Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 26 December 1958 — Page 3

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Newspaper Strike Now In 17th Day i Newspapers In New York Are Still Idle NEW YORK (UPD—The chief of the Federal Mediation Service returned to New York newspaper strike talks today. Joseph F. Finnegan told newsmen the negotiations “sound better" but that when the 17-day-old strike may end remains unpredictable. The city’s nine major daily

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newspapers suspended publication 15 days ago as a result of the strike of deliverers. The walkout had previously cut their circulation to a comparative trickle of over-the-counter sales at their own plants. The parties went into separate negotiating sessions at mediation headquarters at 10 a.m. today. Finnegan arrived from Washington about an hour later. He said he had been in daily contact with the mediators but had not met the disputing parties face to face for more than a week, “and I intend to do that today?" The strike appeared to be devel-

oping into a war of nerves for the public, deprived for more than two weeks of their usual newspapers. The nine strike-bound papers have a daily circulation totalling more than 5% million and a Sunday circulation of about eight million. “How long is this strike going to last?" people asked each other testily as, again today, they could not find their papers on the newsstands, or, in some cases, their favorite news dealers. An estimated 10,000 vendors have shuttered their stands for the duration. Some of the more optimistic newsmen covering the negotiations felt the strike might be settled before the first of the year—but none of the parties involved in the dispute would hazard a guess as to when an agreement would be reached. The newspapers you couldn’t buy on the stands were the New York Times, Herald Tribune. News, Mirror, Journal American, World-Telegram and Sun, Post, adn the Long Island Star-Journal and the Long Island Press — all suspended as a result of the walkout of the Newspaper Mail and Deliverers Union. Miss Sarah Gerber Is Taken By Death Lifelong Resident Os Area Is Dead Funeral services for Miss Sarah Gerber, 77, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Goodwin funeral home in Bluffton, and at 2 o’clock at the Apostolic Christian church. The Rev. Samuel Aeschliman will officiate, and burial will be in the church cemetery. Miss Gerber, a lifelong resident of the Adams-Wells county area, died about 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton, where she had been a patient nine days. She suffered a stroke Tuesday before her death. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Orel Gilliom, of Bluffton; two brothers, Jehy Gerber, of route one, CraigviHe; and Joel Gerber, of Kalamazoo, Mich. A member of the Apostolic Christian church, Miss Gerber was a practical nurse. 1 Over 2,500 Daily Democrats grit sold and delivered in Decatur each day.

MASONIC Public Installation of Officers OF DECATUR LODGE 571, F. & A JI. FOR 1969 Will be held at Masonic Temple SATURDAY, DECEMDER 27th Lodge will open at 7:30 P.M. Public Installation 8:00 P.M. Members are urged to bring their friends and neighbors as guests for this ceremony. Officers be at Lodge Hall at 7 P. M. for photographs. , Reception for New Officers in dining . room after installation ceremonies. RAY L. COLLINS, W.M.

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Two Assessed Fines In Decatur Courts One Man Fined For Public Intoxication A local resident appeared in mayor’s court today on a public intoxication charge filed against him by the sheriff's department last Friday night. Francis J. Schmitt, 65, Decatur, received a fine of $5 and costs, totaling $20.75, after pleading guilty to the offense. Schmitt was arrested by the sheriff’s department approximately four miles north of Decatur Friday night on U. S. 27 near the Roy Bixler farm on the public intoxication charge. Schmitt was arrested after sheriff Merle Affolder was notified that a driver was under the influence of alcohol and believed unable to drive the auto, which was narked near the Bixler front yard. Schmitt is scheduled to appear in court Monday on a drunken driving charge filed against him earlier last week. A traffic case was heard in justice of the peace court Tuesday night. Three other traffic cases are scheduled in court later. Kenneth A. McKissick, 44, Fort Wayne, was arrested Sunday on U. S. 27, >4 mile north of the city, for improper passing on a hill and yellow lines. He received a fine of $16.75 Tuesday night in court. Ronald E. Leeuw, 19, Fort Wayne, was arrested by the state police Sunday on U. S. 27 approximately six miles north of Decatur for speeding. He is scheduled to appear December 31 at 7 o’clock to the charge of driving 80 miles per hour. • James L. Blocher, 27, Wren, 0., was arrested Saturday on U. S. 27 six miles north of the city for driving 75 miles per hour. He will appear Saturday at 1 o’clock. Danny L. Anglin, 25, Warsaw, was arrested by the state police Tuesday on U. S. 27 three miles north of Decatur for driving a truck 55 miles per hour. He will appear January 8 at 8 o'clock to the charge. McNagny Resigns As District Attorney FORT WAYNE. Ind. (UPD - Philip M. McNagny will retire Dec. 31 as U. S. District Attorney for Northern Indiana to enter private law practice. He was appointed by President Eisenhower in 1954.

y - - , . , , , | Cuban Capital Is Virtually An Armed Camp VRevolutionary Army Growing, Situation Becomes More Tense EDITORS NOTE—The revolutionary situation in Cuba is growing increaskßly tense. United Press International has collected reports from correspond-, ents in Cuba, Washington and New York and Miami, centers of rebel activity. Their findings were summarised by a reporter Who also spent some time in Cuba earlier this year. By JACK V. FOX United Press International The once gay Cuban capital of rvana is a somber place today. appears quite possible there could be large scale bloodshed in the city and throughout Cuba within the next 60 days. The revolutionary army of Fidel Castro has swelled in two years from a band of 25 men to something like 10,000. They control large chunks of the eastern end of the island. President Fulgencio Bat ist a, dominant figure on the Cuban political scene for 17 of the past 25 years, has made Havana almost an armed camp. Military police prowl cars roam its streets, each carrying five men armed with five tommyguns. Tank reinforcements arrived this week at nearby Camp Colombia. i Batista's term of office ends > Feb. 24. His hand-picked succest sor, Andres Rivero Aguero, is to ■ take office then. But Castro and other opposition elements have refused to recognize the validity of ■ his election several weeks ago. It is believed they may strike before Batista leaves the presidency. Danger Os Snipers The central highway which Insects the island from west to east can no longer be travelled ; past the mid-way point because of snipers. It is impossible to go by . railroad across the country. Some 300 railroad and highway bridges hiave been dynamited. In the three eastern provinces of Chiba, Batista’s army garrisons patrol the towns by day, then hole up at night. Then the rebels take over. In Oriente, the easternmost province, large Castro forces are fortified in the mountains. Many of the sugar plantation operators have made a “deal” wifl| Castro. It is estimated 75 per cen| of the crop will be harvested witn his permission. The sugar men are paying Castro 10 and 15 cents per bag of sugar as royalty in return. The crop is the backbone of the nation’s economic life —a $630 . million business this year. Half the island has no phones—the poles were cut down. So daring is tile rebel movement that it seizes airliners at gunpoint; kidnaps and holds American citizens. Hotels Losing Money The lavish luxury hotels and gambling casinos like the Riviera, the Habana Hilton and the Nacional, are losing as much as one million dollars a year. December is the'beginning of the tourist season but it will be an abysmal one. Batista has put about 10,000 teenagers under arms in the past year and , sent them into rebel territory after 30 days training. The Castro men call them “bocaditos”—little mouthfuls. There is talk among Cubans of asking U. S. help to end the fighting, which has already taken thousands of lives. Both Batista’s government and the rebels profess to abhor any hint of outside interference. But some sort of mediation to avert a widening of the civil war may be a last resort.

.IW sss CHRISTMAS PRINCESS— Princess Alexandra, daughter of the duke of Kent, makes a lovely picture in Kensington, England, as she puses for 22nd birthday Dhoto. She was bom on Dec. 25.

Night Depository Os Bank Is Rifted MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (UPD— A night depository of the Peoples Bank & Trust Co. was rifled during the Christmas holiday period, bank officials disclosed today? They said the robbery took place after removal of an air vent and brinks. Several deposits wdre taken. but the amount cannot be determined until a thorough check is made by officials with deposits.

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