Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 290.

I u ‘ WPfIMHr arnF**':'‘ A* -.; >s .. Wto TinME YHH'' • fl y ‘fifitoX fc, y - •^:3fiPPS^• ■* •->.: * - *'( .'_, |||| |/” I :>s ? ’’ - ," * * ' * *'> ’ * ■••. iL * ■ . i K-‘ '' ix •''■> '■ '" ■ -• '■ S*--:'-‘ z.-’-Y ’ ',- J.. ~.. - ■«■& iwf Ifc- wlisririiW SNOW PILES UP ACROSS NATION— This Vancouver, B. C„ family presente a scene repeated in a wide belt across America as they push the family car out of a ten-inch accumulation of snow. Oswego, N. Y., fighting 5-foot drifts is under state of emergency; Chicago had five inches, Sault Ste. Marie had 21, and Pellston, Mich., 24. The northwest, Dakotas, lowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Indiana all had upward of four inches of snow, and southern California from Santa Barbara to San Diego encountered thick fog. .

Fool Os New Snow Adds To Oswego's Woes City In New York Is Still Virtually Paralyzed By Snow United Press International A blinding storm dumped another 12 inches of snow today on Oswego, N.Y., already virtually paralyzed by a five foot blanket, but some relief was promised from the snow in Oswego and across the nation from biting cold. The U.S. Weather Bureau in Syracuse, N.Y., said an end to Oswego’s seemingly endless snow was finally,, in sight. The forecasters said about six more inches could be expected today and “then It should be all over with.” The worst storm in Oswego’s history cut visibility to near zero with sharp gusts of wind piling the snow nto deep drifts. The cty’s 23,000 resdents have been virtually cut off from the outside world since Sunday. Schools, factories, and most businesses remained closed for the third straight day. ~ Many Roads Shat Police and Red Cross teams, using skiis and snowshoes, delivered food to many snowbound residents, many trapped in their homes, despite scores of plows thrown into the battle against the towering snow mounds. A state of emergency, proclaimed Monday by Mayor Vincent Corsall remained in effect and unauthorized pedestrians were ordered to remain off the streets. Heavy snow squalls also swirled over the south shores of Lake Erie and 10 inches of new snow fell at Erie, Pa., bringing accumulation so far to 28 inches. Fifty per cent cf rural and secondary roads were drifted shut but main roads were open. In Indiana, thousands of children remained home because of the cold weather, which closed schools. f At Ames, lowa, a shortage of heating gas threatened to close some buildings on the campus of lowa State College. The cold snap caused the gas company to quti serving the campus because 11 said the gas is needed for residences in the area. When this happens, a spokesman said, the college normally switches to coal but when workers went to convert the system, a stoker drive shaft snapped in two. It was sent to St. Louis for repairs and wil not be back for about 10 days The break put out of commission the largest of four converters. Fog on West Coast x In the central states, temperatures began a slow rise after plunging below zero in most areas, and weathermen predicted the mercury would go up tr around 1€ above today in the Chicago area. Enjoying the cold, however, was a herd of 15 reindeer which rested at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo en route to Washington as a gift to President Eisenhower from the people of Alaska. Officials at the zoo said the animals probably didn’t find it cold enough. They were “unsociable, even downright beastly.” 'J On the West Coast, residents of the Los Angeles area braced for a third day of fog and smog. The fog-smog blanket Tuesday slowed traffic and was blamed for a 12car accident on the San Bernardino Freeway-

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Three Nobel Prizes Are Awarded Today Absence Os Russian Author Is Deplored STOCKHOLM, Sweden (UPD — The Swedish Academy presented cash and accolades today to winners of three Nobel prizes and mourned the “voluntary” absence of Russian author Boris Pasternak who refused the literary award under Soviet pressure. The 1958 awards of $42,250 for physics, chemistry and medicine were handed ceremoniously to scientists from Russia, Britain and the United States, and it was made starkly clear die academy and the free world felt Pasternak should have been here too. The 1958 peace prize was awarded today in Oslo, Norway, to the Rev. Georges Pire. a Roman Catholic priest and member of an order sworn to perpetual poverty. He will use the $41,250 prize money to further his work of building villages for the homeless refugees of World War 11. No Empty Chair The Stockholm ceremonies were formal, and guests wore white ties and tails. The Russian scientists who won the physics prize solved their problems by renting formal dress suits for sl3 each—the first they had ever worn. The Oslo ceremonies were as austere as the black and white robes of the Belgian priest who was deemed to have done more for peace than any statesman at the summit. King Olav V of Norway and other dignitaries wore ordinary business suits. Pasternak won the literary award for his controversial novel “Dr. Zhivago” which was banned in Russia as anti-Communist. He cabled and later wrote that he had seen the Communist-tyle error of his ways and felt he could not accept the Nobel laurels. There was no empty chair for the man from Moscow. The stiffly proper Swedes led by King Gustav VI Adolf steered clear of such symbolism. A chair would have been superfluous in an atmosphere so loaded in favor ot Pasternak that the other winners walked up like bit players in a movie. Regret Pasternak Refusal Grey-haired Dr. Anders Oesterling, foe academy’s 74-year-old permanent secretary, undefined the feeling when he said in Swed Continued oh page five Eichenauer Head Os Masonic Lodge Officers Elected At Annual Meeting Officers were elected Tuesday night at the annual stated meeting of the Decatur Lodge No. 571 of the Free and Accepted Masons at ‘he Masonic lodge hall, Richard E. Maloney, secretary, announced today. The officers include: Raymond Eichenauer, worshipful master: Chalmer H. Barkley, senior war den; Charles Houk, junior warden; Richard Maloney, secretary; and Rolland Gill Tom, treasurer. Appointed officers include: Robert August, senior deacon; Robert Workinger, junior deacofi; Niland Ochsenrider, senior steward; Donald Norqtiest, junior steward; Don Cochran, chaplain; and Robert Raudenbush, tiler Raymond L. Collins was elected trustee for a three-year period. Holdover trustees Include Richard Lipn and Weldon Bumgerdner.

Ike Declines Discussion Os Russian Note Sees No Reason To Refute Reports Os Russian Progress WASHINGTON (UPD — President Eisenhower said today he saw no reason to refute reports from Russia that the Soviet Union has an 8,700-mile ballistic missile. But he sharply rejected as without evidence a recent report that Russia was test flying an atomicpowered plane. The President, at his first news conference since Nov. 5, declined to discuss in specific detail information from the Kermlin relayed to him Tuesday by Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn). But he took a highly guarded view of a number of reports of startling Russian progress in the development of scientific weapons. He said that in the case of the atomic plane there was absolutely no reliable evidence of any kind that the Soviets had flown such an aircraft. Other news conference highlights: —Die President decried as reprehensible the failure of Alabama officials to supply requested public records on Negro voting registration to the Civil Rights Commisson. —He said that until the Berlin situation is composed by all interested powers, the United States will stand firm behind its responsibility and duty to remain in West Berln as a means of maintaning the freedom of the West Germans. —He bluntly challenged the truth of a statement by former President Truman tijat he, Eisenhower, stood idly by in 1952 while Sen. William E. Jenner (R-Ind.) denounced Gen. George C. Marshall. World War II Army chief >f staff, as a traitor. —The President said recent spending proposals by the Democratic Advisory Council would, of lecessity, lead to many new taxes. In effect, he challenged the Democrats to prepare a list of such tax recommendations as a companion document to their spending proposals. INDIANA WEATHER Generally fair this afternoon and tonight although some snow continuing in extreme north. Cold again tonight, Thursday partly * cloudy and not quite so cold, chance of som esnow flurries again extreme north. Low tonight 5 below to 5 above northeast, 5 to 15 above southwest. High Thursday 15 to 22 north, 20 to 30 south. Sunset today 5:21 p.m. CDT. Sunrise Thursday 7:56 a.m. CDT. Outlook for Friday: Cloudy with little change in temperature and continued snow flurries north. Lows Thursday night 5 to 15 above. Highs Friday 20 north to around 30 south. Good Fellows Club Previous Total $186.00 Pythian Sisters 2.00 A Friend — - - 2.00 Popcorn sales on Santa Claus train 62.60 Mr. & Mrs. T. F. Graliker 5.00 < Total —5257.60 1 1 12 Pages p

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Decatur Indiana, Wednesday, December 10, 1958.

Exploding Bomb Rips Building Os Religious Colony In California

Mercury Again Drops To Below Zero In Stale Outlook Indicates Temperature Below Normal To Continue United Press International Temperatures skidded far below zero in Indiana again today in a continuation of a two-week siege of wintry weather that began Thanksgiving night. The weatherman predicted some relief Thursday and Friday but saw more subnormal cold temperatures coming up next weekend, and a five-day outlook for Hoosierland indicated temperatures will average 10 to 15 degrees below normal. Thousands of children were home because of the cold weather which closed their schools. Die usual rash of cold weather fires were reported around the state, and literally dozens of families were homeless because overheated furnaces and stoves set off blazes which destroyed their homes. Die mercury dipped to 13 below zero at Lafayette, second morning in a row that that northwestern Indiana city had the coldest reading among a half dozen or so represented in the U. S. Weather Bureau’s daily check. Wabash reported an official weather station low of- 19, Cass County areas near Logansport an unofficial - 17, and Richmond an unofficial -16. The readings were similar to Tuesday’s early - morning temperature depths, which included an unofficial -20 at Cedar Lake and an official -18, at Rensselaer. But Richmond reported an unofficial 16 below reading at that city’s .radio station (WKBV). Other overnight lows included -10 at South Bend, -12 at Fort Wayne, -7 at Chicago, -4 at Indianapolis, 2 above at Terre Haute and Cincinnati, 9 above at Louisville and 10 above at Evansville The forecasts called for lows tonight of 5 below to 15 above after highs of 12 to 20 this afternoon. It will become a little warmer Thursday and the “slight moderation” will continue Friday. No further snow was expected except for persisting flurries near Lake Michigan. A heavy blanket of snow up to Continued on page five Unemployment In U.S. Levels OH Usual Increase In November Falls Off WASHINGTON (UPD — Unemployment levelled off last month instead of showing its usual sharp November increase, the government reported today. Census Bureau figures showed that joblessness throughout the country rose 28,000 to a total of 3,833,000 last month. This change is within the range of statistical error in compiling the figures, however, and is not regarded as significant. ( Last year, when the recession was picking up momentum, unemployment climbed from 2,508,000 to 3,188,000 from October to November. The Labor and Commerce departments reported that employment fell by 653,000 to 64,653,000 last month because of seasonal curtailment of farm activities. The number of manufacturing jobs increased by 155,000 last month to 15,697,000 instead of showing a customary drop. The increase was attributed to settlement of strikes in the auto, metals and machinery industries. Fewer housewives and students hunted for Christmas work last mopth. This helped to hold unemployment at the October leveL | Continued on page five

Judge Denies Any Gifts From Union Name Injected Into .Teamster Hearing WASHINGTON (UPD — The Senate Rackets Committee left it up to a federal judge today to decide whether he wanted to testify about a Teamster case in Ohio. Die judge, James C. Connell of Cleveland, made it plain to newsmen he had no intention of doing t so. He also denied that the union tried to play Santa Claus to him J in 1955. k Connell’s name was injected into the hearing Tuesday by two I Youngstown, Ohio, Teamsters who r have been blocked by the judge’s I ruling from running for office in t their local. : The witnesses, Joseph Carelly • and Joseph Eammartino, were i leaders of a i ank-and-file group which tried to oust local officers : backed by Teamster President • James R. Hoffa. s The dissident candidates won 1 the support of the Teamster court- , appointed board of monitors in > their efforts to get on the ballot. ■ But in a court test, Judge Cons nell upheld the contention of the • candidates were ineligible because their dues, paid under a check- ' off system, were not current. Carelly contended the judge • made the ruling Dec. 2 without : hearing their side of the case. f -Committee Chairman John L. ! McClellan (D-Ark.) and Sen. Bar- ' ry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) joined in deploring the situation that prei vented the ranta-and-file group > from running for office. i McClellan recalled testimony! i that someone by the name of Connell was scheduled to receive > a SIOO engraved champagne bucket as a Christmas gift from the 1 Ohio Conference of Teamsters in I 1955. The conference is headed by ■ William Presser, who invoked the t Fifth Amendment when he was before the committee and who, 1 according to the testimony, opt posed the rank-and-file group in • the Youngstown local. Free World Marks Human Rights Day l Drive Condemning Soviet Aggression > UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPD —Die free world marked Human Rights Day today with a new drive to condemn Russia for its continued "repression in Hungary of fundamental rights of the Hungarian people.” Z The Western powers released the text of its resolution on the 10th anniversary of the Universal Declaration, signed by Russia, guaranteeing the rights of man. Die United States, Britain, . France and Australia were round- , ing up sponsors—they were con- , fident the list would reach 20 or . more—asking the General Assembly to appoint an agent to I keep close watch on the situation , in Hungary where, according to t U.N. reports, Russian repression , never has let up since Soviet l troops crushed the freedom revolt in 1956. > The measure was expected to be put directly before the Geni eral Assembly later this week. It was certain to bring fireworks l from Russia and its satellites. Late Tuesday, the Security Council recommended the admission of the African state of ! Guinea as the U. N.’s 82nd member. The assembly, which voted in new members on the recommendation of the council, was expected to act on Guinea’s application Friday. ' Russia used its 86th and 87th vetoes to block similar recommendations for the Republic of (South) Korea and Viet Nam. It ran Russia’s total of membership vetoes to 49 and marked the fourth time the Soviet Union had I blocked the two countries from U.N. membership.

Eight Airmen Killed In Jes Bomber Crash Pilot Parachutes To Safety As Sole Survivor Os Crash ALTUS, Okla. (UPI)—-A giant 852 jet bomber crashed and exploded in open ground six miles north of here late Tuesday night, killing eight crew members but allowing the pilot to parachute to safety. The lone survivor, Maj. Byard F. Baker, 39, Azle, Tex., was found about a quarter of a mile from the crash site early this morning, unconscious and in a state of shock. The huge, eight-jet craft dug a six foot crater where it plunged into the earth at a steep angle, and rescue crews said only one body had been located among the widely strewn wreckage. Baker’s parachute was open when found, and Altus authorities said he definitely had “bailed out.” Residents in Altus, six miles from the base, said they noticed something was wrong with the big airship as it passed over the town. Moments later, the plane plunged to earth, and windows shook with an explosion that was heard 20 miles away. A spokesman lor the 11th Bomb Wing of the 816th Air Division at Altus AFB said there Was no final warning flashed to the control tower. The plane was on a routine night navigation mission, and apparently was practicing touch-and-go flights, in which a plane makes continous passes at a landing strip and touches down its wheels without stopping. The crash occurred at 11:22 p.m. The weather was clear at the low altitude the plane was flying, and the Altus airfield was visible from the plane, a spokesman said. Search parties hunted through desolate country near the crash site for possible additional survivors, but without results. A team of Air Force officers was appointed to learn the cause of the crash. I. Frank Agler Dies Early This Morning Middlebury Farmer Is Taken By Death I. Frank Agler, 73. a resident of Middlebury, 0., died at 1:30 o’clock this morning at the Van Wert county hospital following a year’s illness of complications. A former resident of Van Wert, he had farmed near Middlebury for the past 12 years. He was born in Van Wert county Oct. 11, 1885, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Agler. and was married to Laura Knight in 1910. Mr. Agler was a member of the Eagles lodge, and attended the Middlebury Methodist church. Surviving in addition to his wife are three sons, Elmer Agler of Convoy, 0., route 2; Verdine and Bruce Agler, both of Van Wert; one daughter, Mrs. Edythe Butler of Van Wert; 15 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four brothers, Joseph Agler of Glenmore, 0., James W. Agler of Van Wert, Clark Agler of Ohio City. O<, and Roy Agler of Hobart, and two sisters,, Mrs. Bessie Miller and Mrs. Mamie Houts 6T Van Wert. Two brothers and one sister are deceased; Funeral services will be. conducted at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert, the Rev. Warren W. Andrews officiating. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery at Van Wert. Friends may call at the funeral home after 8 o'clock tonight.

Inquest Is Opened Into Chicago Fire Specialists Slated To Hear Testimony CHICAGO (UPI> — An inquest into Our Lady of the Angels parochial school fire opens today with a jury of 16 specialists scheduled to hear testimony from families whose children were among the 92 dead. Later in the day, the jurors—insurance investigators, contractors, architects and fire experts—were to tour the ruins of the building where 89 children and three Roman Catholic nuns suffered fatal injuries Dec. 1. At the adjacent parish church, meanwhile about 1,200 children gathered to board buses for their second day of classes at the nearby Our Lady Help of Christians School. Their memories of the blaze were jarred Tuesday when the roll of survivors was called for the first time. Only 36 of the 60 students enrolled in Room 211 were there. The rest were dead or injured. A crackdown on fire hazards continued in dozens of cities, including Chicago. Fire Commissioner Robert Qunn ordered firemen to stand guard at the 86-year-old Sacred Heart parochial school after inspectors found 16 fire hazards. He had already ordered a fire guard at St. Dominic’s school. In New York, the Chicago fire had even greater repercussions. Fire Commissioner Edward F. Cavanagh Jr. Tuesday closed four more schools because of fire hazards, bringing the total to 18. Greencastle Man To Head Cancer Drive GREENCASTLE, Ind. (UPI) — RichardW. Flynn, Greencastle, will head the $657,800 American Cancer Society Crusade in Indiana next April. The goal of the fundraising drive will be the same as the year before. Six Are Killed As Plane Hits Homes Two Infants Killed In One Os Homes NORFOLK, Va. (UPD—A Navy tanker plane, turning for an emergency landing, lost its port engine only eight city blocks from the runways of Norfolk Naval Air Station Tuesday and crashed into a cluster of homes, killing six persons. The dead were the plane’s four crewmen and two infants in one of the homes. The mother of the children, who was in the home at the time, was hospitalized in a state of shock. » ,The Navy launched an investigation today into of the crash, which touched off an explosion and sent 15,000 pounds of jet fuel and gasoline spewing fire through two houses and scorching a third. Firemen fought the blaze two hours but the two homes, one unoccupied, were destroyed. The AJ twin-prop tanker also sliced a truck in half. The infant victims were identified as 14-month-old Joseph R. Tondora Jr. and his month-old sister, Josephine. Their father, Navy Lt. Joseph R Tondora, was picked up by a helicopter from the submarine USS Require off the Virginia capes and returned to Norfolk. BULLETIN Cyrus Liechty, 64, Berne, died today at the Adams county memorial hospital at 11:50 a.m. from a stroke suffered during the night Monday at his home. He never regained consciousness from the stroke. Liechty was proprietor of the Cy Liecbty barber shop in Berne for several yean. Funeral services have not been completed. The body was removed to the Yager funeral home la Berne.

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Cult Leader, Eight Others Dead, Missing Fountain Os World Religious Colony Is Ripped By Bomb CHATSWORTH, Calif. (UPI) — An exploding bomb ripped through the Fountain of the World religious colony today, killing barefoot "messiah” Krishna Venta and destroying the main monastery building. At least eight other persons—including an 11-month-old boy—were killed or missing, according to Capt. Howard Bowman of the Ventura sheriffs department. At least three others were injured, one—a 9-year-old girl—critically. Venta’s charred body was found in the smouldering wreckage. It was identified by dental work. The blast caved in one wall of the building, and spread debris several hundred feet in Box Canyon, some 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles in the Santa Susana Mountains. The flaming wreckage touched off a brush fire that roared out-of-contyol through the tinder dry watershed. Some 250 men were on the fire lines. A Stranger's Conversation A cult member. Brother Martin, told deputies that shortly before the explosion he overheard “Master” Venta and another brother in a conversation with a stranger in the office of the main monastery building. The man was wearing shoes and was not a member of the sect because none of them wear shoes. Brother Martin said. Martin said the stranger was in his early 20s, wore khaki clothes and carried a small canvas zipper bag about 18 inches long. “I heard the master say ‘What do you think I am, a hypocrite?’ just before I left the building and in a moment the whole thing exploded,” Martin said. Ventura County fire officials said there was "no doubt the explosion was caused by a bomb." Los Angeles and Ventura County sheriff’s investigators, and the FBI in an unofficial capacity, began an immediate investgaton of the exploson. Los Angeles Police Sgt. R.H. Sansing said "It is common knowledge Venta had many enemies. In the course of his travels here and in Europe he managed to acquire many enemies.” Building "Blew Up” •Hie dead and their approximate ages were listed r.s: Bishop Marlin Baker, 4C: Cardinal James Shanafelt, 37; Brother Ellyn James Shanafelt, 11 months. Sister Keela Baker, 7; Bishopess Jean Shanafelt, 38. Sister Anna Noga, 65, and Sister Ethel Reey. 58, and Venta, 47. Two of the injured. Sister Erma Winfrey, 59 and Sheila Vizina, 8. were taken to Ventura County Hospital with serious burns. A second child, Linda Lee Baker, 9, was taken to Los Angeles County hospital where she was reported in serious condition with burns over 80 per cent of her body. i , Mrs. Ruth Lewis, a member of the cult, said the whole building’ “blew up. Everything was on fire. I managed to get my little granddaughter, Linda, out.”

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