Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 64.

Nasser Scores Interference t ...

CAIRO (UPI) — Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s support of the Iraqi Communists against President Gamal Abdel Nasser and his United Republic has ended the long Soviet-U.A.R. honeymoon. Khrushchev accused Nasser Monday of wanting to annex Iraq to the U.A.R. within a few hours Nasser snapped back and accused Khrushchev of “totally unacceptable" interference in the U.A.R.'s internal affairs. Khrushchev's Moscow statement i put the Soviet Union on the side I of Iraq in the bitter quarrel with I Nasser over the Communist pene-j tration of Iraqi Premier Abdel. Karim Kassems’ government. Nasser's reaction was as quick and as sharp as his replies to alleged Western interference in! Arab affairs. Speculate On Aid Both leaders said they wanted.. to keep good relations, but their public exchange made it clear they were on opposite sides. Nasser referred sharply to “new forms of imperialism.” ! Diplomats here speculated sia’s huge aid program to Egypt, which began when the Communist ; bloc sold Nasser arms in 1954. Since then Russia has promised! Nasser 175 million dollars in aid to help industrialize Egypt and 100 million dollars toward construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River, all of it “free of political string.” In addition. Syria got both arms and economic aid before it became part ’ of the U.A.R. last year. It is now Iraq’s turn for Soviet help. The occasion for Khrushchev’s policy statements on the Middle East was the Moscow re? ception in honor of a new SovietIraqi aid pact under which Iraq will get about 125 million dollars worth of aid plus technical help for starting industries. Revolt Strained Relations Relations between the U.A.R. and Iraq have been uneven almost since the start of the Kassem regime. They reached a low last week after a nationalist revolt against Kassem was beaten down in Mosul and Iraq accused the U.A.R. of supporting it. The U.A.R. replied that Iraq was serving Soviet aims of trying to make the Mideast Communist. Radio Moscow arid the Soviet press waited for more than a; week before criticizing the U.A.R.! while Iraq was abusing Nasser. | Moscow in the meantime clung to the old line that the “Western imperialists” were to blame for the' revolt. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair and cold tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and | chilly. Low tonight 16 to 23 north, 24 to 28 south. High Wednesday 35 to 45. Sunset to- ! day 6:54 p.m. c.d.L Sunrise • Wednesday 6:52 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Thursday: Partly cloudy and warmer with rain likely. Low in 20s. High 40s north to 50s south. '. ' —

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Ditch Allocation Is Approved By Board Additional business discussed and completed by the Adams county council and the board of commissioners at Monday's special meeting held at the court house, was reported today by Edward F. | Jaberg, .county auditor. A ditch allocation from the genI eral ditch improvement fund call- | ing for $4,720.20 for the Henry P. Graber ditch in Root township, ( I was approved by the board of commissioners. The special allocation submitted by Herman Motellering, i county surveyor, was additional. ! funds needed to complete the drag-, (lining of the ditch. I Jaberg stated this forenoon that bids for the county highway building will be accepted, starting March 20, at the auditor’s office., i April 22, the board of commission- \ ers will award bids submitted at that time. A legal notice will be , listed in Friday’s edition of the . Decatur Daily Democrat stating | what bids will be needed. ! Representatives of the Recordak company of Fort Wayne, and the Fort Wayne Micro-Filming comi pany, discussed the possibility of micro-filming records in the rej corder’s and clerk’s offices. No action was taken on the matter, i *- Representatives o f Wermuth construction company discussed the proposed new county highway! Ijmldmg site—us—- action. was completed. The Adams county board of. commissioners will hold its next meeting at the court house with the county auditor next Monday, j

Ike’s Declaration Is Hailed In Europe

LONDON (UPI) — America’s European Allies today welcomed with relief President Eisenhower’s Berlin declaration and predicted it would lead to a “just and honi orabte cold war settlement.” The first Communist reaction came from East Germany where I Eisenhower was accused of saber ' rattliqg. The Communist ADN news service said Eisenhower let it be understood the United States will not be deterred from unleashing a new war. The presidential policy state- ■ ment was held by the. West to I have cleared the way for a fresh j Western approach during the forthcoming crucial dealings with the Soviet Union. ' A first diplomatic appraisal ' termed the President’s conditions 'for East-West negotiations a “realistic combination of firmness and flexibility.” Diplomats said the sincerity and

Service Clubs Hear Rev. Armin Oldsen “Success should never be measured by what a periton achieves, but by measuring *the difference between what he is and what he could be," the Bev. Armin C. Oldsen told the Lions and Rotarians • in joint meeting Monday night at the Youth and Community Center. Lynn Lehman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Lehman, and a Boy Scout from troop 62, led the group in the pledge of allegiance. Jack I Gordon directed the group singing. . Robert Shraluka was introduced as . the high school guest Rotarian of [ the month. Lion president Glenn Hill intro- ’ duced program chairman Herman Krueckeberg, who related that . Rev. Oldsen had once served on a . camp staff with him many years ago, before taking the position as speaker on the International Lutheran Hour. At the present time t Rev. Oldsen is director of religious education at Concordia high school I in Fort Wayne. Jittery People In speaking on living without jit- ■ ' ters in a jittery world, “we must accept the fact that people are jittery,” Rev. Oldsen said. “As evidence, the people of the United (States spent SIOO million last year ' on ‘happiness pills,’ seven million, ! sleeping pills are used nightly in .;_the U.S.; Americans average more than 20serious headachesayear, according to aspirin sales.” There are three major differ- . ences between people today and a hundred years ago, he continued. ■ “Then there were very few decisions; a farmer then had only one , suit, and he knew he wore it only on Sundays; today with two suits, a man is constantly faced with the decision of which he shall ;wear. The problems a man had a hundred years ago were ones he j himself could do something about. 1 like building a home, or fencing 'his land. Today, problems like the H-bomb and the Berlin crisis canj not be faced alone, by each indioi. pagre eight)

I earnestness of Eisenhower’s state- . ment could not fail to impress ■ world opinion and leave its mark even on the hardened rulers in the Kremlin. Eisenhower’s declaration was under close study today in the chancellories of the Western capitals and formal official comment was reserved until later. Initial press reaction was favorable. Eisenhower’s declaration was particularly welcomed in London where Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was making last miniute plans to leave tonight for Ottawa and Washington for five days of talks. Macmillan has been the prime hover for a meeting at the summit since his return two weeks ago from Moscow talks with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Diplomatic sources said they now anticipated a speedy accord between the President and Macmillan on a joint Western policy line when they start their talks Thursday. First reaction from other Western capitals today also voiced satisfaction with the President’s policy of firmness and flexibility. In West Berlin. Mayor Willy Brandt said Eisenhower’s statement “confirms our conviction that we can rely completely on our American friends.” ! Elementary School i Flu Cases Ease Off * Flu cases in Decatur area elementary schools leveled off today, while most of the high schools report normal absenteeism. Two teachers, however, were added to the list at the Lincoln school. Decatur high school has 20 absent, about the same as yesterday. This number represents the normal amount for tills time Os year. Catholic listed only seven absent, a drop of two troffiMonday’s JCOUnL ... St. Joseph’s grade school remained about the same as Monday with 106 absent. The grade school has steadily decreased its absenteeisms since last week. At Lincoln school, 190 pupils are absent, an increase of two on yesterday's toll, while Northwest school added six names to the absentee list today, bringing the mark to 57. Monmouth has nine out in the high school, while Pleasant Mills reports 17 high school pupils absent. Ten grade school pupils at Pleasant Mills brings the total to 27 for that school.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 17, 1959.

H . ||g|| I gfewjj ' I Hk - Councilman Drake Asks Renomination Clyde Drake, of 1345 Master Drive, announced today that he> will be a candidate for renomination and reelection as city councilman for the fourth district. Drake filed late Monday after-, noon on the Democratic ticket, and . became the first candidate to file, for city council, and the first city councilman to announce for reelec- > tion. An employe at Central Soya Company for the past 18 years, Drake is a home owner, married, and the father of two children. A veteran of World War 11, he was first elected in 1955 and has served on the following committees:, Chairman, ordinance committee; member of the finance board, park board, street and sewer board, planning commission. Drake stated that he plans to make an active campaign, and if nominated and elected to serve the best interests of the people of Decatur; •* Wesley E. Hoffman Dies This Morning . Wesley E. Hoffman, 74, former resident of Decatur, died today in Indianapolis, according to word received by Mrs. E. B. Adams, of Decatur. Mr. Hoffman had been in failing health for several ' months. j Survivors are: his wife! Erma Hoffman; three children, Mrs. Margaret Jane McCormick. Johnstown, N. Y., Mrs. Betty Binford, Royal Oak, Mich., and; Robert E. Hoffman, Evansville;, three sisters, Mrs E. K. Blessing,' Elkhart; Mrs. Walter Plew, Des, Plains, 111., and Mrs. Eugene Runyon, Decatur: one brother, G. C. Hoffman, of Illinois hnd Florida, and four grandchildren. Services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Flanner and Buchanan funeral home in Indianapolis, with burial in Washington Park cemetery.

May Take Week To Obtain Murder Jury

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Prospective jurors were knocked off one by one in the Connie Nicholas murder trial today, some because they opposed the death penalty and other because they admitted 'prejudice against The 42-year-old divorcee who killed her married lover. Not a single juror had been picked by 10 a.m. c.s.t., and it appeared it might take a week to find 12 men and women to pass a verdict in the slaying of Forrest Teel, 54 drug company vice president, who began an affair with Mrs. Nicholas when she was 27 and left her last sqmmer. Typical of the jurors disqualified by the defense today was Mrs. Bessie Oberting, a widow and Bible class teacher. Attorney Charles Symmes asked her whether she thought defendants had to prove innocence, whether they should testify in their own defense. “Yes, I think she should take the witness stand,” Mrs. Oberting said. JSymmes challenged Mrs. Oberting on grounds she was prejudiced, and the court dismissed her. It is known that Mrs. Nicholas will testify. The prosecution continued to eliminate prospective jurors who expressed conscientious objections to Indiana’s maximum penalty of death for first degree murder. Mrs. Mariam Prange, a housewife, was the fourth disqualified on those grounds. Chief prosecutor Phillip L. Bayt said today the prosecution’s queries about the death penalty did not “necessarily” mean the state would demand electrocution of

Ike Willing To Meet At Summit On Berlin Crisis

Death Toll In Storm Mounts

United Press International L Fresh snows and freezing rains piled new woes on the Great Lakes region today in the wake .of a paralyzing Midwestern snow- ' storm. Although spring is only four days away, winter showed no signs of relenting as one to four inches of snow swept across southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois into Indiana and lower Michigan. > Nearly four inches of snow fell in western Michigan during the night, and a total of six inches was expected before the state’s second snowstorm in 48 hours ends. The new snow sent the total snow measurement at Grand Rapids, Mich., past the 100-inch mark. The death toll mounted as residents struggled to dig out of a weekend blizzard which left 20inch snows and drifts 25 feet high. The overall death count, includ- ' ing tornadoes in Arkansas and a windswept prairie fire in Texas, stood at 19. There were seven dead in lowa, four in Wisconsin, three in Arkansas and one each in Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Mis.Auri and Ohio. ■ - ~ Buried in Car Among the victims were two bachelor brothers whose car was uncovered Monday by a snow j plow near Creston, lowa. The (two, Floyd Gates, 48, and Welby, 157, were buried in their car under 'four feet of snow. They were only 30 feet from a farm driveway. | A Wisconsin mother found her son, Michael Plovy, 19, and his friend, Donald Boomsma, 20, in , their stalled car Monday, both dead of asphyxiation. They had been missing since Saturday night. i A group of Madison, Wis., Boy Scouts trapped at Devils Lake by the storm fought its way to freedom Monday night, but another party remained snowbound at the lake. Green County, Wis,, farmers

Mrs. Nicholas, who killed Teel after he broke off their 15-year affair and discarded her for a younger woman. Bayt said Indiana statutes provided a possible death penalty for first degree murder and lhe state did not want to find out at the last minute that some of the jurors were opposed. He said a decision on whether a death penalty would be sought would be made known later. Deputy prosecutor Judson Haggerty was questioning prospective jurors for the state, and the trial was developing into a slow but skillful duel over their selection. Strangely, Haggerty once introduced in the Indiana Legislature when he was a member of the House a bill to abolish capital punishment. Veteran criminal defense attorney Frank Symmes, 74, tipped his hand when he took vehement exception to Haggerty’s implication that the 15-year love affair between Mrs. Nicholas and Teel would not be a factor in deciding her guilt. —JudgeThomas Faulconer sustained the objection, "EuC permitted Haggerty’s other question to the effect that the moral factor would not be the “main issue” in the case. Faulconer also ruled that “live” radio and television broadcasts could be made from the tiny basemen courtroom, so small that only half the 214-member jury panel could be accommodated. Two radio stations broadcast from the courtroom Monday. Newsreel cameramen also shot film for television during the proceedingsl but there was no live TV.

were forced to dump milk because they were unable to get to dairies. A light rain and two-inch snow- ; fall hit Chicago during the night, ’ turning streets and sidewalks into treacherous ribbons of ice. ICounty Treasurer And Wife Injured ‘ Two Adams county residents i from Geneva received minor ini juries in a two-car crash Monday 1 [ afternoon near Berne, while the . driver in another accident that . occurred early this morning, ■ escaped without injuries. i The citypolice also reported ■ two accidents, one occurring early ■ last evening and the second early today. Rural Mishaps Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Neal, of Geneva, escaped with only minor injuries in an accident which occurred at 4:25 p.m. Monday about V 4 mile north of Berne on U. S. 27. Neal, Adams county treasurer, > escaped with only bruises and ; minor scratches, while his wife, Bernice, was treated for bruises, : a right knee injury, and stitches to close an abrasion on her forehead near the hairline. The Neal’s were treated at a doctor’s office in Berne. Mrs. Neal was taken to the Adams county memorial hispital this forenoon to receive x-ray treatments to determine the ‘ extent of the knee injury. The mishap occurred when the Neal vehicle was headed south on U. S. 27. As an approaching car driven by Emerson Lehman, 37, of route two, Berne slowed to make a left turn into the B&M Motor Sales drive and drove into the path of the Neal auto. The sheriff’s department and the Indiana state police investigated the mishap but did not determine the extent of the damage caused to both vehicles, although it was reported that both autos were considerably damaged. In the one-vehicle accident which occurred early today at 7:40 o’clock about mile east of Preble on U. S. 224, the driver, Adella Kolter, 57, of route two, Decatur, escaped without injuries when the vehicle she was driving flipped on its side after leaving the roadway. The sheriff's department stated ' that the driver was unable to control the vehicle when the car started to slide on the icy road after she attempted to slow the , vehicle by using the brakes. The ' car proceeded to' the north side of the road and flipped on its ’ side. Damage to the vehiclejwas i estimated at near SIOO. City Police Investigate The city police reported a m> . nor mishap occurred early last > evening, and was called to con- : duct an investigation of a pro- • perty damage accident early this morning. Last night's mishap occurred at i 6 o'clock at 114 N. Second street ■ when a car driven by Charles C. i Lose, 73, of Decatur, struck a - parking meter in front of the I Schafer store. No damage result- ; ed to the auto, but the parking meter was broken, at the base. Today’s accident occurred at ~ "the intersection of ’M6nroe~'an<t > Seventh streets at 8:12 a. m. A ■ truck driven by Leroy Bulmahn, i 26, of route two, Decatur, and owned by Haugk Plumbing com- ’ pany, stopped on Monroe street i to attempt a left turn, while a ■ car driven by Richard Girod, 40, ■ of Decatur, was unablp to stop in 1 time to avoid the* collision due to the icy pavement. t The city police officer conduct- . ing the investigation estimated t approximately $250 damage to - the Girod auto and about $lO to . the Haugk truck. —- v - (J '

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower is willing to meet Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev at a summer summit meeting to reduce the threat of war over Berlin. I The .Chief Executive says the I Soviets have forced this country to face the possibility of war, but he will make “every sincere effort” to achieve peaceful settlement of the Berlin crisis through l negotiation. | Eisenhower went before the '■ American people Monday night | with a grave-voiced ’ TV-radio report on the Berlin situation,- coupled with a stout defense of his. military policies and a warning; that congressional cuts in his for-| eign aid program would seriously weaken America’s allies. ' Qualifies Summit Agreement The Chief Executive’s agreement to a summit conference was . qualified. He refused to accept j Russia’s original deadline of May 27 for the conversion of West ’ Berlin into a free city. He said, however, that the Soviet note of March 2 pointed toward “negotiation on an Improved basis.” “It is my hope that thereby all. of us can reach agreement with the Soviets on an early meeting Democrats In I Congress Back Ike's Stand WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower got strong bipartisan support in Confess today for his firm stand on Berlin but Democrats took issue with him on the nation’s defense needs. Members of both parties said they welcomed the President’s statement in his radio-TV address Monday night that he would be willing to attend a summer summit conference if developments justify it. Senate Democratic Whip Mike Mansfield (Wyo.l, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he was ‘‘very much impressed with the emphasis and clarity with which the President expressed his views on the Berlin situation.” “I think the President took a long step forward in indicating to Mr. Khrushchev his desire to negotiate on an honorable basis and to consider the possibility of a summit meeting this summer based on possible results achieved in the forthcoming conference on foreign ministers. But he made it very plain the United States doesn’t want a summit conference for press propaganda purposes.” Regarding the President’s assessment of U.S. military preparedness, Mansfield said there "is room for honest differences of opinion.” Senator Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen (Ill.) praised Eisenhower for expressing readiness to “negotiate with the Russians on reasonable terms.” Reminded that the President previously has said he did not think much good would come from a summit meeting, Dirksen said Eisenhower’s revised position evidently was based on “new developments” in the diplomatic exchanges with Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev.

S ; — i -**• Lenten Meditation (By Rev. C. E. Lykins, Church of the Nazarene) JACOB’S LADDER 1 Scripture: Geneses 28: verses ten through sixteen. Jacob’s Ladder stood for communication with God. The need for this medium of contact with the Almighty is as keen now as then. The lofty concept of a God who is able for our needs has gained momentum in these trying days, while the doctrines of agnosticism and materialism have fallen In the dust of failure. A LADDER MUST BE LONG ENOUGH. Our ladders of church membership, good works, and orthodoxy are good, but are not long enough to reach to heaven. Christ taught that those trying to climb up any other way than His should be labelled as thieves and robbers, (John, Chapter ten). A LADDER MUST BE STRONG ENOUGH. Weakened rungs are always a hazard. Christ came to this end of the ladder as man. He has ascended to the end as God. In between are the strong rungs of sinless life, vicarious death, victorious resurrection, and glorious ascension. Let us climb upward with our faith settled in these unfailing truths! r 7 ——

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at the level of foreign ministers,” he said, speaking from his office desk in the White House. “Assuming developments that ’justify a summer meeting at the I summit,” he continued, “the Unitled States would be ready to participate in that further effort.” Shift In Position This was a shift in the President's position of recent weeks f that while he would travel and ' meet anywhere to advance the cause of just, durable peace, he ‘saw no desirable results from 1 such a meeting unless Khrushchev changed his attitude. \ J British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan arrives here Thursday 'for week-end talks with the President on Macmillan’s recent trip to Moscow. Since talking with Khrushchev, Maomillan Itas strongly favored negotiations bei tween heads of governments involved in the Berlin crisis. The President, addressing his ’nationwide audience, said calmly but gravely that this country had no intention of backing up “one inch” on its rights and responsibilities in the former German .capital, a Western island 110 miles inside Communist East Germany. “We have no intention of forgetting our rights or of deserting a free people,” he said. “Soviet rulers should remember that free 'men have, before this, died for so-called ‘scraps of paper’ which | represented duty and honor and i freedom.” , He said the Soviet rulers were well aware that global conflict with the weapons of today could destroy civilization, but that the Allies would minimize the risk of war with Russia by standing i firm against Soviet terrorism. Sums Up Position After expressing a willingness to offer and accept new ideas for a Berlin solution, the President summed up this country’s position: “We will not retreat one inch from our duty. We shall continue to exercise our gight of peaceful passage to and from West Berlin. We will not be the first to breach the peace: it is the Soviets who threaten the use of force to interfere with such free passage. “We are ready to participate fully in» every sincere effort at negotiation that will respect the existing rights of all and their ■ opportunity to live in peace " Eisenhower set for himself the dual task of assuring the Russians that American won’t be pushed around; assuring his fellow coun- ' trymen that the United States and her allies can retailiate quickly with “almost unimaginable destructive, .power” against a hostile Soviet move. Must Defend Kights “All history,” he said, “has taught us the grim lesson that no nation has ever been successful in avoiding the terrors of war by refusing to defend its rights —by attempting to placate aggression.” he labeled flatly as untrue claims that American defenses are inadequate, that American military posture has been subordinated to a balanced budget and that the armed forces need more manpower. He did not mention that these claims were being made by Democrats in Congress, but he said such assertions were “simply not true” and “without foundation.” “The design bf our defense the product of the best composite judgment available for the fulfillment of our security needs,” he said.