Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 15.

Fl i ic ■ * *>V ’ -- ’’ I •" ’ " k A.--. tM jni .J* ' : *' & * :> jTJj| 17 SAVED IN FIERY LANDlNG— Firemen fight the flames spouting from one of the engines of an airliner after veteran pilot J. W. Rush safely landed the burning plane at International Airport in Miami, Fla. The plane was enroute to Detroit with 17 aboard when ground crews discovered the burning motor. No one was injured. — - ' ■ ... ■

Proposals For Teachers' Pay Hike Defended Democratic Leader “ Says Priority Must Be Given Education INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Minority floor leader Matthew Welsh today defended in the Indiana Senate the Democratic proposals of pay hikes for teachers. He said his party “will insist that the education of the children of Indiana be given the highest priority on the list of state needs.” Welsh, in a speech prepared for delivery to his Senate colleagues, said “education shall have first call on all money over and above that which is required for efficient operation of the very basic essential of state government.” Democrats recently introduced in the House a series of Mils which would increase the minimum salary for teachers, liberalize provisions for teacher retirement and provide a state aid distribution formula which is based on the average teacher salary actually being paid by local yhod districts. The distribution formula would raise the amount of state aid for maintenance and operation costs from $3,400 a classroom to $4,800 for most school districts with an additional $1,250 for operation expenses in the less wealthy areas. . The proposals were expected to add more than 30 million dollars to the record billion dollar budget proposed for the coming biennium. “The days of the administration carrying out a whole series of pet projects and patronage building schemes first and meeting education needs last, if at all, are over,”-Welsh said. “There is a new day coming, and this is a new legislature, that is determined to stop the waste and extravagance in government.” Welsh said Democrats “recognize that the general tax level should not be raised.” But he said Governor Handley’s budget is “based on unrealistic”, estimates of expected state income. “There will therefore, be more stat revenue availabl than is guessed at in the governor’s budget,” he said. Welsh said Democrats have promised to work to “make the state administration stop its waste and extravagance with the taxpayers’ money.” But he said his partv does * not. consider sny spent for education of Hoosier children as waste provided it is spent wisely and distributed among the school districts with due recognition ofthe ability of those districts to provide a substantial part of the cost from their own tax sources.” Welsh said the needs of the state’s public school system are considered top priority by DemoCcnt)lnue<i! on page five INDIANA WEATHER _ Cold wave over most of state tonight with temperatures falling to zero 'to 10 above north and 10 to 15 south by Tuesday morning. Partly cloudy with scattered snow flurries extreme north portion tonight and Tuesday with local snow squalls likely near Lake Michigan tonight and early Tuesday. Windy this evening and early tonight. Colder Tuesday. High Tuesday 12 to 22 north. 18 to 26 south. Sunset today 5:50 p. m. CDT. Sunrise Tuesday 8:01 a. m. CDT. Outlook for Wednesday: Cloudy and a little wanner with snow likely. Low Tuesday night around 10 north to near 20 south. High Wednesday around 20 north to around 30 south.

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Envisions Weather Stations In Space Long-Range Plans Disclosed By Ike WASHINGTON (UPD — President Eisenhower today envisioned a world-girdling network of weather stations in space. He disclosed long - range plans for such a network in a message to Congress budgeting billions for ■space exploration, atomic arms and power, and scientific research and development in many fields. In all three categories, he said, the government proposes to set new spending records during the fiscal yar starting July 1. The President told Congress, however, that he is budgeting nothing for nuclear weapons testing in fiscal 1960 "on the assumption” that a test ban agreement will be reached in the east-West negotiations now going on in Geneva. But he said the atomic proving grounds in Nevada and the Pacific will be maintained on a standby basis for resumption of weapons tests if the Geneva talks fail. He added that this country will go ahead with “development and demonstration" of peaceful uses of atomic explosions. The President said “extensive space explorations are being initiated.” He forecast manned space flight, exploration of the moon and planets, and use .of satellites “as relays for the intercontinental transmission of messages, voice, and television.” Other programs, he said, “look toward the intimate establishment of a worldwide system of satellite weather observation.” Being developed, he said, are nuclear rocket engines and a chemically fueled engine with a million pounds of thrust. The most powerful existing U.S. rocket engines have upwards of 300,000 pounds of thrust. For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration the President asked authority to commit 485 million dollars, an increase of 135 million dollars over the current fiscal year. He estimated actual spending by NASA in fiscal 1960 at 280 million dollars compared with an estimated 153 million this year and 89 minion by its predecessor agencies in fiscal 1958. These expenditures include only those for civilian space projects by the civilian space agency. Administration sources estimated total federal space spending, including Defense Department projects, at roughly three-quartersof a Late Bulletins CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (UPD —A trim Polaris, the Navy’s intermediate range missile with ICBM reach, catapulted out over the Atlantic today in the first fully successful flight of the weapon in its final shape. The 28-foot missile, shaped * like a bowling pin, leaped from its launching platform at 10:51 a.m. and headed southeast on an 800-mile flight. The Navy said the second half of the two stage solid fuel missile burned out about two minutes after KEMAH, Tex. (UPD — An explosion .and .fire .ripped through a home at Kemah today killing six persons tentatively identified as members of the family of an Air Force lieutenant. Sheriff Paul Hopkins of Galveston reported from the scene that the man had been tentatively identified as Air Force Lt. H. B, Johnson. Hopkins said that was the name of the family given recently when they applied for a city water connection.

Union Reform Bill Studied By Democrats Democrats In House Plan Secret Caucus Over Labor Reform INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—lndiana House Democrats planned a caucus today to probe the popularity of a “union reform” bill which the party’s-top Senate leader has endorsed as a successor to “right to work.” Floor Leader Donald Foltz of Clinton said a nose count would be taken on how many are for and how many against the measure, already in the legislative hopper and tagged by top AFL-CIO leader as unacceptable to organized labor. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Joe Harris, Sullivan County Democrat and chairman of the House Labor Committee. It was endorsed by Senate floor leader Matthew Welsh in a lengthy policy speech last week. However, House Democrats have carefully steered clear of tagging the bill as a House policy measure. Dallas Sells, chief officer of the Indiana AFL-CIO, criticized the bill after a meeting with top Democratic legislative leaders last week. It requires secret union elections every five years and publication of union financial records, constitutions and by-laws. It was a unique situation. Normally,' Democrats and Republicans in the legislature each introduce strongly “pro" bills to carry out platform and policy ideas, and if there is a compromise it comes in amendments and conference committee reports. The “union reform" bill appeared to be a compromise between strongly pro-labor and strongly pro-management philosophies. Foltz indicated he would disclose the outcome of any showdown vote which might be taken in the secret caucus. The House resumed its work this morning after the weekend recess, but the Senate did not reconvene until afternoon. Among a few bills introduced this morning was one establishing a state museum at a cost of $1,850,000. The authors are Reps. Glenn Slenker (R-Monticello) and Richard Wright (R-Winchester). As they reconvened, House members adopted a resolution calling for each news reporter covering the session to step to the speaker’s rostrum and identify himself and his employer and give a brief biographical sketch. Speaker Birch Bayh said the members wanted to "become acquainted with the press.” Rep. Otto Pozgay (D-South Bend) suggested that in future sessions a brochure containing photos and information on the newsmen should be distributed so the lawmakers would know the reporters as well as the reporters know the lawmakers. Historical Society To Hear Holycross +■ »•' _ .. Eudolph Holycross, of Larwill, a teacher in the Columbia City high school, will address the Adams county historical society at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jap. 27, at the Lincoln school gym, Gerald Durkin, president of the society, said today. “Indiana historical memorials and state parks” will be the subject of the lecture, which will be accompanied by a series of colored slides taken by the wellknown northeastern Indiana speaker. V.

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Increase In Gasoline Taxes, Postal Rates Asked By Eisenhower

Mikoyan Says U.S. Carrying On Cold War Says Discriminatory U.S. Legislation Is Barrier For Trade . WASHINGTON (UPD — Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I-. Mikoyan charged today that “the cold war in the State Department is still going on and it affects foreign trade.” State Department press officer Lincoln White sharply criticized Mikoyan's statement. “This allegation is fatuous on the face of it, particularly when it comes to the .close of a tour of this country where this man has been very cordially received by all classes of American citizens,” White said. Russia's No. 2 man made the charge after a one hour and 45 minute conference with the State Department’s top economic official, .Undersecretary of State, for Economic Affairs C. Douglas Dillon. Mikoyan told reporters that American “discriminatory legislation “was the big barrier to increasing commerce between the two countries. Mikoyan said there were “no negotiations” during this morning’s meeting but “it is apparent that the State Department is not in a posiiton to renounce the discriminatory regulations which are in the way of the export of more Soviet goods to the United States.” “We hope the cold war will end and trade will expand,” he said. In complaining about American “discriminatory regulations” Mikoyan appeared to be criticizing principally two types of regulations: 1. The Johnson Act under which Congress forbade the extension of long term credit, in'excess of 180 days, to any country in default on its debts to the United States. Russia never has made good on her 1933 promise to settle Czar-j ist debts to the United States. 2. Tariff regulations which have the effect of holding down the import into this country of Russian *"rs and crab meat. After this meeting with Dillon. Mikoyan went to the National Press Club to address a lunch meeting of newsmen. Following that he was to carry his trade campaign one step further by conferring wiht Commerce Secretary Lewis L. Strauss. Annual Elks Cancer Party February 7 Hold Annual Party At K. Os C. Hall The annual Elks cancer club party, sponsored for a number of years by the .Decautr Elks lodge, will be held Saturday evening, Feb; 7, at the' Knights of Columbus hall. Frank Lybarger and Lyle Mallonee have been named as cochairmen for this outstanding annual event, which last year netted more than SSOO for the Indiana Elks cancer fund. Tickets have been placed on sale by William Hunter, ticket chairmen. They will be available from Elks club members and also at the K. of C. hall and the Elks lodge. The public is invited to attend the anhual party, which will open with games and other types of entertainment, and conclude with a ’free dance. ■ Alt members of the Elks lodge will assist in the annual party, to which the public is Invited. The Elks lodges of Indiana all contribute to the, state cancer fund, which is devoted to research to find thd causes and possible cure for the killing disease.

More Zero Weather Forecast In State Colder Weather Is Forecast Tonight United Press International A new snowstorm swept across drift-crippled South Bend and nearby areas today as another cold wave headed for Indiana. Three inches of new snow blanketed the South Bend area this morning, raising to 18 inches the ’ depth of snow on the ground, including 15 inches left from a nearblizzard last Friday. ‘ Temperatures climbed briefly above freezing over most of Hoo- . sierland, bringing relief from a three-day cold wave. But another cold wave was on the way with zero temperatures due again to1 night. ; South Bend’s new snow apparently added only minor inconvenience to the weather - plagued city, which quickly dug out from under a 17-inch snow during the weekend, enabling business, ,in- ' dustry and schools to resume nor-. ' mal operations. Mayor Edward Voorde had declared a state of emergency for about 24 hours. The latest precipitation was in 1 the form of rain and rain mixed ' with snow in central and southern Vareas. It was borne on blustery winds preceding the new cold ' front. An accumulation of 2 to 3 inches ’ of snow was expected in the extreme north, where snow was fall- ■ Ing before daybreak today. Cen- , tral areas got a mixture of snow, rain and sleet as temperatures hovered near freezing. Rain fell in .file south. , The icy temperatures were developing by the hour today as the mercury dropped steadily toward i lows of zero to 10 above in the | north, 10 in the central and 10 to 15 in the south portions. Highs Tuesday will range from | Continued on page five Place Coin Cards In County Schools | Receipts Will Gtf To March Os Dimes Coin cards in which the children of Adams county may make their contributions to the March of Dimes were distributed today In practically all the schools in the county. Those schools which are participating include the Geneva and Wabash township schools, the Berne schools, Adams Central, Blue Creek township, Hartford township, Jefferson township, Monmouth, Pleasant Mills, the Decatur Catholic schools, and all of the county’s Lutheran parochial schools. Coin cards were not distributed in the Decatur public schools, but cannisters have been placed in each room. Despite the severe cold weather, the lollipop sale conducted by the Rotary troop of Boy Scouts on the streets of Decatur Saturday was highly successful and a good sum of money was realized. Next Saturday members of the Teen Age .council will conduct a balloon sale on the downtown streets. Figures revealed today by H. H. Krueckeberg, treasurer of the Adams county chapter of the National Foundation, show that in the past 10 years more than $17,000 has been spent in the county for medical care for victims of polio. Eighty-five' patients were helped and money is still being spent for treatment and rehabilitation. During the epidemic year of 1950 more than $5,700.00 was expended. The above figure does not include the amount Adams county contributed to fi»e national organization for research which brought about the Salk vaccine. This year the National Foundation hopes to raise $65,000,000 with which it will strive to find the cause of arthritis and birth defects which are causing the crippling of thousands of children, in addition to The continuing expenditure fori the patient care of polio victims. ’

Workers Back At Harvester As Strike Ends Ratify Contract To End 66-Day Strike At Company Plants CHICAGO (UPD— About 37,000 International Harvester Co. employes began returning to work today following ratification of a new three-year contract to end a 66-day strike. The United Auto Workers said Sunday night locals at 15 Harvester plants in six states voted overwhelmingly during the weekend to ratify the pact and end the walkout which began Nov. 13. “Official returns confirmed that Harvester workers ... ratified terms for a new contract by greater than a 90 per cent majority," Pat Greathouse, a UAW regional vice president, announced. However, the union declined to Issue official- figures on the vote. Results of the vote by 33 UAW locals were received earlier in the Chicago district office of the Federal Mediation Service by Douglas T. Brown end William G. Murray, who helped end the dispute. Reports Income Drops Negotiators for Harvester and the UAW reached agreement on the new contract last Wednesday morning. The UAW Harvester Council, composed of representatives of all locals, approved the contract Friday during a six-hour session. The pact calls for annual pay increases of 6 cents hourly, or 2M> per cent, whichever is greater, .along with revised pension, vacation, health and welfare clauses. 1 Harvester operates plants in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and California. The company, meanwhile, reported its net income for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 1958, showed a 5.8 per cent drop from 1957. Backlog of Orders Frank W. Jensk, Harvester president, said the firrfi's net Income totaled $42,987,000, with decreases in every category except sales of farm equipment and service parts. ' He said sales and net income would suffer in the first quarter of 1959 due to the strike. “Though settlement has now been reached, it will not be possible for us to re-establish normal production and shipment in time to aid the first quarter results significantly,” Jenks said. However, a backlog of orders will cause most operations to be “at a considerably higher rate of activity than before the strike,” lie said. The report said total sales in 1958 were $1,098,390,000, a deContlnued on page tl v * Four-Year-Old Boy Dies Sunday Night Reyes Flores Dies After Long Illness Reyes Flores, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Flores, 727 Schirmeyer street, died at 10 o’ clock Sunday night at the Adams county memorial hospital. The child had been ill for the past 60 days with complications, and a patient in the hospital for 30 days. The boy was bo r n in Boynton Beach, Fla., Jan. 6, 1955, and was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church. Surviving in addition to the parents are four brothers. Esaias, Rafael, Alfredo and Fidincio Flores,, and one sister, Celia Flores, all at home. Funeral services will be conducted at 9:15 o’clock Tuesday 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 GilMg & Doan funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of services.

Argentina Moves I To Prevent Coup Government Cracks Down Over Unions BUENOS AIRES (UPD — The government cracked down on Communist end Peronista unions today to end a paralyzing general strike and forestall any possible attempt at a coup d’etat during President Arthro Frondizi’s visit to the United States. 1 Informed sources said the army had called 21-year-olds to active duty and government officials threatened a general mobilization, if necessary, to enforce a state of siege now in effect in the capital. Federal police raided Communist Party headquarters and 25 ' Peronista committee offices ’ throughout the city. Several persons were arrested. Scattered in- • cidents of violence were reported 1 but no one was injured. The strike was called ostensibly : to protest against the reported arrest of 95 workers who staged a sit-down strike at a governmentowned meat packing plant that was to be returned to private industry. However, government officials said the strike was part of a plot to embarrass President Arturo Frondizi during his 12-day state visit to the United States. Frondizi left Sunday and arrives in Charleston, S.C., today. Frondizi told newsmen aboard : his plane that the strike was . called by labor unions “seeking to impose their will over the country.” He warned the government would use troops to “stamp out any attempt at such an insurrection.” Lewis Murphy Dies Suddenly Saturday Lifelong Resident Is Taken By Death Lewis W. Murphy, 76, well known retired stock buyer, died suddenly at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at his home, 903 Winchester street. Although he had been ' ill for the past three months, his death was unexpected. He was born in Root township Jan. 27, 1882, a son of David and Mary Ann Glass-Murphy, and resided -in Decatur most of his life. He was first married to Clady Woods. He was later married to Martha Fisher in 1935, and she preceded him in death July 21,. 1957. Mr. Murphy was a lifelong i member of the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church. i Surviving are four daughters, Miss Tressella Murphy and Mrs. Russel (Eva) Hoffman of Decatur. Mrs. William (Mary) Brewster of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Richard (Catherine) Reidenbach of Van Wert, O.; two sons, Harold Murphy of Decatur, and Lewis Murphy. Jr., of Blytheville, Ark.; two stepsons, Arlie and Chalmer Fisher of Fort Wayne; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Jerome (Sadie) Omlor of Decatur; one sister, Mrs. Charles Burrell of Decatur; 14 grandchildren; two great-grand-children; eight step-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren. One son, two daughter?, one brother and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be con- ! ducted ’at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at toe Zwick funeral home and at 2 p. m. at the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. Lawrence T. Norris and the Rev. Emmett Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral hopre until time ; of the services. Nation's Fire Loss Over Billion Dollars > NEW YORK (UPD—Fire dam- - aged or destroyed an estimated [ $1,056,266,00 worth of property in > I the United States last year, the National Board of Fire Underwriters reported today.

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Annual Budget Message Sent To Congress No Cuts Proposed, Mild Threat Os Tax Increase Included WASHINGTON (UPD — President Eisenhower today sent Congress a precariously balanced budget of $77,030,000,000 demanding higher federal gasoline taxes, and a new hike in postal rates. He requested an increase in gasoline taxes from 3 cents to 4(£ cents a gallon and a 350 million dollar boost in postal charges, apparently by instituting a five-cent stamp for some letters. These proposals, combined with higher taxes on aviation fuel and some other tax revisions, would bring in $1,356,000,000 of new revenue in fiscal year 1960, which starts this July. No tax cuts were proposed. On the contrary, there was a mild threat of more general tax increases, if the President's goal of achieving, a 70 million dollar surplus in the coming year should fade and the government again goes into the red. Hie current year’s “recession-induced” deficit was estimated at $12,900,000,000. The Democrats accused Eisenhower of submitting a “political budget” which has little chance of being balanced. Republicans stood solidly behind the President’s proposals. Warns of Tax Hike Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson told reporters it “might prove to be necessary" to consider a general tax hike if the Democratic Congress should fail to give Eisenhower the legislative support he needs to balance the budget, and if business is good. Elsenhower proposed to cut spending by nearly $3,900,000,000 below this year’s figure. He held the defense budget at virtually the same level as this year — nearly 41 billion dollars — and ordered big reductions in outlays for agriculture, foreign aid and housing. Again and again in his budget message he called for state and local governments to shoulder more of the costs of services and lessen the burden on Washington, and for more federal lending functions to be put in private hands. His chances of keeping the budget balanced appeared slim, however, on the basis of Democratic attitudes in Congress. For example, if Congress failed to approve the postal rate hike alone, it would throw finances into the red. Paint Bright Pictures Both Eisenhower and Secretary Anderson painted bright pictures of the economic outlook. “We are now entering a period of national prosperity and high employment,” the President said. Anderson said the revenue estimateof $77,100,000,0Q0 for the coming fiscal year was based on the assumption that personal income would climb from $353,500,000,000 in calendar 1958 to 374 billion dollars this year, and that corporate profits would rise from $36,500,000,000 to 47 billion dollars. On this basis, government income was budgeted to rise $9,100,000,000 over this year, while spending was cut. Budget Director Maurice H. Stans told newsmen the adminis- ■ tration deliberately held down the introduction of new programs in what tiie President has called “a breather in expansion.” Here is a comparison of the ’ President’s budget for fiscal 1960, compared with estimates for the current year: 1960 Receipts' „ ■ $77,100,000,000 Spending ' 77,030.000,000 Surplus 70,000,000 Deficit — 1959 Receipts $68,000,000,000 Spending 80,900,000,000 Surplus '— Deficit 12.900,000,000 Eisenhower said that whether he can keep the budget balanced so delicately will hinge on Congress, popular support, and “developments in our economy and in the world." <' . . ’. Continued on page five