Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 30.

Invites Ike To Visit Moscow

MOSCOW (UPD - Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev today invited President Eisenhower to Moscow as a step toward bringing the two nations together and ending the threat of nuclear war. Khrushchev extended the invitation in a speech in which he also denounced Eisenhower and the U. S. Administration for ignoring the “thaw” in the East-West cold war. This, he said, was the policy of “dealers niblood.” - He said the tour of the United States by Soviet Deputy Premier Anaitas Mikoyan "in particular” helped along this thaw, and added: “Should the President decide to come to our country he would be met with sincere hospitality by our government and the Soviet people.” “A visit of this kind would undoubtedly be useful to both countries and would meet with the approval of the peoples of the U.S. A. and the Soviet Union,” Khrushchev said in the speech before the 21st Congress of the Soviet Communist Party. “Let the president take the map of the Soviet Union and dhoose the areas of our countries he would like to visit.” Boasts Missile Power Khrushchev was the final speaker at the congress which he had opened with the claim that economic competition is now enough to win the world to Communism and war is no longer inevitable. Khrushchev spoke with considerable feeling. His theme was that mass-produced Soviet missiles can now hit anywhere in the United States so the two major

Probe Details Os Jet Crash

NEW YORK (UPD—Teams of federal investigators were examining every detail today of the crashed American Airlines turboprop airliner in which 65 of the 73 aboard died. Preliminary reports indicated lack of altitude aids and height perception difficulties over water may have caused the crash. The sleek Electra 188, one of American’s newest jet age airliners, crashed in the water while on an instrument approach to La Guardia field over the East River just before midnight Tuesday. It was landing in fog and drizzle on a flight from Chicago with a veteran pilot at the controls. It dropped into the river 4,000 feet short of runway 22 known as the “back door” approach to the field. Some pilots have reported it is like playing Russian roulette to land by instruments on that runway. 7 r Only Eight Survive Only nine survivors were pulled from the icy waters of the river by a crew of a tug which happened to be in the areaz One of them later died and four were reported in critical condition. Teams of Federal Aviation Agency investigators under Joseph O. Fluet, regional investigator of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), swung into action Wednes-

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CRASH SCENE Here is a view of New York’s LaGuardia airport (foreground) and Rykers island (beyond) in the East river. The American airlines plane which missed into the • river here with only eight survivors of the 73 persons aboard.

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powers must reach an understanding. “We want only one thing,” Khrushchev said, “the speediest end to the cold war. “And Mr. (John Foster) Dulles, if you desire then for the sake of ending the cold war, we are even prepared to admit yotfr victory in this war that is unwanted by the peoples. “Regard yourselves, gentlemen, as the victors in this war—but end it quickly.” U.B. Plans “Illusions” Dealing with Soviet superiority in missiles, Khrushchev said: “I think it is time the American strategsts stopped building ther calculator on the illusions that in the event of the outbreak of a military conflict the territory of the U.S.A, will remain unassailable." “This has long since ceased being the case, and it exists only in the wishful thoughts of American generals,” he said. “In reality the Soviet Union has now the means to deliver a blow to aggressors in any part of the world,” Khrushchev said. Khrushchev went on to say: “I have formed the opinion that although Mr. Eisenhower is a he does, not belong to those military men who in solving disputable questions rely on guns alone and who want to sell all problems by force of arms. “He has stated more than once that he strives to pfevent a war. We value this and hope that his statements will find expressions , in constructive deeds. ”

I day as parts of the twisted wreck- ■ age of the plane were brought up : from the river by crane. Fluet said no conclusions had : been arrived at but the investiga- ■ tions uncovered these facts: : —Runway 22 was not equipped ■ with a glide - slope radio beam ’ which allows a pilot to gauge his elevation. It did have a directions al beam which the pilot was using ■ to line up with the runway. Some : runways at La Guardia have both i electronic aids? No Approach Lights —There were no ... approach ’ lights on the water which borders 1 the field. The landing lights of ; the runway start at the runway’s ’ wateredge head. ■ —Reports indicate a pilot land- ’ ing over water, especially calm J water, at night often suffers com- ■ plete loss of depth perception. He ‘ often believes he is higher than he is. Capt. Albert H. DeWitt, the 59l year -old pilot with nearly 30 ’ years flying experience, was ■ killed in the crash. He was among ' those believed trapped in the • sunken plane. There were 43 persons still i missing and believed dead whose • bodies have not been recovered. • Twenty two bodies were recovI ered, but only 16 of them have -ibeen identified.

Stand firm On Soviet Threat Over Berlin LONDON (UPD — U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan reaffirmed their nations’ determination today to stand firm against any Soviet threats and pressures to get them out of Berlin. Macmillan announced that he and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd would visit Moscow Feb. 21 in an attempt to “dispel misconceptions and to establish some basis for better understanding.” Authoritative sources said Dulles, Macmillan and Iloyd agreed in two days of cold-war talks to maintin a no-retreat policy in the Berlin situation. The sources said they also agreed not to accept the premise that the Soviets have the right of unilateral denunciation of existing Big Four agreements on Berlin. They also agreed not to turn over their responsibilities for the divided city to the East Germans. After Macmillan completed his talks with Dulles, he announced to the House of Commons that he had accepted a Russian invitation to visit the Soviet Union. He said the trip would be in return for the visit to Britain of a top-level Soviet delegation in 1956. Macmillan said recent international developments had made him feel that a visit to Moscow at the present time “wduld be of value.” He said he and Lloyd would not attempt to conduct negotiations on behalf of the West. The sources said there was full agreement' on an early -invitation to ttte Soviets to attend a fourpower conference on Germany, probably at the end of April, but with the condition the agenda must include not only Berlin and a German peace treaty, as the soviets have proposed, but also German reunification and European security. » Dulles ended his official visit to Britain by conferring for an hour with Macmillan and Lloyd at 10 Downing St. Dulles arrived in London from Washington Wednesday on the first leg of a mission designed to work out a united Allied policy chi East-West issues. -■— — •-- 1 /

Civil Rights Plan Proposed

WASHINGTON (UPD — President Eisenhower asked Congress today in a seven-point civil rights program for stronger federal power to punish anyone using threats or violence to obstruct court-or-dered school integration. His program, designed to make “equal protection of laws...a reality for all,” also would authorize temporary aid to states and localities -cooperating in carrying out school integration. And it would allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation to crack down harder in School and church bombing cases. In urging that school integration obstruction be made a specific federal offense, Eisenhower said: “There have been instances where extremists have attempted by mob violence and other concerted threats of violence to obstruct the accomplishment of the objectives in school decrees.” He did not mention outbreaks of violence at such places as Little Rock, Ark., or Clinton, Tenn., but said present provisions for punishing obstruction and contempt aren’t strong enough. No Injunction) Power His program, contained in a special message to Congress, did not include, controversial proposals to give the Justice Department power to seek injunctions or file civil suits in civil rights cases. . .. It went further than the fourpoint “program cratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas but lacked the sweeping scope of a stronger bill sponsored by Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D-Ill.) and other Northerners. The President asked: —Legislation to make force or threats of force to obstruct court orders in school desegregation cases a federal offense. —Greater authority for the FBI in investigating destruction) of sphools or churches, including authority to seek persons fleeing from state to state in sudh case?. —Power for the attorney general to inspect federal election records and to require that such records be maintained "for a .reasonable period of time.” Financial Aid Asked —"A temporary program of financial and technical aid to state

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Indiana House Passes Right To Work Repeal, Law To Reform Unions — 'I--, . ’ —

Army Convoy Is Freed By Reds

HELMSTEDT, West Germany (UPD —American truck drivers held for 56 hours at a Soviet checkpoint said today the Russians attempted to inspect all Western Allied military vehicles traveling from West Berlin last Monday. They told newsmen at a predawn press conference here that Soviet troops tried to inspect two British army trucks aftei?-they had demanded and been refused permission to inspect the tourtruck U.S. Army convoy. S4C Elwood F. Johnson Brooklyn, N. Y., said, “I believe the situation was pre-planned.” The Soviets held the four trucks and their five-man crew for almost two-and-a-half days in spite of repeated demands by American military authorities for' their release. Their release came after the United States sent a stiff protest note to Moscow. Victory For West It was seen as a victory for the Western Allied principle of free and unhindered access to the isolated former capital of Germany. Johnson said he became suspicious of the Russians when his convoy was allowed to move . through the Soviet control point at 1 the Berlin end of the highway in 1 20 minutes instead of the hour it usually took. i “When we reached Helmstedt, > I had a feeling the Russians were > going to stop some convoy, but I ' didn’t suspect it would be my convoy."

and local agencies to assist them in making the necessary adjustment required by school desegregation decisions.”— — —A two-year extension of the Civil Rights Commission, which is due to expire in september. The main proposal in Johnson’s program called for a federal conciliation service for civil rights disputes. The President said in his civil rights message that “two princi pies basic to our system of government are that the rule of law is supreme, and that every individual regardless of his race, religion, or national origin is entitled to the equal protection of the laws.” “We must continue to seek every practicable means for reinforcing these principles and making them a reality for all,” he 1 declared. Two Decatur Ladies Girl Scout Officers Officers and new directors were named Wednesday night at the ■ adult membership meeting of the 1 Limberlost Girl Scout council, held '■ at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Randolph Brandyberry, of Decatur, was elected corresponding secretary, and Cochran, also of Decatur, was ‘ named to the board of directors. [ The Limberlost council includes Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Steuben and Wells counties. INDIANA WEATHER 1 Partly cloudy and colder . tonight with snow flurries L likely near Michigan, Indiana c border. Friday partly cloudy ‘ and cold. Low tonight sero to 8 above north, 8 to 15 ’ south. High Friday mostly in the 20s. Sunset today 6:10 ; ■ p. m. CDT. Sunrise Friday 7:48 a. m. CDT. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and not quite so cold. Low Friday night 5 to 15. High Saturday i 25 to 35. I'—... _— —...-- —*

Johnson said that when convoy I commander Cpl. Richard C. Masiero of West Stockbridge, Mass., presented his travel documents to the Russians, the Soviets demanded the right to search the vehicles. Used No Violence When Masiero refused, the Reds ordered the trucks halted and the men to remain with their vehicles. Johnson and S4C James E. Cook, Hardeeville, S. C., said the Russians used no violence but that no one was allowed to talk to them. Cook said that while the Russians did not post guards on the truck armed Soviet and East German soldiers, border police and customs officers constantly circulated in the area. They said they had no doubt they would be released but that they didn't know how long it would take. PFC Robert E. Love of Rural Rt. 3, Plain City, Ohio, and PFC Benjamin G. Peoples Rt. 2, Theodore, Ala., also attended the press conference, but did not answer questions. Cpl. Masiero had returned to West Berlin. Reveal Ike's Meetings With Rival Leaders THOMASVILLE, Ga. (UPD - The White House, responding to questions, disclosed today that President Eisenhower had been conferring secretly with House Speaker Sam Rayburn and Democratic Senate Leader Lyndon B. Johnson to push administration legislation in Congress. Eisenhower said at his news conference Wednesday in Washington that he had talked with congressional leaders of both parties on the need for holding federal expenditures in line with revenues. Today, however. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty supplied for the first time confirmation that these talks had included private meetings with the two Democratic leaders. --- - Hagerty said there had been at least two meetings between the President, Rayburn and Johnson since the first of the year. He first gave the number of meetings as “several,” then said that as far as he knew Rayburn and Johnson both were present at “both meetings.” The press secretary said that obviously the reason for such conferences was Eisenhower’s desire to further his legislative program in Congress. Hagerty declined to be pinned down on the budget as a specific subject of the secret conferences. Hagerty said the meetings took place in the President’s residential quarters at the White House at a late afternoon hour. Hagerty’s disclosure today was added evidence to a growing impression in Washington that Eisenhower, increasing his pace ,°C activity to giVe -his prognfflFW greatest possible push in Congress has been holding a number of unannounced conferences in afteroffice hours. While the President went quail shooting on the sprawling south Georgia estate of former Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey, the press secretary also announced: —Pending receipt of an official transcript, the White House had no comment on> a speech today by Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev inviting Eisenhower to visit Moscow to help reduce East-West tensions. Hagerty said no invitation had come through customary diplomatic channels, and all the President had today was news reports from Moscow. —The Chief Executive’s special civil rights message went to Congress today.

New Cold Air Invasion Hits Midwest Area United Press International A heavy snowstorm whipped the northern and central Rockies Thursday while lighter flurries swept the Great Lakes on the heels of a new cold air invasion. The heaviest snows of the season hit the high mountain areas in Colorado Wednesday and Thursday, dumping up to 18 inches of new snow. Ski resorts in the area looked forward to booming busi- , ness over the weekend. A snowslide on U.S. 50 closed Monarch Pass, a major east-west route across the Rockies in southi ern Colorado, Wednesday night, but highway crews bucked through the snow hours later to : reopen the road. — Denver reported more than five ■ inches of snow and roads throughout Colorado were snow-packed 1 and slick. One woman was killed ■ Wednesday and nine persons in- ■ jured in a car-truck accident on : a snow - covered highway near ’ Castle Rock, Colo. A rain and ice storm in the east, which contributed to the crash of an American Airlines plane in New York with the loss of 65 lives, diminished in size Thursday. As the storni moved eastward, rain was confined to an area from northern Florida and southern Georgia to southeastern Pennsylvania. Nearly an inch of rain soaked coastal areas from North Carolina to Georgia during the night. Bad flying weather Wednesday prevented President Eisenhower’s ■ plane from landing at Spence Air > Force Base at Moultrie, Ga. The t plane Columbine 111 finally landed 1 during a rain squall at Moody Air f Force Base near Valdosta, Ga., ■ an hour late. The President is on ■ a six-day vacation in Georgia. 1 A cold air mass centered in the Great Lakes region dropped 1 overnight temperatures an average of 10 to 20 degrees from 1 Montana to eastern Colorado and Eastward into Nebraska and the western Dakotas. 1 Gusty winds of more than 30 miles an hour accompanied readI ings of near or below zero in the Dakotas, the upper Mississippi valley and the northern Great . Lakes. : Third Polio Shots ; At Moose Feb. 19 t ' ’ The third of the series of Salk t polio vaccine shots will be given 1 at the Moose Lodge 1311, Decatur, ' on Thursday, Feb. 19, from 8 to ‘ 7 p.m. The two earlier incoulations were given in June and July. f Anthony Murphy, governor, and Anthony Baker, chairman of the inoculation committee, announced . that Dr. William Freeby, county B health officer, and Dr. John B. Terveer, city health officer, are s again donating their services to - administer the vaccine. Special i- nurses, under the supervision of - Mrs. Mary, Jane Miller, wUI also be nn hand to assist. - s About 400 persons in Adams l * county and surrounding areas re- ‘ ceived the first'two shots and are urged to get the last of the series. !* The first two are regarded as es- . fective, but the third booster great- ’* ly increases the effectiveness. o The Moose are sponsoring this project with approval of the Nad tional Polio Foundation and the d Adams county board of health. y No age limit is set for persons a wishing to receive these shots, but r persons under 40 are regarded as ® most susceptible to polio, Trans- “ portation can be arranged fpr , those who require it by calling the 5 ’ lodge for an appointment, A nominal charge of SI will be d made to those who can afford it. i- Otherwise the Moose will donate the vaccine.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana House passed and sent to the Senate by overwhelming margins today a pair of bills to repeal the two-year-old “right to work” law and to “reform” labor unions. The repeal bill vote was 73-23. The vote on the reform measure was 69-28. with eight Democrats joining the Republicans in opposition. Impassioned debate on both Issues occupied the House for meye than two hours.{ “Right to work” advocates decried compulsory union membership and opponents of the reform measure contended it was watered down so thoroughly with amendments dictated by union leaders that it failed to protect the working man. “Compulsory unionism is just as bad as any policy Hitler and Naziism ever followed,” said Rep. Owen Crecelius (R-Crawfordsville). “You are treating for measles when you’ve got heart trouble,” said Rep. Ralph Waltz (R-Hagers-town). “You will be delivering our laboring men into bondage almost as'bad as HepT John Wainwright (R-WolcottvlUe). as he quoted William Jennings Bryan. The reform bill drew an opponent in a Democrat from the Hoosier capital — Led by the oratory of Rep. Andrew Jacobs. Jr., an Indianapolis , Democrat whose father once servj ed as 11th District representative . in Congress, a few Democrats ; joined the Republicans in voting • against the bill, which opponents said was a “watered down" version and failed to protect rank i and file union members from the - acts of unscrupulous leaders. A lone Republican. Rep. Ralph i ■ • - .. —

i ~ ~— . ———— I Would Realign Legislature

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — An Indianapolis champion of reapportionfnent today introduced in the ' Indiana Senate a bill to realign the state's legislative districts so > it would give the four largest • counties 36 representatives ini steady of their present 25. J Democratic Sen. Nelson Grills • outlined precisely the representation each county would have in the 50-member Senate and 100member House. He said reapportionment would be based on the 1950 U.S. census and that an enumeration bill (5829) which he previously introduced would have to pass before the breakdown measure could pass. “This bill is reasonable,” Grills c said. "It demonstrates that rural i areas will not lose representation in either house of the General j Assembly.” r Grills said opposition to reapportionment, which the LegiSlaj tures have ignored since 1922 de- ; spite a constitutional mandate that j it be done every six years, “comes not from rural people but ' from vested interests who are ’ afraid they will lose control of 5 the Legislature." Grills said if his reapportion- , ment program fails to pass this 1 session he “will not give up the the 1961 session. s Earlier, a former state repre- " sentatlve charged in defense of a B Senate bill which seeks to deter- • mine what to teach teachers that • “Hoosier parents are concerned that their children are learning very little at school.” s Mrs. Harriet Stout, Indianapolis, • spoke on behalf of SB 154, a mease ure up for consideration by die Senate Education Committee. The B measure, authored by Sen. t Charles Kellum (R-M6oresville), drew so much attention that the hearing had to be shifted from " the Senate lounge to the main r chamber. — — e The bill would cut down from 18 course hours to 15 course hours e the numer of professional educa-i-ltion courses required for a e | teacher license in Indiana. It would require that high school

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Rader of Akron, voted with 68 Democrats for passage of the bill. Eight Democrats joined the 20 other Republicans who opposed it.' Immediately after passage, the House took up the “right to work” repeal bill, a companion measure to “union reform.” During debate on reform House minority leader Cable Bali drew from Rep. Frank Massey (DMuncie) a statement that Massey assumed a Chicago man who testified at a public hearing on “right to work” last week was here Wednesday “to talk about the (reform) bill.” Ball implied that Bernard Mamet, who admitted he receives SI,OOO a month from the Indiana Workers Protective Association, helped write “watered down” amendments. But Massey only confirmed that Mamet was In Indianapolis and “I assume he was here to talk about the bill.” Jacobs argued in debate that the reform bill fails to protect the working man. He spoke during debate on a motion to commit the ’ bill to its author for amendment. L The motion was granted eventually i by voice vote. ’ Meanwhile, in the Senate, rebel Republican Roy Conrad introduced ‘ a bill covering a supplemental un- ’ employment benefits plan to set up individual trust funds for em- ■ ployes from which they could draw s when out of work. Conrad called in an “individual 5 SUB plan” as contrasted to what 3 he called the “Reuther Plan" in ’ which money collected for SUB is s placed in one big fund. Under Con- ‘ rad’s plan workers would get the amount in the fund upon termin- > B ating employment, or their estates would get it in the event of their i deaths.

teachers have 100 course hours in non-methods subjects and grade school teachers have 90 hours. The bill also would reorganize the present State Commission on Teacher Training and Licensing to require that two of the six mem.- — bers be lay persons not connected with education. Governor Handley, in his recent message to the General Assembly, said more attention should be paid to the subject matter rather than teaching methods in the state teachers colleges. “Mothers like myself must devote an hour in the evening to give our children supplementary teaching,” Mrs. Stout told the committee. She said many students arfr giving up teacher train—ing courses because of the “dull arjd repetitious” educational courses they are required to take. "People feel that money will solve their problems, but it will be a sad day when they find out it will not,” Mrs. Stout said. Mrs; Elizabeth Rawls, a teacher at Indianapolis Shortridge High School for 38 years, said the “present setup is our teachers colleges is discouraging." She indicated that too much time was spent on methods training and not Additional support for the bill came from Bowman N. Hall, Southport, a teacher at Indianapo- , lis Wood High School. He said . passage of the bill “would be the [ first step” in increasing the qual- , ity of Indiana teachers. Hall said the 15 methods-hour requirement in the bil is "chari- ’ table” and said “it will help place j a‘ new kind of teacher in our i schools.” Donald Sharp, who said he was , connected with the Indiana State » Teachers' Assn, and Indiana State i Teachers College, spoke out i against the measure. “The conflict between liberal l arts, courses and education ; courses has been exaggerated,” ■ Sharp said. “Who can say whether i a teacher is better qualified be- ; cause he has had a few more I hours training?”