Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 74.

For Mayor ,IMk ' V r Mr*. Mary K. Morgan is the first woman in history to seek the office at mayor of Decatur. Mrs. Morgan filed her declaration of candidacy for the Democratic nomination tc the office late Thursday night Seek Early End To Easter Seal Drive Efforts are being attempted by the Adams county society for crippled children and adults to close the 1959 Easter seal drive as soon as possible, according to co-chair-men, the Rev. William C. Feller, of Decatur, and Leslie Spruhger, of Berne. Gail Grabill, Adams county society president, said today that contributions from all over the county are arriving at his office for the Easter Seals recently mailed by the society. Funds coHe-ited during the annual campaign are used for needed help and aid for medical attention and for special braces and equipment for crippled children and adults. The summer speech clinics held each year in Berne and Decatur, are also sponsored by funds derived from the campaign. As an example, the following donations can purchase the following equipment and treatment for a crippled child; a $5 gift will give treatment and education for one day; a sls donation will pay for a pair of special surgical shoes; and a $25 donation will buy special braces for a cerebral palsy child. A reminder was issued today to Adams county residents wishing to make donations to mail their contributions immediately so the drive can be completed as soon as possible. Tickets To Kennedy Rally Moving Fast More than 200 tickets have already been sold for the Kennedy rally Monday night, April 13, Mrs. Mabel Striker, ticket chairman for the affair, announced today. Sen. John F. Kennedy, a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, will speak in Decatur at the Youth and Community Center following a fund raising banquet at 6:30, Dr. Harry Hebble, county chairman, had previously announced. Hal Cessna, news director of radio station WOWO, has asked for permission to interview Sen. Kennedy when he arrives in Fort Wayne shortly before the dinner. Committees for arrangements, publicity, seating, protocol, and ticket sales will be announced later. NOON EDITION

Christians Celebrate Easter

United Press International 1 Christians around the nation to- 1 day prepared multi-flowered hats, < songs of praise and humble pray- < ers for the celebration of Easter. ] The Christian world of 1959 took a holy week-end off from interna- 1 tkmal tension to honor the resur- ; rection of its Saviour who rose i from the dead nearly 20 centuries i ago. < The joyous homage, three days after the Good Friday day of 1 mourning, was to take many 1 forms. ' •S From a rustic shrine in New 1 ' England to glistening Fifth Ave- 1 nue in New York City, from a i farm near Gettysburg, Pa., to a 1 -barren mountain-top in southern 1 Illinois the nation waited for the < Easter sunrise. Expect Quiet Week End < The U.S. Weather Bureau pre- 1 dieted sunny, mild weather for the < Pacific states, Minnesota and < from Ohio to the Atlantic Coast j

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Spring Storm Is Blamed For Seven Deaths United Pre** International A visious cross-country storm blew out to sea Saturday, leaving behind the promise of mostly pleasant weather for the Easier weekend. The storm piled up to eight inches of snow in New England and battered the Atlantic seaboard with hail as far south as the Carolinas. In northwestern Illinois, the usually placid Pecatonica River, gorged by a heavy rain earlier in the week, rose three feet above flood stage and battered the tiny town of McConnell. Sheriffs deputies said no lives were threatened. The’upper Midwest, still partially paralyzed by the storm, assumed a semblance of normalcy after one of the worst winters in decade*. The three-day storm, which ripped from the Rockies eastward to the Atlantic, was blamed for at least seven deaths—three in Wisconsin, and one. each in Colorado, lowa, Nebraska and New York. In mid-afternoon thunderstorm in Washington, D.C., brought rain clouds 30,000 feet high, blotting out the sun and turning light into midnight darkness in a matter of minutes. Other rain fell Friday along the Washington and Oregon coasts and in central Florida. Midland, Texas, reported heavy rain and hail early Saturday. The U.S. Weather Bureau predicted mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures Saturday, with light rain expected along the Pacific coast from northern California and across the northern Rockies and the Plains. Scattered showers and thunderstorms were to fall in Texas and the western Gulf coast, moving into the lower Missouri Valley by evening. Easter Sunday was expected to dawn under sunny conditions in the Pacific states, Minnesota and from to the Atlantic const, with clouds covering the Rockies and Gulf states into the upper Midwest. Showers were predicted from Nevada into the Rockies Sunday, with snow flurries in the Colorado and Wyoming mountains and rain from eastern Texas into Georgia.

East Germany As Red Agent

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States was reported today 1 willing to let East German Com- j munists temporarily control ac- j cess to West Berlin—but only as 1 agents of Russia. 1 The Western Allies will discuss ] this possibility here next week at J the spring ministerial meeting of ‘ the North Atlantic Council. ’ Informed sources said such an ‘ interim agreement would be intended to ease tensions while the Western powers and Russia naego- I tiated on a long-range, settlement i of the broader matters of German t reunification, a peace treaty and i European security. Would Act As Agents s But these sources said the So- < viets would have to acknowledge c the East Germans as their agents, < instead of just turning over such authority to them unilaterally and f without qualification. r An agent, in the broadest legal \ sense, is any person acting for i another by his authority. s Secretary of State John Foster >

but warned of showers and snow flurries over the Rockies and chances of rain along the Gulf Coast and in the lower Mississippi Valley. At their farm near Gettysburg, President and Mrs. Eisenhower spent “a very quiet week end” and looked forward to Easter services at a local Presbyterian church. The nation's capital was hushed by the absence of congressmen home for the Easter recess. The city’s National Cathedral, Arlington National Cemetery and Walter Reed Medical Center planned sunrise services and' the White House announced postponement of the traditional egg roll to Monday. Nearly 12,000 worshippers were expected to gather at sunrise in the sylvan stillness of the Cathedral of the Pmes, an outdoor nondenominational shrine and war memorial at Binge, N.H.

John Barkley Dies After Long Illness John F. Barkley, 74, former General Electric company employe, died at 10:40 o'clock Friday night at his home, 220 North Sixth street. He had been in failing health for 15 years, and had been critically ill for the past two weeks. He was born in Allen county May 21, 1884, a son of John and Sarah Crabttl-Barkley. and was married to Emma L. Egley April 16, 1938. The family had lived in Decatur for the past 25 years. Mr. Barkley was a member of the Trinity Evangelical United jßrethren church. , Surviving are his wife; one son, Floyd Barkley of Convoy, O.; ione daughter, Mrs. Lester (Fayma) Fensler of Convoy; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Jesse (Lucille) Burke of Sturgis, Mich., and Mrs. Robert L /Pauline) August of Decatur; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Walter Barkley of Monroeville, and a sister, Mrs. William Shafer of Monroeville. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Monday at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. J. O. Penrod officiating. Burial will be in , the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until noon Monday, after which the body will lie in state at tne church until time of the services. Annual Easter Egg Hunt Sunday On Lawn Os Decatur Elks Home The annual Easter egg hunt, sponsored for years by the Decatur Elks lodge, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The hunt will be held on the spacious lawn of the lodge home on North Second street. In event of bad weather, the event will be staged inside the home. The hunt is for children up to and including nine years of age. Dozens of brightly cdored eggs will be scattered over the lawn, and finders of eggs with special markings will be awarded prizes. Two big "Easter Bunnies” will be on hand to entertain and assist the youngsters.

Dulles indicated last Nov. 26 in a new conference that the United States had temperared its refusal to recognize East German authority in Berlin. He said this country “might’ permit the East German government to act as a Soviet agent in adminstering Western communications to Berlin. Makes It Hear He made clear, however, that U.S. acceptance of East Germany as an agent would not be intended as U.S. recognition of the "puppet” East German regime. U.S. officials believe one Russian motive in creating a Berlin crisis is to try to compel an increased recognition of the East German government. A comprehensive U.S. proposal for a long-range German settlement will be discussed at next week’s ministerial meeting. The meeting marks the 10th anniversary of the founding at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Harried New York seamstresses I took last-munite stitches in East- ' er finery in preparation tor the Easter Parade down Fifth Avenue — the nation's annual showplace for spring fashions. In New York’s Radio City Music Hall, religion was to strike the keynote at the 40th united Easter dawn service of the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Close to 40,000 were expected at sunrise services on the beach at Miami. Fla., preceding the fifth annual twins* parade. At the Hollywood, Calif., Bowk another 20,000 were to gather amid 100,000 calls Lillies to hear an Easter message by Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson, a leading Mormon layman. In Beverly Hills, Calif., Gary Cooper was slated to lead 100 other motion picture stars and 100 crippled children tn a parade dedicated to Easter Seal crippled children.

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Soviet Union Pouring Tanks, Arms To Iraq To Back Red Premier

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IRAN MAY BE NEXT RUSSIAN TARGET—The apparent grip of Communism on the Iraqi government forecasts a grim picture of what may come in the Middle East, with Iran the likely next target of the Russian bear. Arrow shows probable path of the Reds—to a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. A decade ago, Soviet troops went into Iran, in Azerbaijan province (crossed by arrow). At that time President Truman intervened. '

Sunny Weather Is Forecast On Easter United Pres* International I The weatherman changed his mind today and said Indiana will i have sunny and slightly warmer weather for Easter. Earlier forecasts o f partly ; cloudy with possible showers in the south and temperatures in the 40s at their high points were dissolved and new predictions called for "fair and slightly warmer” from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River. Top temperatures in the afternoon will be in the lower 50s throughout the state. But the mercury will dip into the 20s and low 30s tonight, and when Hoosiers head for religious services in their Easter finery Sunday morning, it probably will be rather chilly. The mercury ranged from 44 at Fort Wayne to 53 at Evansville and Indianapolis at high points Friday, then dropped to cold levels overnightly ranging from 19 at Goshen to 30 at Evans riue. The day dawned clear and cool, and no precipitation was forecast through the period ending Monday although after the weekend partly cloudy conditions will develop Harker Infant Is Stillborn Friday John Charles Harker was stillborn at Adams county memorial hospital Friday at 3 p.m. ta Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harker, of Decatur. Mrs. Harker is the former Deloris Steele. Survivors incl ud e the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Steele, of Warren, 0., Mrs. W. E. Habegger, North Manchester, and Ira Harker, Glendale, Calif.; the great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Elzey, Decatur; and a sister Linda Kay. Graveside services were held this morning at the Antioch cemetery. The Zwick funeral home was in charge of services.

- —, . —« y - — ' ’ / Lenten Meditation (By Rev. John D. Mishler, Pleasant bale Church of the Brethren) EASTER CERTAINTY Romans I8:31-39 The resurrection of Christ on the first day of the week made Sunday the Holy Day of Christendom. It is the Lord’s Day —a time for remembering God's love in Christ. The certainty of Easter was established that first Lord’s Day when God, in His great love, raided Jesus Christ from the .dead. Christians do not doubt this event; 'Die good news proclaimed by those who witnessed the resurrected Lord has set the ultimate standard for love and goodness. God’s attitude toward man is established. Though man may doihis worst, God shall do His best. In Romans 8, Paul states that; God who gave up His Son for us all, will also give us all things with Him. Since Christ has overcome death and hell, We are moke than conquerors through Him who loved us. All who repent oft sin, and are baptized, and live for Christ, shall have everlasting life. EASTER IS A CERTAINTY! CHRIST AROSE! Just now, your doublings give ow; just now, reject him no more. Just now, throw open the door; Jet Jesus come into your heart.

Tibet Revolt Snowballing

' GANGTOK, Sikkim (UPD-The i revolt in nearby Tibet was re- ■ ported snowballing today in de- • fiance of the Communists who 1 have “deposed” the Dalai Lama ’ and proclaimed the Panchen La- > ma acting premier in his place. Reports reaching this Indian . protectorate said that “many” persons who had not previously risen against the Reds have joined the rebellious Khampa tribesmen since the recent outbreak of fighting in Lhasa, capital of the remote mountain state. There was no immediate indication of the Tibetan people’s reaction to today’s order by Red China’s Premier Chou En-lai dissolving the Tibetan government and transferring its functions to the Communist “Preparatory Com mittee for the Tibet Autonomous Region.” The committee, created to enable communization of Tibet, had not previous *y exercised government functions. Under its new mandate from Chou, the committee is to proceed at once with the creation of a “new democratic and socialist (meaning Comir.urifctf' Tibet.' Discuss Nationalist Aid Chou installed the Panchen Lama as head of the committee because he said the Dalai Lima “a under duress from the rebels” — apparently confirming reports that he has escaped from the Communists. Reports from Taipei said four representatives of the Tibetan rebels are expected there soon to discuss the possibility of Nationallist China’s furnishing military aid to the revolt. the Nationalists have discussed the possibility of aiding the rebels, it was not clear how they could hope to get arms and

equipment in any sizeable quantities to the remote mountain republic. The Communist communique charged that the Nationalists have airdropped supplies to the Tibetan rebels “on a number of occasions,” and that the Chinese, in collaboration with unidentified “imperialists” have set up radio stations, presumably for rebel use. .It said the rebel command post is in the Indian city of Kalimpong, just south of the Tibetan border. Tibetan** Head North Reports from New Delhi said Premier Jawaharlal Nehru is under increasing pressure at home and abroad to take up the Tibetan question with the Peipin regime in an effort to determine just what its future plans for Tibet are. These reports said the premier has received “hundreds of telegrams from all parts of the country” urging him to act. Reports that order has been restored in Lhasa encouraged many of the Tibetans who had spent the recent anxious days in this border town to prepare today to head north. The whereabouts of the Dalai Lama remained a mum mystery, but rebel reports said the priestking and his cabinet had been safely spirited out of Lhasa. Study Withholding Os Suicide Letters INDIANAPOLIS (UPD —Prosecution and defense lawyers today debated whether to introduce Connie Nicholas’ "suicide letters” at her trial for the slaying of her former lover. The letters were written by the 44-year-olddivorcee before she shot and killed Forrest Teel, a handsome, wealthy drug executive on the night of July 31. Mrs# Nicholas is still recovering from an overdose of sleeping tablets taken in a suicide attempt shortly after the killing. The state has technical possession of the letters, but chief trial deputy Francis Thomas said Friday he was still weighing the notes as prosecution exhibits in the first degree murder trial, which opens Monday. The defense called the letters “admissible evidence” but said it was undecided whether to introduce them if the prosecution failed to do so. Mrs. Nicholas claims she shot Teel accidentally during an argument in his white Cadillac outside the apartment of Teel’s new love, Laura Mowrer, a 29-year-old secretary.

(EDITORS NOTE: UPI Middie East Correspondent Larry ( Collins was expelled from Bagh- - dad Thursday with two other American correspondents. Fri- I day he described the seizure of much of the government by Communists and an anti-Com-munist purge that has jailed up to 15,000 anti-Communi»ts. Today’s dispatch reports that the Soviet Union is pouring tanks and arms into Iraq for a major expansion of the Iraqi army.) By LARRY COLLINS United Press International BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) - The Soviet Union is pouring tanks and arms into Iraq for a major expansion of the Iraqi army by Communist-backed Premier Abdel Karlum Kassem. The Premier already has put one new, understrength division into the field since he took power in a coup last July, and plans for a second already have been completed. The new divisions were scheduled to receive Soviet arms, which have been arriving steadily during the past eight months. The most recent shipment arrived at Basra last week end and included 34 tanks. Sixth Since Coup It was the sixth Soviet shipload of arms since the coup and brought to 150 the number of Russian tanks now being readied for use by the Army. This is double I the number of tanks in the. late. King Faisal’s pro-Western army and enough to outfit a full Sovietstyle mechanized division. The tanks inelude about 100 old-style T 34 tanks and 50 of the newer T 54 models. In addition, the Soviets have delivered to Iraq about 20,000 Czech machine pistols, anti-a ircr af t guns, light and medium field artillery pieces, small arms, mortars and motorized transport. At least 100 Soviet army officers and men are in Iraq on a training mission to instruct the Iraqi army in the use of the new weapons. , Composed Os Three Divisions Thus far, there has been no sign that the new equipment has been integrated into the army bh a large-scale, but some Czech machine pistols made their appearance in Baghdad last week. There has been no sign fs yet that the Iraqi air force has made any request for Russian airplane l '. The Iraqi army, which observers rated as one of the best in the Middle East before the current anti-Communist purges riddled its ranks, is composed of three divisions, comprised of three divisions, comprised of of a U.S. infantry regiment (about 3,000 men), and two other divisions which are under-strength. INDIANA WEATHER Sunny and cool today. Fair and cool tonight. Sunday fair and slightly warmer. High today in the mid-40s, low tonight lower 20* north, lower 30a south. High Sunday in lower 50s. Outlook for Monday: Partly cloudy with little change In temperature.

Nuclear Sub Value In Warfare Cited

WASHINGTON (UPD — The United States had impressive evidence today that nuclear submarines could use the arctic as a year-around ballistic missilelaunching area in event of war. Observers said this was the military significance in the U.S. atomic submarine Skate’s recent winter voyage to the North Pole. The Navy announced Friday that the Skate was able to crack through the arctic ice to surface 10 times during a 12-day voyage. The submarine surfaced at the North Pole March 17. To Learn About Basin Capt. F. D. Walker, of the Navy’s Submarine Branch, said the Navy was trying through such cruises to learn all it could about the Arctic Basin with a view to future missile submarine operations. The Skate itself was not built to launch missiles. In fact, the first of nine Polaris-firing submarines won’t Join the fleet until

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i i 1 i ‘ ' ' ' ■ • ' " ‘ Study Eligibility Os Mayor Candidate BOARD ADJOURNS The Adams county election board adjourned at 11 a. m. today, after an hour's conference with Jndre Myles F. Parrish and Republican city chairman John Doan in the • jury room. The board announced, through chairman Cai E. Peterson, that no decision was reached, but that the board will meet again Monday. It is understood that the board desires more information, and that possibly the state election board might be contacted. 1 Hie Adams county election board met this morning in the clerk's office to determine the eligibility of Harry Hirschey to Tile as candidate for mayor on the Republican ticket. Hirschey, who was not registered as a voter at the time he filed, registered Friday. It is understood that when he desired to file for mayor the clerk's office was „ closed Thursday night, so he mailed his declaration in from Fort Wayne. It Was postmarked at~ midnight, the deadline for filing by 'mail. Republicans and Democrats alike were indignant over the sit- T" 1 uation. Republican city chairman John Doan stated that “he knew” who was responsible, and hinted that tfye grand jury might be interested. Doan stated that it was still possible that he might be a candidate. Democrats, on the other hand, blamed the Republicans for not bringing out an “organization'* group of candidates here, as they do in other cities of the state. They pointe! out that the Republicans have a full slate of candidates in Berne, where they have never elected an official. Some suggested that the Republicans had planned to wait until after the non-political election concerning the city electric utility, and then name a candidate who was for whatever side the people choose. Rumors were thick and fast on both sides of the political fence, but most of the people agreed that something was wrong with a political system that allowed such a thing. Naturally each party accused the other of being responsible, but no names were mentioned, the opponents usually just charging the other party. County clerk Richard Lewton, when asked if anyone had taken out declaration of candidacy blanks before the election, stated that no one had, but that it might be a holdover from a previous campaign, or obtained at some other clerk’s office, since it was a state form.

» ’ some time in 1960. The Polaris ’ missile itself is still in the testing ( stage. Its present maximum range is about 1,200 miles. Arctic Wintertime Question The atomic Nautilus made the first trip under the pole last Aug. i 3 — the warmest time of the year in the Far North. But the ques- ; tion unanswered until the Skate’s t voyage was whether such feats > were possible in the arctic win- ' tertime. > The Skate was equipped with a re-inforced coding tower for its ice-smashing * Cmdr. R. D. McWethy, of the ~ Atlantic Fleet submarine staff, i told a news conference Friday 1 that the ice was probably just a k few inches thick at the pole al- » though tiie average thickness of arctic ice is about 12 feet t McWethy said submarines • would be able to surface around - the year through “leads” or spots 1 of open water dotting the ice.