Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 49.

U.S. To Report To Reds On Boarding

WASHINGTON <UH) — The State Department said today the United States “will communicate with the Soviet Union” on the boarding by U.S. naval personnel of a Russian fishing trawler off Newfoundland. The trawler was boarded to check whether its crew had damaged a multi-miUion-dollar transatlantic cable network. Lincoln White. State Department spokesman, said a formal ' note would be sent to Moscow when the department has received and assesssed all the information possible. “We will communicate with the Soviet Union when all of the facts are developed," ha said. Asked what the United States would say if the "facts’* failed ‘to show any responsibility on the part of the trawler, either intentional or accidental, White said he did not “want to anticipate*’ contents of any American communication. There was no immediate indication whether Moscow would view the'incident as a major issue to further strain Soviet-American relations or accept it as a routine move under an international treaty to protect undersea cables. „ A five-man party from the dettroyer Roy O. Hale scrambled aboard the Soviet ship Novoros- - sisk at noon Thursday about 120 miles northeast of St. Johns, Newfoundland. 7T" An initial report by Lt Cmdr. E. J. Korte, skipper of the Hale, said his men found no evidence the 1,670-ton Russian vessel was bent on anything “other than fishing.” But tiie question ot whether the ship had damaged the cables by accident was left open. Will Study Report Korte turned the destroyer towa r d Argentia, Newfoundland where tie was due tonight. The State Department will have to deWdp ad ‘She bWKte of Korte’s' detailed report what, if any representations 1c will make to the Kremlin No resistance to the U.S. board-

Restore State Budget Funds

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) -Secretary of State John Walsh and the Indiana State Police were the big gainers Thursday night as the Republican-dominated Senate Finance Committee restored another three million dollars to the Housenight, methodically tacking back onto the budget some of the across-the-board reductions which the heavily Democratic House slashed in a last-hour move before it passed the measure Monday. More than five million dollars was restored by the committee Wednesday, the first began consideration of the record billion dollar budget. Leo Stemle, a former Democratic state senator and now an administrative oficial in Walsh’s ofice, appeared before the committee to plead for additional funds. "The House has put us in an embarrassing position and we don’t like it,” he said in reference to the cut in his budget,. . "There was no fat in our budget.” The House had cut the salary appropriation for the secretary of state’s ofice from $78,780 per ' year to $59,085. The committee not only restored the figure to its original' form, but actually increased it to $82,000 annually to allow Walsh to employ_ another secretary. Police Budget Boosted “You are the only one that has gotten any money out of us," Sen. Richard Ristine (R-Crawfords-ville), committee chairmap, told Stemle. The committee also added another $4,700 a year for operating expenses. The biggest increase went to the state police. - The original budget provided slightly more than 10 million dollars for state police salaries in the coming biennium. The House slashed that figure to just above 7H million dollars, but the committee added onto the House appropriation an additional $2,336,192. The committee also gave state police a $491,801 biennium hike in operating expenses and tacked on another $216,305 for equipment. : The increase in the salary total would pay tor proposed pay hikes for state troopers. But at the same time, the committee cut out a provision which

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Ing party was encountered, according to Adm. Jerauld Wright, U.S. Atlantic Fleet commander. He said the trawler’s master was “friendly and cooperative.” - Conversations between the American sailors .and the Russian crew were conducted in French. A spokesman for Canadian Overseas Telecommunications Corp., (COTC), part owners of one of the broken Transatlantic cables, said Thursday night at Montreal that “we had, and have had, no reasons to suspect this was anything other than a routine break.” •- Pentagon Approves Boarding The Defense Department said the boarding order was issued by Wright with the approval of Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy. The White House said President Eisenhower was advised the destroyer had been sent to the area. The boarding was carried out under an 1884 treaty for protection of submarine cables. Czarist Russia signed the treaty and the Soviet Union ratified it in 1926. The treaty provides that damaging underseas cables either wilfully or by culpable negligence is a punishable offense. The Soviet Union would be responsible for imposing any •penalties involving • Russian ship. Five cable breaks have occurred since last Saturday along the course in which the Soviet ship had been opeiating. Two repair ships were enroute from Halifax to grapple the telegraph cables from the stormswept, icy Atlantic. INDIANA WEATHER Scattered showers this afternoon, ending tonight. Satnrday partly cloudy, not much temperature change. Lew tonight 28 to 35. High Saturday mostly in the 40s north and central, around 58 extreme south. Btm- • 3tetay 4h32 p.ra. %'.d.t. Sun- “ rise Saturday 7:20 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Sunday: Partly clotty and mild. UWs 38 to 38. Highs 48 to 58.

(— . would have provided for the hir- ; ing of 25 additional troopers each ; year. Sen. Charles Kellum (R-Moores-ville) objected to elimination of the additional troopers. “I wculd not be averse to put-- . ting on a few more state police,” [ he said. "I don’t want this legis- . lature to get criticized for doing . nothing about trafic safety." Says Trocpers "Lear* Sen. Charles Maddox (R-Otter-bein) said if state police officials “get their boys out on the road, "they will get more men.” He said he was all for more troopers patroling the highways, but too often found that they were “hanging around" district ofices or testifying in JP courts. Ristine said the House proposal to add 25 more troopers and still cut the state police budget J‘is one of the silltest things ' I ever heard.” Tn going over budget requests Item by item, the committee more often than not restored cuts advocated by the House. The secretary of state was the only ofice that received appropriations higher than those advocated in the budget before it passed the House. Salaries and expenses for the ofice of Lt. Gov. Crawford Parker were restored to the original budget figure and one dollar was added “to show Crawford our good faith.” The committee temporarily passed over appropriations for the State Highway Department until members could discuss the matter with highway oflcials. Shelve Plans To Organize Police PHILADELPHIA (UPD—Teamster President James R. Hoffa said Thursday night that plans to organize the nation’s police depart; ments have been shelvd. He said organizers will concenrate instead on bringing the giant vending machine business into the Teamsters Union. The “vending machine industry in the United States is big and is growing rapidly,” he said. “We are organizing it because it should be in our union.” . L:

Adrian Wemhoff r Tosses Hat In Mayor's Race ■ Adrian F. J. Wemhoff, owner of - Adrian Wemhoff Memorials company of 13th street, became the second candidate for the Demol cratic nomination as mayor of the ’ city of Decatur when he filed with ■ the county clerk this morning at 9 o’clock. Wemhoff stated that his platform ’ was a simple one—he favors Decatur maintaining its own city elec- : trie company, and improving it, ’ rather than selling. He also- feels ; that Decatur needs a more ener- , getic campaign to help city busi- . ■ nesses compete for customers, j A native of Decatur, Wemhoff ! was associated for years with his ; father, the late George Wemhoff, in the production of memorials, and his family has 98 years experi- [ ence in this field. A graduate of . Decatur Catholic school system, r he studied civil engineering at Purdue University extension in Fort . Wayne. Wemhoffs wife is the former M. Agnes Hauffman, a third grade teacher at Lincoln school. His - three children, all of whom are married, are James, of Lafayette; Theodore, of Decatur; and Mrs. Dorothy Wagler, of Florida. Wemhoff is an active member of the Knights of Columbus at Decatur, and a member of St. Mary s Catholic church? He has never before w pifoiic office--National 4-H Week Will Open Saturday Observance of national 4-H week, Feb. 28—March 7, by Adams county 4-H clubs will culminate Friday,"March 6, with a countywide meeting at Adams Central high school, honoring about 32 outstanding 4-H members, who have compiled the best farm records throughout the year. Leo Seltenright, county agent, said that 880 members in the 10 through 20-year age group are currently registered 1 in the county. Mrs. E. Quesenberry, northern Indiana 4-H leader from Lafayette, will be the main speaker at the meeting. Harold Schwartz, Monroe township, and Miss Mary Schlagenhauf, of Berne, co-chairman of Adams county 4-H’ adult leaders, are assisting Seltenright on the program planning. Others on the committee are Mrs. Henry Rumple and Paul Kohne, co-vicC chairman, and Everett Singleton and Mrs. Stanley Arnold, co-secretaries. ~ The program is geared to boost membership in 4-H work. The adult leaders are hoping to build the membership near the 1,000 , mark. Throughout the state, a drive is on to build membership to an alltime high of 93,000 in 1959. Last year, membership totaled 87,589, op 3,052 more than In 1957. The theme chosen to inspire better results is “Improving family and community living.” Hoosier 4-H members may chose from 41 projects, including crafts, wild life, garden, forestry, electric, and farm life, to further benefit the home and the community. Should this quota reach the top, more adult leaders will be needed. They should start preliminary training now. Informatian on this training may be obtained from the county agricultural agent’s office in Decatur. More than 4,500 men and women served in thi§ capacity on a state-aid basis last year with the 3,336 4-H clubs throughout the state. Almost twice as many youths served as junior leaders. Jet Transport Sets Commercial Record NEW YORK (UPD - American Airlines said Thursday pne of its Boeing 707 jet transports had set a new commercial speed record from New York to Los Angeles. Hie plane, carrying 106 passengers and a crew of eight, made the 2,575-mile flight Wednesday night in five hours and seven minutes—an hour faster than the previous record, the airline said.

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i v 1 < X ■ J 1 i ( i e- ; tary Fred Seaton (left) and Senator Henry M. Jackson (D), Washington, at the hearing on Hawaii statehood in Washington, there seemed no question of “whether’’ the Hawaiian islands would be- 1 come a state, but only “when.” --”'r ■ ■ (

_ — t - » —. ] Macmillan May Back Meeting At Summit

KIEV, U.S.S.R. (UPD—British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan is “more inclined to yield” on subject of summit talks than is President Eisenhower if it seems the only way to prevent war Berlin, responsible diplomats said today. Today marked the half -way mark in the six months period of "grace" offered ty the Soviets before they turn over Berlin controls to the Communist E.a s t Germans May 27 and events cast Macmillan in the role of middleman in breaking the diplomatic stalemate. • President Eisenhower has rejected the idea of top level talks. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev rejects anything less than the summit — while still maintaining Soviet determination to hand the Berlin lifelines over to East Germany. Summit Opposition Lessening There was no doubr Macmtilanatands by the Western call for a foreign ministers conference chi Berlin and that he firmly put this call V> Khrushchev in person; but after five days of talks with Khrushchev he was reported less opposed to a summit meettag than Eisenhower. But it is felt the prime minister may reluctantly urge the West — if necessary—to parley with Khrushchev if nothing else will prevent conflict over Berlin. The feeling in most serious diplomatic circles in Russia was that Macmillan definitely was looking for away to head of war over Berlin and that the summit should not be ruled «*; — even considering the firmness of Eisenhower’s declaration at his Wednesday new? conference. "The door should never be closed,” a high British source said. Must consult Allies Whatever Macmillan’s Jin a 1 conclusions, nothing was expected to emferge until the British prime Service Clubs See Organ Demonstration At the joint meeting of the Decatur Lions and Rotary clubs Thursday night, Robert E. Haff, of the Hammond Organ Studio in Fort Wayne, demonstrated his firm’s new chord organ. The meeting, at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, was thinned considerably because both Decatur high schools played in the sectional tourney. H. P. Schmitt, Jr., vice president of Rotary, introduced Haff and Glenn Hill, president options, who announced that his club would also rpeet Tuesday instead of Monday, next week and that it would be ladies night. The two clubs will join again at the farmers’ achievement banquet March 3 at the. center. Dean Earl Butz, of Purdue’s school of agriculture, will be the main speaker at this meeting, which starts at 6:30 p.m. Throughout the evening Bill Miller played organ music as a background for Haffs demonstration. Colored slides, depicting the simplicity of operating the new organ, illustrated Haffs talk. After the slides, he explained the use of buttons on the organ which are used in place of keys. Members from the audience were called on to try their hand at playing the instrument. The organ, called the answer for persons with limited musical ability,* has some 200 musical sound combinations.) Haff said the organ can be played by the rankest amateur, and that the company designed it especially with this in mind. The lack of musical knowledge or ability hardly enters in the picture when a new ehord organ is used, he added. Gene Rydcll, of the Rotary dub, was program chairman.

t minister has fully informed and , consulted the Allies, especially , Washington. j The business stage of the Anglo- . Soviet talks ended Thursday in a 1 feeling of coolness on both sides. Only a communique writing meet- 1 . ing remains Monday and the > British indicated there was not ■ i much to put into a communique. Macmillan looked quite tired 1 when he reached here Thursday 1 ■ to begin the “tourist” phase of ' his visit. But this morning the 1 . {Mime minister, a gentleman 1 farmer himself back in England, > . donned rubber boots and waded 1 ankle deep in Ukrainian mud to ! • inspect a nearby collective farm. • , i 1 Direct Primary Bill Defeated In House '7”' p ’ INDIANAPOLIS (Upl) — The 1 Indiana House, rejectin*,a plea to 1 throw “the kingmakers" out of state government, defeated a direct primary bill Thursday night. The vote on the measure (HB12) was 39-52 with no clear party . alignment. The bill would have eliminated - , the present convention system of choosing candidates for U.S. sena- . tor, governor and lieutenant gov- 1 ernor. The House Election Com- ' ’ mittee earlier voted to postpone / action on other bills which would have abolished straight party voting and limited election ex- ‘ penses, thus putting an end to moves for election “reform” for this session of the General Assembly. The plea to eliminate kingmakers was made by Rep. Richard Wright (R-Winchester), coauthor of the bill with Rep, Carl Tyner (D-Russiaville). Wright said 46 states now use the primary system advocated in this bill. He said only Indiana, Connecticut and New York retain the convention system. Tyner said passage of the bill ‘ would turn government back to the common man.” Three Democrats, Reps. James Hunter of East Chicago, Robert Kirby of New Castle and William Heuing of Linton, spoke against the measure during a debate which lasted more titan an hour. Hunter warned that small communites would suffer If the bill were passed. •Because we’re bigger,” he said, “we would nominate city men. The party conventions per- ] mit delegates from precincts all ; over the state to nominate.” Kirby said the bill would put elections in the hands of vested interests “be it the State Chamber j of Commerce or a labor organiza- ‘ tion’’ because many candidates couldn’t afford to pay for their ] entry in a direct primary. , Herring told his colleagues “that , as long as we can send fine young , men like Vance Hartke to the U.S. , Senate through the convention system, I’ll stick with it." Report Playwright Serious After Stroke STAMFORD, Conn. (UPD -1 Playwright Maxwell Anderson, ] who suffered a stroke at his home ’ here Thursday, was reported in ' serious condition today fit 'Stam- 1 ford Hospital. Thursday, after his admittance j to the hospital, his condition had been described as “very serious.” j Long one of the nation’s top play- ] wrights, the 70-year-old Anderson won a Pulitzer Prize in 1933 for his t play, “Both Your Houses." His ; other works included “Winterset,” i “High Tor,’’ “Bad Seed,” and ( “What Price Glory,” the latter < written In collaboration with Laur- 1 ence Stallings. ' m

Democrats Score Handley, G.Q.P.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Demo- J cratic leaders in the Indiana Leg- 1 islature charged today that tactics 1 by a “do-nothing, caretaker governor” and Republican lawmakers ‘ are stalling enactment oFfi legislative program. Republicans promptly - denied the charge and retorted that time- . consuming speeches by Democrats . on points of personal privilege, and a procedural slowdown by , Sen. Nelson Grills of Indianapolis , in his fight for legislative reappor- , tionment, were responsible. House Speaker Birch Bayh charged that Republicans had no ' program of their own and were , out to prevent the Democratic pro- : gram from being enacted. He said it was “deliberate” and that Governor Handley was partly to blame. But Rep. Cable Ball, House minority floor leader, said the blame must fall on Grills and "potential Democratic candidates for governor in the Senate who are always speaking on points of personal privilege.” . Martin Echoes Ball Ball said the GOP had accepted Grills’ tactics “with as much , grace as they can muster” despite the fact he "slowed down the legislative process not only to a walk but to a crawl.” In the Senate, where minority floor leader Matthew Welsh made statements similar to Bayh's, GOP floor leader C.W. Martin echoed Ball’s remarks and said that in his experience he never ’ saw “such an abuse of the point of personal privilege as in this session.” The charges and countercharges further delayed action on j bills in both houses and perhaps 1 postponed briefly any new moves ‘ on “right to work” repeal and 1 “union reform.” 1 Bayh said in a speech -that he “reluctantly reached” his conclu- .1 sion alti/ough-he high-hopes” 1 at the beginning of the session i that “it would be possible for the De mocr a tic-con trolled House to <

Jupiter Is Fired On Routine Test Flight

$30,000 In Damages Asked in Suit Here A complaint case seeking $30,000 for personal injuries sustained in an accident October 3, 1957, near Fort Wayne, has been venued from the Allen superior court to the Adams circuit court, Judge Myles F. Parrish, stated today. The case in question concerns alleged permanent injuries* suffered by a 10-year-old youth in a mishap which involved a tractor with an attached mowing machine. In the original complaint, the plaintiff, Terry Turner, 10, son of Joseph Turner, (who filed the complaint), alleged that on October 3, 1957, the boy was playing in a field in the 5200 block on Vermont Lane near Fort Wayne, at the time the defendant, Elmer Seelig, was operating a tractor and an attached mowing device, that Seelig was operating the vehicle for himself and as agent and employe of defendant Jacob Schrock. ________ That Seelig, acting tor himself and his employer, invited the plaintiff *fo ride on the tractor and on the device which it was pulling, and as a result of riding on, the device, the plaintiff was thrown into the machinery being pulled by the tractor, sustaining extensive lacerations and bruising the skin on the forearm over a distance of about two-thirds of its circumference. The original complaint - stated that as a result of the careless and negligent acts and omissions of the defendants as set out, plaintiff was thrown into the cutting portions of the machinery being operated by the defendants, thereby sustaining a compound fracture and deep and extensive lacerations over his right forearm, which injuries required surgery and will leave plaintiff’s arm permanently deformed and impaired. The original complaint was filed in the Allen superior court October 15, 19M. The change ot venue from the Allen county court was brought about on an affidavit by the defendant, Jacob Schrock. T h e case has been entered on the court docket as Terry Turner, by his next friend, Joseph Turner, vs Elmer Seelig, Joseph Schrock.

work cooperatively with a Repub-lican-dominated Senate and a Republican governor.” “I no longer believe this,” Bayh said. “I was wrong.” “Extremely Critical’’—Welsh Welsh said after a party caucus this morning that the caucus termed a logjam ot bills as “extremely critical.” Welsh said Democrats were largely concerned over House bills which are in Republican-controlled Senate committees. “House Democrats fell it is a deliberate policy of the GOP in the Senate not to consider House bills,” Welsh said. He hinted the House Democrats might retaliate. Welsh said Republicans “seem to feel this session has no purpose for being except to maintain the status quo.” Bayh, speaking on a point of personal privilege after relinquishing the gavel in what he termed “an unusual procedure,” said the Senate’s lack of action was “inexcusable.” He said he was “shocked” and “embarrassed for the reputation of the General Assembly by the irresponsible tactics of the Repubiican-tontrolled Senate to take action on important pieces of legislation.” "The Seriate is the bottleneck on legislation,” Bayh charged, "I have reluctantly reached the conclusion that it is the deliberate plan of the Republican governor and the Republican Senate leadership to prevent as much legislation passing through the assembly as possible. It will pass no more than it can be forced to pass.” Bayh charged the reason for the bottleneck is that the Republicans have “no program of their own and they are bound and determined that no Democratic program will be enacted into law.” “A do-nothing, caretaker governor without a program is failing to provide Ait -party;, with leadership,” Bayh said. ES* GOP senators studied new strategy in the labor issue battie.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPD —The Army successfully fired another workhorse Jupiter on a routine test flight early today and then turned its attention to the new moon rocket it has assembled 150 yards away. The Jupiter’s flight of less than . its full 1,700-mile range set the stage for blastoff of the Army’s second space probe, expected ■ some time this weekend. The Jupiter will again be used as the Army moon rocket booster. Today’s Jupiter test was the first in which Air Force troops have participated. About 10 Air Force rocketeers, trained by the Army at its Huntsville, Ala., missile center, helped launch the 50ton weapon at 12:49 a. m. EST. The Defense Department said two hours later that the flight was successful. A spokesman said the firing was a test of the Chry-sler-made Jupiter’s nose cone, warhead, engine, and fusing system. The new moon rocket, a fourstage vehicle with a 13-pound payload mounted atop it., will follow the trail through space blazed by Russia’s Lunik if everythingworks properly. The 3,200-pound Lunik, according to the Russians, skimmed past the moon and went into orbit around the sun. The Army’s first moon rocket, fired last Dec. 6, failed to attain the 25,200 miles an hour speed needed to boost the Pioneer 111 (Continued on page three)

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Richard Ludwig, Zion Lutheran Church) THE TRUE PURPOSE OF LENT • : If this season of Lent is to be worthwhile, we must place the emphasis not on externals, but on the heart. God says: “Rend your heart, and not your garment, and turn unto the Lord, your God.” (Joel 2:13) Out of the heart are the issues of life. Evil things come out of an evil heart, and good filings come out of a good heart. Christ died to make our hearts good. How His dying on the Cross can result in a new heart is a mystery which we should strive to understand this Lent. "My son, give me thine heart.” This is what God wants—not self-denial schemes, or resolutions to give up this or that during Lent—but a new and contrite heart Only a heart that is cleansed by His grace can be clean and good. God doesn’t hate anything He has made; He longs to forgive the penitent person who truly laments his sin. So, then, Lenten time is soul-searching time, time to take a life-size photograph of how we appear before God. The process will be painful if honest. But the Christ of Lent will become very dear to us if we will honestly cry out: "Search me, O God . . . and try me, and see If there be any wicked way in nje.”

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Senate, House Are In Recess Until Monday WASHINGTON (UPI) — Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen (IB.) suggested in effect X today that his colleagues stop talking so much about Berlin and other world trouble spots. Dirksen told reporters it was t dangerous tor senators to reach . conclusions on foreign policy mat* l ters "unless they had every available fact." Senate debates, he f said, can make headlines around . >the world. - • I He also said Congress should > not try to “prejudice the adminis- . tration in any way” by passing . resolutions on the Berlin or other > international crises. Dirksen’s remarks appeared [ aimed at a full-scale Senate de- > bate on the Berlin situation Thurs- ; day in which Democratic Whip Mike Mansfield (Mont.) urged the i United States and Its allies to take [ the “initiative for peace" in an - all-out effort to head off war. > The GOP leader also seemed to r be opposing a “unity" resolution -by Sen. Thomas J. Dodd (D-Conn. ) i Dodd called for a 90-day “crash ? program" to alert Americans to i the dangers they face in the Berlin showdown. ? Congressional activity was res stricted to committees with the » Senate and House in recess until ■ Monday. Other congressional news: Auto Financing: The Ford Motor Co. told the Senate antl- ’ monopoly subcommittee that a ' proposed bill to bar auto markers from operating car-financing firms r could cost a buyer up to $l5O in higher bank and loan company interest rates. A Ford vice president branded the measure "anti- » consumer” legislation. Yankus: Stanley Yankus, Dowagiac, Mich., poultry farmer, told a House agriculture subcommittee how the Agriculture Department seized his $1,701 life savings as a fine because he refused to stop growing wheat to feed his chickens. Yankus said he was discour- ) aged in his fight against govern- . ment farm controls and probably j would move to Australia this sum--1 mer. » Nepotism: House Democratic i Leader John W. McCormack iMass.) said it is perfectly proper . for a congressman to put a rela- . tive on the federal payroll if the I kin is qualified for the job. Two a of the more than 50 congressmen who employ family members in ' their offices chopped the salaries J of the "relatives. Draft: Chairman Richard B. ' Russell (DGa.) of the Senate 5 Armed Services Committee said r the Senate is reconciled to the ! "stark necessity” of prolonging the ’ draft. He set hearings next week ’ on K House-passed four-year extension, ‘ Flowers: Sen. Gordon Allott (R-Colo.) urged the Senate to end 1 its perennial “war of roses” by ' accepting the carnation as a com- - promise choice for the national ’ flower. But backers of the rose, com tassel — and even grass — ■ turned up their noses. , , J ' Workman Killed In Fall From Scaffold I SULLIVAN, tod. (UPD—Marshall Miller, 60, Jasonvillle, died Thursday in a Sullivan hospital from injuries sustained when he fell 16 feet from a scaffold to a concrete floor in a power generating plant construction project.