Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1958 — Page 8

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Pleads Not Guilty To Drunken Driving Two Cases Heard In Mayor's Court Two cases were heard in mayor’s court this forenoon, one local man charged with drunken driving pleaded not guilty to the charge, while the second offender, charged with improper registration, received a fine for the offense. Francis J. Schmitt, 65, Decatur, was arrested by the city police Thursday night at 9 o’clock for drunken driving after striking a car on Winchester street. The city police car was in pursuit of the Schmitt vehicle and as the police car went around the vehicle to have the driver pull to the curb, the Schmitt car struck a parked auto owned by Ray F,- Kramer, 59, Decatur, in his attempt to park. Schmitt was arrested by the investigating officer for drunken driving and placed in the Adams county jail pending trial today in mayor’s court. He pleaded not guilty to the charge befre Mayor Robert D. Cole, and the trial was set for Decemt-sr 29. Schmitt was released from the county jail on S2OO bond. Police estimated tne minor damage at $5 to each vehicle. Paul Edward Reichert, 23, Fort Wayne, was arrested by the city

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police Thursday night for driving a panel truck without the proper registration. He appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to the charge and was taxed $17.75. Reichert’s apprenhension was at the intersection of Ninth and Monroe streets at 10:35 p.m. New Manager Named For Vets Hospital WASHINGTON, (UPD—Dr. Robert J. Scott today was named manager of the Veterans Administration Hospital at Fort Wayne, Ind. SOVIET DEPUTY Continued from pa«e one vinced the Russian premier finds himself committed more deeply on the Berlin issue than he had intended and faced with an unyielding Western front in which he was unable to develop any cracks. They think he may be seeking some face-saving way out of the deadlock and Mikoyan may be the advance agent to arrange it. State Department officials said the Russians gave no real clue to the purpose of Mikoyan’s visit when they asked Wednesday for a visa for him. VALDEZ GUILTY Coi. ~.vu irom page one homicide, because Gomez had lunged at him with a large butcher knife before he pulled the .45 automatic from beneath his belt and sport shirt and fired the two' fatal shots. Investigating officers at the scene of the shooting stated that no such knife was found. The search for Valdez was started immediately by the Mercer county authorities. All surrounding states and neighboring cities were notified of the incident, but Valdez could 1 , not be found. His apprehension was brought about when he stumbled into a mission, drunk, in Aurora, 111., near Chicago, on October 2. Valdez bragged to the attendants at the mission of the murder and of eluding the police for more than a month. Sheriff Bruce Barber went to Aurora and identified Valdez. Valdez then signed papers for his extradition from Illinois to Ohio so that he could be returned for trial.

T ~—an fu| ■MB ; ■■■ IS /'J WWPMfM HIGHBALLING —Way up near the top of the 99-foot Christmas tree on the ellipse across from the White House, Jean Baron ot Cheverly. Md., goes about the ]ob ot placing ornaments. The tree is an Engelman spruce from the northwest.

Injuries Fatal To Six-Year-Old Boy SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPD — Neal Glass, Jr.. 6. Plymouth, diedj in Memorial Hospital today of in-1 juries sustained last Sunday when I he was struck by an automobile while playing in the snow with a companion near Plymouth. The driver was identified as Shirley Green, 27, Plymouth. Uphold Conviction Os Mass Murderer Fix Starkweather Execution March 27 LINCOLN, Neb. (UPD The Nebraska Supreme Court today upheld the first-degree murder conviction of mass killer Charles Starkweather 20, and set March 27 as the cate of execution. The Supreme Court said the redhaired slayer must be put to death in the Nebraska State Penitentiary’s electric chair between the hours of 6 a.m. and. 6 p.m. on that date. Starkweather, former garbage collector who shocked the nation last January with a savage murder spree which cost 10 persons their lives had orginaily been scheduled to die Dec. 17. He was convicted May 23 and the jury specified the death penalty. However, the execution date was postponed pending outcome of his appeal to the state’s high court. The appeal is mandatory in Nebraska in cases in which a defendant is sentenced io death Starkweather admitted 10 slayings on a weeklong murder orgy last January with his girl friend Caril Fugate, 15. He later admitted an 11th slaying, which was committed a month before the murder rampage. Caril was convicted Nov. 21 of the same charges of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. , Her attorney is seek- ‘ ing a new trial. Both were specifically charged in the Jan. 27, 1958, murder of Robert Jensen, 17, Bennett, Neb. Trade in a good town — Decatur IJ ■ { 1 R > K-,. ■ ■ *' * CONTEMPLATION— Head buried in its feathers and balancing on one leg! this crane in Chessington, England, is a picture of ornithological contemplation.

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Forest Ranger Dies In California Fire Worst Brush Fire Claims First Life SAN JUAN. CAPISTRANO. Calif. (UPD — Southern California’s worst brush fire of the year claimed its first victim Thursday night when a forest ranger was enveloped by flames in a brief flare up along the southeast corner. The fire still was not under -ort-Ol ter’-”’. Joe Adams, 34. district ranger *nr Prescott National Forest. Ariz., was leading a Hopi Indian “hotshot” crew along the fire's ->»ririe + er on a scouting . mission, 'io climbed atop a rock for a better view when the wind made a '”dden shift, surrounding him with flames. Forest Service officials said he apparently died instantly The gigantic blaze has sweat over some 100 sauare miles of heavy brush, and destroved 19 homes arid summer cabins since it broke nut Sunday between this historic mission town and Lake Elsinore. Richard Johnson, U. S. Forest Service fire prevention officeY, said control was expected late th’ o ovenins’. He said about “70 or 80 per cent” was presently under control. If you have something *o sell or '•ooms for rent, try a Democrat Vftr.t Ad — They bring results

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Indiana Farm Bureau On Legislative Spot Generating Plant Proposal Studied - INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Indiana Farm Bureau was on a legislative hot spot today following a meeting called by Governor Handley to consider the proposed construction of a new generating plant by rural electric cooperatives, ans other matters. Officials of the Bureau and John Van Ness, chairman of the Indiana Public Service Commission, met with Handley Thursday to discuss a hassle which developed almost two years ago over the amount of control the PSC should have over the REMCs. The governor said after • the session it was an “exploratory” meeting in which he sought to determine what legislation was needed in connection with that f'ontr<’) and other PSC - farm matters. Handley said he felt a distinction should be made between loans for expansion which the rural cooperatives get frorii the federal government, and those for construction of major projects such as a steam generating plant, estimated to run as high as 42 million dollars. , Low Interest Cited Handley and the PSC have mentioned the low interest rate on the federal loans as a reason for their opposition. Hie meeting was Interpreted by some sources as an effort by Handley to woo the Farm Bureau leaders away from their strong support formerly given to the rural cooperatives in their fight

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with other utilities over the proposed Petersburg generating plant on White River. George Doup, president of the Farm Bureau, conceded today that “we are in a hot spot” but maintained “we are not backing laway from our previous poisition. We favor the appropriation of funds by REA to cooperatives for the construction of generation and transmission facilities if their present cost of electricity is out of line or if sufficient amount of electricity is not available." Doup said “we will rely on the REMCs and the REA engineers" to decide when the cost of electricity is too high and when its supply to the rural customers of Indiana is insufficient. He said the board of directors of his organization will determine which bills to be supported in the 1959 General Assembly. PSC Authority One of those bills, and probably others, are expected to relate to the question of whether the PSC should have the authority to block a federal loan to Indiana REMCs. The authority, which the PSC asserted after the hassle over the generating plant proposed by Hoosier Cooperative Energy, Inc., was a sore issue in the senatorial campaign which Handley lost. Atlas Missile Twice As Long As Bus NEW YORK (UPI) — The Atlas missile fired into orbit Thursday night is nearly twice as long as a commercial bus. The average bus is 44 feet long. The Atlas is 85 feet long. In weight, buses average about 10 tons. The missile in orbit weighs more than four tons. Trade in a good towr — Decatur.

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