then left for Washington. He said he would meet with Undersecretary of State Christian Herter late this afternoon and with Eisenhower Tuesday. Humphrey said he discussed nuclear tests suspensions both with Khrushchev and with the Soviet’s chief delegate at the Geneva negotiations and that Khrushchev “seemed to show some willingness for a meaningful agreement with effective inspection controls.” Humphrey said he walked in Geneva for 1% hours with Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister V.V. Kuznetzov “and I came away feeling that we are making some progress. We actually discussed points where the Soviet Union might be willing to negotiate, and I indicated where we might be wiling to negotiate." Humphrey said he felt there was less chance of agreement on the Berlin situation, but indicated that chance would be enhanced if the Western powers would present a solid front on the Berlin situation. He said he believed that in the Berlin situation and other international issues under negotiation “the Sovet Union is attempting to probe the Alles to see if there is disunity or weakness.” The senator declined to discuss with newsmen the message hs is carrying to President Eisenhower. He described it in London Sunday as “significant;.” Regarding the secrets, he said: “I was confided in on two important matters relating to items of our security, but I am not at liberty to reveal what they are, although I believe that some of the people in the State Department are aware of them.” I He had said in London that Khrushchev broke their detailed j Continued on page five

velopment knock out one source of power to the city, a second high voltage line is available to maintain service. I understand that I&M’s trans-misson-line network also is connected with the electric, generating capacity of I&M’s parent firm, American Electric Power company. Electric power generated at any one of this system’s 13 huge generating plants conceivably could be used right here in Decatur. I&M would establish a service department here in the city, and radio-equipped line trucks and service cars would enable the utility to dispatch vehicles quickly to the site of a service interruption. New industry that would indicate a desire to locate in the city or surrounding area would have no reservations about an adequate supply of electricity, regardless of how large a block, of power they might require in their operations. And, on the subject of new industry, the services of I&M’s industrial development department would be available to the city administration. In terms of money, I&M would immediately launch a $1,700,000 Improvement and expansion program of electric facilities in Decatur and environs should the votOontlwued on page flv*

Supreme Court Rules Pipeline Can Hike Rafe High Court Ruling Today Victory For Pipeline Companies WASHINGTON (UPD—The Supreme Court ruled today that the Natural Gas Act allows a pipeline company to obtain a quick rate hike, subject to refund, even though its customers have not agreed to the new rates. Today’s 5-3 decision was a victory for the Federal Power Commission, United Gas Pipe Line Co., and pipeline companies in general. FPC Chairman Jerome K. Kuykendall had said that if the opinion went the other way the financial stability of the pipeline companies would be impaired, and in some nstances, destroyed. The case was closely linked to a 1956 decision by the Supreme Court that a public utility may not in effect wipe out a fixed price contract with a customer simply by filing higher rates under the FPC’s short - cut procedure. Today’s majority, with Justice John M. Harlan as spokesman, said the U.S. Appeals Court here “misconceived the import” of the earlier case as it applied to United. Justice Tom C. Clark did not participate in today’s ruling. Dissenters were Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justices Hugo L. Black and William O. Douglas. Today’s case stemmed from a 10-million-dollar rate increase request filed with the commission by United on Sept. 30, 1955. Under] its short-cut procedure, the FPC blocked the increase for six months and then on April 1, 1956, let it become effective subject to refund pending further commission review. It was this specific rate-mak-ing practice that was at stake in United’s appeal. The alternative method calls for a rate investigation with lengthy hearings, arguments and opinions before the new charges can become effective. More rigid standards of proof are required to support a proposed increase under this system.. •• Reception Honors Red Men Officers Local Men Honored At Reception Here "Members of fraternal organizations throughout the United States must live up to the ideals of their organizations, and in so doing, insure America of continuing prosperity under a free society, as opposed to the controlled society that, will be imposed on us by the Communists if we give them the chance.” So said James O. Archer, Stoutsville, Ohio, great incohnee of the Improved Order of Red Men at a reception and dinner honoring Junior Lake and J. M. "Mat” Brek ner at the Decatur Youth and Community center Saturday evening. Archer, highest national official in the Red Men lodge, was only one of the many national and state officers attending the reception sponsored by Focotaligo tribe 203, of Decatur. Lake was recently Selected great junior sagamore of Indiana, and Breiner was elected as great guard of the Wigwam of the state. The dinner was opened by Robert Heller, master of ceremonies, and a delicious meal was served. The invocation was given by the Rev. Stuart Brightwell, pastor of the First Baptist church of Decatur. After the meal, Heller introduced Mayor Robert Cole, who welcomed the visitors to Decatur, and congratulated Lake and Breiner on the high offices they had attained Continued on page five

Pastor Call Issued By Lutheran Church Call Is Extended To Pastor In Texas The Zion Lutheran voters’ assembly extended a call to the Rev. Richard C- Ludwig of Trinity Lutheran church at Uvalde, Texas, to become pastor of the local congregation, at its annual meeting held Sunday afternoon at the church. Officers for 1959 were elected. Rev. Ludwig graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in 1956 and was assigned to his present position by synod’s assignment board. He is also serving St. Paul’s Lutheran chatch at LaPryor. He is married and has one child. The local congregation had accepted nominations from synodical officials and from its own members and had about 40 candidates to consider. A call information committee had gathered biographical material and qualifications on each nominee and had narrowed the list to the 11 most likely names. George Auer was elected president and Harold August is the new vice president. Louis Jacobs was named elder, Paul Busse, Jr., and Walter Kukelhan ate deacons, and Wilbert Fuelling is a trustee. Earl Caston and Gerhard Schultz were named to the board of finance and Don Burke was reelected treasurer. Charles Stuckey will* continue as recording secretary. Edwin Bauer and Richard Mailand are' the new members of the board of education. Next year's nominating committee will consist | of Robert Nyffeler, Reinhold Sauer, and Theodore Witte. The 1958 books will be audited by Don Bieberich and Chet Kleinknight. 1116 nominating committee for this year, which also served as the elections committee, consisted of Ed Bauer, i Carl Smith and Chet Kleinknight. The Rev. Edwin A; H. Jacob of ■ St. John’s Lutheran church at Bingen conducted the opening devotion in the absence of the vacancy pastor, the Rev. Harry Behning, whose father died suddenly Saturday at Alpena, Mich. Arnold Conrad, president of the congregation, presided. I• M . Fred Baker Dies Suddenly Sunday Prominent Decatur Man Dies Suddenly Fred E. Baker, Sr., 69, wellknown Decatur man, died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage at 8 o’clock Sunday morning at his home, 325 North Fifth street. Mr. Baker, a lifelong resident of Adams county, operated a grocery store on West Monroe street a' number of years ago, and later served for many years as custodian of the St. Mary’s Catholic church and the Catholic schools. He retired a few years ago as head of the city water department. Born in Decatur Sept. 26, 1889, he was a son of John P. and Mary Baker, and was married to Amelia Kohne Oct. 8, 1913. Mr. Baker was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Knights of Columbus and the Holy Name society. Surviving in addition to his wife are five sons, Fred E. Baker, Jr., Harold, Arthur J., William and Eugene Baker, all of Decatur; three daughters, Mrs. Alice Ful- ' lenkamp, Mrs. Lucille Fillips and Mrs. Mary Ann Inskeep, all of Decatur; 29 grandchildren; two brothers, Mathias and Frank Baker, both of Decatur, and four sisters, Mrs. Kate Gross, Mrs. Christina Schultz, Mrs. Mary Colfer and Mrs. Bell Jones, all of Decatur. Three brothers and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. The Holy Name society will recite the rosary at 8 o’clock this evening. ,

Stinging Loss For Reds From City Election Veiled Warning By East German Leader Follows Huge Vote BERLIN (UPD — A massive vote against Communism by the people of West Berlin touched off new Communist threats today and a veiled warning by East German Premier Otto Grotewohl that Western troops face a land and air blockade if they try to remain in the city. Barely 12 hours after the Communists’ smashing defeat in the West Berlin city elections Grotewohl went before the Communist zone parliament to claim West Berlin as part of East Germany. He said that Allied troops are “unjustly and illegally” stationed “on the territory of the German Democratic Republic.” “Hie (Communist east zone) government will be in a position to exercise sovereignty on the v land, on the water and in the air,” Grotewohl said. Ignores Municipal Balloting He ignored the West Berlin municipal balloting which gave a rousing and emphatic "no” to a Soviet proposal that Western Allied troops leave Berlin and West Berlin be turned into a demilitar : ized, "free city” surrounded by Communist bayonets. The Russian demands were the main issue in Sunday's record voting, and the emphatic rejection gave the Western Allies a clear mandate from the people of West Berlin to reject the Red dejmands. Grotewohl said the West Berlin City Council elections were not a plebiscite on Soviet demands that the Western Allies quit the city—the view also taken by the Communist press. Until recently, When he expected the Communists to gain, he had said just the opposite. Addresses Parliament Grotewohl was making a speech presenting his government to the new East German parliament and outlining its future program. Grotewohl said the West Berlin voting could not justify the continued presence of foreign forces there although the voting was overwhelmingly in favor of maintaining Allied troops in West Berlin. It was a massive vote of confidence for Socialist Lord Mayor Willy Brandt who declared, “West i Berliners have said that never land at no time will they bend under the yoke of Communism.” I West Berliners voted in record 'numbers in what had been called i a referendum on the Soviet proposals to drive the West out of Continued on page five Stores Open Nights Beginning Friday A reminder of store hours during the Christmas holidays was given today by Dave Moore, retail division chairman for the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Moore stated that stores will remain open Thursday afternoons for regular hours, and star ting Friday, will remain open at night until December 23. He also stated that the stores will close about 6 o'clock Christmas eve.

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