Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 75,

Nehru Warns Red China Against Any Attempts To Dictate To India 1 _

Soviet Union Urges Non-Aggression Pact

BULLETIN LONDON (UPD—Russia today formally agreed to hold a foreign ministers’ conference in Geneva May 11, the Tass news agency reported. MOSCOW (UPI) — The Soviet Union appealed again Sunday for a non-aggression pact between NATO and the Warsaw Pact nations and said it was ready to discuss the “disengagement" of Eastern and Western troops from middle Europe. The official Tass news agency issued the statement in connection with the Washington meeting Tuesday and Wednesday of the NATO foreign ministers and the tenth anniversary meeting of the NATO council Immediately afterward. The statement said the Russians were ready to take part in disengagement discussions “or the establishment of a zone of limited contingents and armarrtents and inspection." Such a freeze on troops was mentioned in the communique ending the talks between British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Much nt the statement was designed to show the “aggressive essence of the North Atlantic union's foreign policy line" but it also made these points: —A summit conference would be “most useful” but Russia believes a conference of foreign ministers concerned should be convened to study the question of a German peace treaty and the West Berlin question. —The NATO powers were urged to reach agreement on the Polish Rapacki proposal to establish a de-nuclearized and rocket-f re e zone in Central Europe. —The Soviet government believes the most realistic way of settling the Berlin question would be to make West Berlin a demilitarized free city with U.S. observers present. —Nuclear weapons should be outlawed and conventional armaments and troops substantially reduced. It asked an immediate end of atomic tests. Peak Asks Court To Reverse Conviction INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Robert A. Peak, Milan attorney, today asked the Indiana Supreme Court to reverse his conviction and prison sentence on a charge of falsely notarizing the "Dean Burton” deed in the Indiana highway scandal. Peak is under a 1-3 year sentence invoked March 31, 1958, by Special Judge Norman Brennan after conviction in a Marion County criminal court jury trial. Frank Hamilton, Greensburg, the defense attorney, filed a brief today on the deadline for such filing which alleged that the lower court erred in overruling a motion to quash the indictment and in denying a new trial. Peak notarized a deed to backlots along the Madison Ave. Expressway in Indianapolis, transferring them from “Dean Burton” to Peak’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Peak of Indianapolis. Testimony during the trial brought out that "Dean Burton” was the grandson of Nile Teverbaugh, former highway department right of way chief, but that the signature was, that of Virgil (Red) Smith, highway chairman ugder then Gov. George N. Craig. Peak contended that courts have held “when an assumed or fictitious name is used by a grantor who executes a deed of conveyance that the execution is valid.” The defense. attorney contended that the Legislature never intended to penalize a notary public when he actually saw the party sign the deed or other instrument, but only for attesting such signature when it had been signed outside his presence.

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Around-Clock Air Alert Is Forecast WASHINGTON (UPD —The Air Force believes that within 12 to 18 months it must start keeping some of its Strategic Air Command bombers in the air at all times because of the Russian intercontinental missile threat, it was revealerf today. But Gen. Thomas D. White, Air Force chief of staff,- feels the Soviet do not have enough longrange rockets yet to necessitate such an around-the-clock airborne alert at this time. White made the statements to a House defense appropriations subcommittee behind closed doors in January. His testimony was made public today. An airborne alert would guarantee that SAC’s retaliatory bombers would not be caught on the ground in a Russian missile raid. Tv” The cost of keeping some of SAC’s 852 bombers in the air at alb times, ready to strike back instantly in case of a sneak Russian missile attack, would be between $337,260,000 to $1,156,320,000 a year. White said. Several congressmen, including Rep. Danier J. Flood (D-Pa.), a member of the appropriations subcommittee, demanded recently that SAC maintain an airborne alert when it was disclosed that such flights were not being made. C. C. Linn Dies At Fort Wayne Sunday C. C. (Todd) Linn, 75, a native of Decatur, died Sunday at 9 p.m. at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne after three weeks of serious illness. He and his wife, the former Agnes Murray, left Decatur in 1925 to live in Fort Wayne. They were married June 15, 1911 in Decatur. He was born on August 18, 1883, the son of Solomon and Mary Miller Linn. Survivors are his widow; three sons, Edward Linn, Washington, D. C., James and Tommy Linn, of Fort Wayne; four daughters, Mrs. Robert Hartwig, Mrs. Robert Schweizer, and Mrs. Jeanne Bloom, all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Clayton Zeddis, Zanesville, Ind., and 12 grandchildren. Friends may call at the Elzey and Son funeral home in Ossian after 7 p. m. today. Services will be at the funeral home at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday, with burial in the Decatur cemetery.

Jury Os 12 Married • Men To Try Connie |

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A jury , of 12 married men hears this ' week die story of Mrs. Connie 1 Nicholas’ killing of a handsome ' drug firm vice president who de- 1 serted her after a 15-year affair. Although there were no eyewit- 1 nesses, the petite double divorcee admits she shot Forrest 1 Teel, 54, prominent member of ’ the country club set with a wife and adopted son. The case boils ' down to this: ' Did the 44-year-old Mrs. Nich- 1 olas deliberately plan to stalk and murder Teel out of revenge and 1 jealousy over his new and younger mistress? ' 1 Or did she shoot him last July ! 31' in a flash of anger and fear after a struggle in the front seat of his white Cadillac? Two alternate jurors still were j to be chosen today as the trial j entered its third week. Judge Thomas Faulconer also was to ; read jury instructions which have J been contested by prosecution and j defense. j Veteran criminal lawyer Frank i

Soggy Weather In Much Os Nation ; United Press International Rainfall, which held off long ( enough for completion of the Eas- 1 ter parade in most areas, brought ’ soggy weather Monday to widespread areas of the East and ' Northwest. A generally light rain which ’ dampened parts of the Southeast | . Easter Sunday pushed northward j > overnight to cover a region rang- ( • ing from Florida, Georgia and the j . Carolinas into the upper Ohio Vai- s ley and lower Michigan. Light, ] scattered snow occurred along the < . northern fringe of the moisture < area. In the Northwest, rainfall occur- 1 red along the Pacific Coast from northern California to Canada. 1 Although most of the rainfall * amounts were light, Tampa, Fla., I was doused by a 1.75-inch down- ’ pour in a six-hour period Sunday 1 night. Southerly winds in the East ’ boosted readings as much as 15 j to 20 degrees over the sub-freez- ( ing temperatures which greeted ( Easter worshippers Sunday. In New York, the mercury dropped to the 20s early Sunday, freez- . : ing out the traditional flower show < '■ at Rockefeller ,< Temperatures dipped to the - freezing - mark as far south as ( North Carolina Easter morning • ► and to the winters*, depths of 2 be- ■ low zero at Oneonta, N. Y., and 1 : zero at Houlton, Maine. Worshippers at the Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge, N. H., dis- ■ carded spring finery in favor of ■ ski outfits because of the cold. By contrast, Buffalo, N. Y., Mon- 1 day reported an early morning ' reading of 38 compared to a reading of 16 at the same time Sunday. ( An exception to the warming ( trend occurred in parts of Georgia and Alabama, where temperatures ' in the upper 30s and mid-40s compared with the 50s of Sunday morning. Flooding along the Pecantonica River in northern Illinois eased Monday after a break in a dike near McConnell, 111., Sunday sent water swirling over farmland. About 40 pe rso n s evacuated their homes, police said, and were sheltered in the National Guard armory at nearby Freeport, 111. Others took refuge in homes of friends and relatives. i Local Man's Brother 1 Dies In Florida , John S. Leonardson, of Miami, £ Fla., brother of S. E. Leonardson J of Decatur, died Sunday afr his , home. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Leonard- j son will attend funeral services in Miami on Tuesday. ( 7” , ' - < 1

t 1 Symmes contends the first degree murder charge against Mrs. Ni- 1 chols also is legally inclusive of i much lesser offenses, including i simple assault which carries a i penalty of only six months in jail. 1 The prosecution heatedly op- 1 posed giving the jury such a mild alternative charge. It has insured I that every juryman is not opposed r to capital punishment, although a 1 death sentence for Mrs. Nicholas i is considered most unlikely. r Indiana has never executed a i woman. t The opening statements and s presentation of evidence were ex- « pected to begin late today or c Tuesday. The biggest chink in Mrs. Nidi-. I olas’ story of self defense and ac- j cident in Teel’s death was her c purchase of a small French pis- c tol 17 days beforethe slaying. Deputy Prosecutor Judson Haggerty ridiculed the double defense,. I noting that Teel was shot three t times and asking:. “How could she t kill him both accidentally and in i self defense?” t

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NEW DELHI (UPI) — Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru told Communist China today it could not dictate to India. He also denied Peiping charges that the Tibetap rebels were operating from India soil. formal charges against IrS®P has brought relations between the countries to a new low and today’s session of Parliament was a shouting, desk pounding one in which sympathies were clearly with the Tibetan rebels. There were predictions the Tibetan revolt would lead to a major shift in India’s neutralist foreign policy but Nehru’s statements today were cautiously worded. He said India should have friendly relations with Red China. He was cheered when he said Peiping could not dictate to New Delhi. Peiping Radio, which had cautioned India not to discuss China’s “internal affairs” in Parliament, announced today the puppet Panchen Lama has accepted acting premiership of Tibet and promised to turn the theocracy into a Communist satellite. Commenting on Peiping’s suggestion that Parliament should not discuss the Tibetan situation, Nehru said he wanted to make it clear that “no external force" could restrict Parliament. The Refugee Question Nehru said checkposts bordering Tibet had been informed of India’s policy of not allowing anyone to cross over unless they toad valid passports or certificates to enter India. The statement led some members of Parliament to feat thousands of refugees might be forced to stay in Tibet and be killed by their oppressors. Nehrlu said the question of admitting refugees — incuding the Dalai Lama, the god-king deposed by Peiping—would be settled as it arose and that India could not open its borders to half the population of another. Members jumped to their feet, pounded their desks and demanded “Why not?". They pointed out that countries neighboring Hun-

Disperse U.S. Missile Bases

WASHINGTON (UPD — In the face of Russia’s growing missile might, the Pentagon has ordered a further dispersal of U.S. missile launchers to reduce vulnerability to surprise attack. Moreover, Russian advances in rocketry have been interpreted by the U.S. Air Force chief of staff as “an indication” that the Strategic Air Command within 18 months may have to be put on a 24-hour "airborne alert.” These developments were disclosed today with the publication of a 1,017-page transcript of heav-ily-censored testimony on the defense budget at closed hearings of the House defense appropriations subcommittee. Reds Outproduce U.S. The transcript indicated that subcommittee Chairman George H. Mahon (D-Tex.) and other Democrats were not convinced that President Eisenhower s defense budget is adequate. They probed for ways to bolster U.S. defenses in view of administration admissions that Russia will outstrip the United States in production of intercontinental ballistic missiles in 1960, 1961 and 1962. But the military officials—from Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy on down — sided with the President in rejecting a “me-too” policy of trying to match Russia missile for missile in the longrange rocket field. They insisted that the United States, even after surprise attack, would have enough retaliatory power left to destroy Russia. Air Force' Secetary James H. Douglas testified that the Pentagon decided in early February to disperse its missile launchers “to create more targets.” Isolate Each Launcher Under the new plan — which Douglas said could be carried through Without changing the budget — each launcher will be isolated; instead of set up in clusters of three. There still will be

• Nary opened their borders to refi ugees and demanded the same acl tioa for the Tibetans. Members also said India would . be responsible for their deaths ; since the Communists promised to shoot escaping refugees on sight. The members also charged that • oppressive Communist military i action in Tibet was a “direct ! threat” to India's security and ; demanded Peiping be told the i time had come when India could no longer be a spectator. ( The Indians were deeply concerned and worried by the Com- ' ■ munist oppression .in Tibet and ■ bitter about official Peiping charges the rebels were operating from ( headquarters at Kalimpong on Indian soil—a charge officially de■nied by the Indian Foreign Office. . Seethe With Excitement The House seethed with excitement when Nehro appeared before it today. He first said the case ( of each refugee would be decided , on its own merits and cited in- ( ternational law in support of his ; Statement. Red China has forbid- , den refugees to flee into India. Nehru said several times India’s sympathy was with the Tibetans , but he warned that “whatever my ‘ goyernment does may have far- '■ reaching consequences.” Therefore, he indicated, any move should be guided by wisdom. Nehru specifically denied official : Peiping charges that Kalimpong ; was being used as a rebel base. . He said “we cannot allow Indian I soil to be used the base of ( propaganda activities” and said [ when this has happened in the > Rast the foreigners involved have t Wen T ; Then he referred to a Peiping Radio broadcast which said the . Indian Parliament should not dis- > cuss China or Tibet since the re- [ volt is an internal Chinese matter. . He expressed sorrow the countries ; had such different legislatures and . hinted it was no business of Peiping’s. Parliament broke into applause . at this. “This parliament will not be dictated to by any external” authoI rities, he stated.

nine launchers to a missile squadron. The air chieftain, Gen. Thomas D. White, said the present alertunder which bombers are ready to leave the ground on 15 minutes’ notice— is adequate for the next 12 to 18 months because Russia’s attacking power still is based primarily on planes rather than long-range missiles. City Health Board In Session Today The Decatur health board’ met with Mayor Robert D. Cole, city attorney John DeVoss, and city health inspector Ray Lehman this afternoon at city hall for the regular monthly meeting. Lehman presented his monthly report, which contained mainly routine matters. Board members. Dr. John Terveer, Dr. Arthur Girod and Mrs. Walter Gilliom, approved the reading. Several complaints, dealing with unsanitary conditions of backyards, were made a matter of record. Lehman will inspect these areas and report his findings to the board, or remedy the situations if this is warranted. I Allen County Man Dies Suddenly Today Charles Speager, 63, of Fort Wayne route 1, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Adams county memorial hospital shortly before 11 o’clock this morning. Mr. Speager, a farmer, was stricken by an apparent heart attack shortly after driving his truck to the Central Soya Co. plant. The body was taken to the D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home in Fort Wayne.

Reds Appoint Panchen Lama Tibet Puppet LONDON (UPI) — The puppet Panchen Lama has accepted acting premiership of Tibet and promised he will z”spare no earnest effort" to communize the Himalayan kingdom, Peiping Radio reported today. The Red China broadcast quoted a telegram from the Communisttrained Panchen, religious rival of the Dalai Lama, to Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lal and Chief of State Mao/Cffe-tung, A decree by Chou Saturday suppressed the Dalai Lama's government ahd installed a Communist regime headed by the Panchen Lama. “I hail the tremendous victory already won by the (Communist) Peoples Liberation Army in putting down the rebellion,” the Panchen Lama was quoted as saying. “I fully accept the order of the (Peiping) State Council to act as chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the Autonomous Region of Tibet, during the time that the Dalai Lama is under duress. (Peiping contends the Dalai Lama is being held by his followers.) “I shall spare no earnest effort to united the ecclesiastical and secular people and all patriots in Tibet and, with full confidence, to give active assistance to the People’s Liberation Army to put down the rebellion and smash all the shameless traitorous intrigues carried out by the upper strata reactionary clique in Tibet with the support of the imperialista and the Chiang Kai-shek clique... “Long live the great motherland! Long live the Chinese Communist Party. Long live Chairman Mao Tze-tung, the great leader of all nationalities of our country!" The only source of the Panchen Lama’s acceptance of Chinese rule was Peiping itself, but his background and previous statements made it appear likely the declaration expressed his sentiments .. rittm - Indianapolis Man Is Burned Ta Death INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) —Robert Miggenburg, 45, was burned to death in an apartment-hotel here apparently because his cigarette set fire to his bed. Miggenburg was found on his smoldering bed Saturday with burns over his entire body. Dulles To Florida For Recuperation WASHINGTON (UPI) — Secretary of State John Foster Dulles flies to Florida today to recuperate from radiation treatments for cancer and to ponder a decision on whether to remain in the cabinet. The 71-year-old secretary will spend an indefinite period at the Kobe Sound residence of Undersecretary of State C. Douglas Dillon, about 30 miles from Palm Beach. Dulles is expected to announce shortly after his return to Washington whether he will return to his post. President Eisenhower has said he will leave the decision up to Dulles. The cabinet officer will fly to Palm Beach Air Force Base aboard the presidential plane Columbine 111 and then motor to Kobe Sound. He will be accompanied by his wife, a doctor and two aides. On the eve of his departure, Dulles talked witU the Prasident by telephone and held conferences at his home with State Department officials. He spent the night at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

I . -- r ,■ . .... ...- ■ . . Easter Celebrated By Christians

United Press International Christians rejoiced Sunday in celebration of the Resurrection of their Saviour and its promise of eternal life. Easter services in huge cathe--drals and humble c o u„n tr y churches, on mountain tops and at ships at sea repeated the message which gives Christianity its meaning: “He is not here, for he is risen.” Cold weather cut attendance at outdoor services in the Northeast and occasional rain dampened the Easter parade in the Southeast. Despite near freezing temperatures, an estimated 800,000 persons turned out to parade along New York’s Fifth Avenue. The cold and a Good Friday snowstorm froze out the traditional floral display at Rockefeller Center. Eisenhowers at Church At the other end of the country, clear, mild weather brought . »

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Frank Braun, left, forrher plant foreman at the General Electric before his retirement three years ago, is a candidate for city • councilman-at-large, replacing Ed Bauer, ri|ht, who is completing ' his second term, and does not desire a third term. Braun is a native of Berne, but moved to Decatur in 1914. He started withGeneral Electric in Fort Wayne, but returned to the Deeatur plant ■ when, it was opened in 1920, and served here until his retirement. A member of the Zion Lutheran church, his many years of experience*in Decatur affairs will aid him if he is elected.

Declares I S. Has Power To Destroy Reds

DETROIT, Mich. (UPD — De-.-sense Secretary Neil H. McElroy £ said today the United States has | the military power to destroy Rus- j sia and will remain superior for , “all the years ahead.” , He said this country also has J fast-moving, air, ground and sea t ! forces which can reinforce nations J ; along the Iron Curtain and pre- . vent piecemeal aggression. > McElroy, in a speech to the J - Economic Club here, indirectly j struck back.at, admfoistsationjiriv. ' ics who have called for a big step-up in the production of intercontinental ballistic missiles so this country will as many as Russia in the next few years. , He said military planners do not 1 intend to let the shape of Ameri--0 ca’s forces become a “mere trac- ■ ? ing of an estimated enemy plan. ’ . s This country’s capacity Tor de- ’ f terring war, he said, is based on i ’ Ratliff Infant Girl i Dies Early Sunday j The infant daughter of Homer and Clara Morgan Ratliff was stillborn at St. Joseph’s hospital in Fort Wayne Sunday at 6 a. m. Tina Louise Ratliff is survived by - her parents; two brothers, Homer s Leroy and Earldine Ratliff; three ■ sisters, Catherine, Pamela, and r Sylvia Mae Ratliff. Services will 1 be at the Black funeral home ' Tuesday at 3:30 p. m. with the Rev. J. O. Penrod officiating. [ Burial will be in the Bethal ceme- ’ tery, southeast of Bluffton. » ■ • I INDIANA WEATHER Most 1 y cloudy, scattered showers wfest this afternoon 1 » and over most of state tonight with some scattered thundershowers likely south and central. Warmer tonight. Tuesday > mostly cloudy with showers ending early Tuesday. Little temperature change Tuesday. ’ Low tonight 37 to 45. High ’ Tuesday 50 to 56 north, 55 to 60 south. Sunset today 7:07 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Tuesday 6:32 a.m. c.d.t Outlook for Wednesday: Cloudy with general light rain and little temperature change. Tuesday night low 40s. High low 50s north to around 60 south.

out a throng of about 20,000 persons at Easter services in California’s Hollywood Bowl. President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended services at the Gettysburg Presbyterian Church near their farm. Mrs. Eisenhower, like millions of other women, sported new spring finery. Overseas, almost perfect spring weather greeted an unprecedented number of foreign pilgrims who flocked to Jerusalem, where Christ was crucified nearly 2,000 years ago. Among the pilgrims were Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium. Apparently encouraged by recent border calm between Israel and her Arab neighbors, about 6,000 worshippers attended services in Jerusalem. At the same time, thousands of the Jewish faith began them pilgrimmage to Israel for the coming holiday of Passover, which . . '

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a mixture of the “means for delivery of great destruction.’* This includes the “greatest force*' rjf Air Force bombers in the world, the only naval force of carrierbased bombers in the world, and tactical aircraft at forward bases, he said. In an apparent reference to the new 500-mile range Hound Dog missile, McElroy said the heavy bombers soon will be equipped with missiles that can be launched before the bombejr is within reach of enemy air defenses. In the near future, McElroy went on, deterrent strength will include the "immense knock-out punch” of submarine-based ballistic missiles, intercontinental and intermediate range missiles, as well as constantly improving aircraft. He said top military men were “unanimous" in their belief that the United States now has the power to discourage attack on the free world. Jerry D. Miller Is Slightly Improved The condition of Jerry D. Miller, local soldier, recently injured in a motorcycle accident at Fort Eustis, Va., is reported as slightly improved, but it was stated that he still remains on the critical list. Miller is the son of Mrs. Vivian Miller, of 138’i S. Second street, of Decatur. According to relatives residing in this city, 150 stitches were Required to close the wound caused to the lad’s stomach. Due to the loss of blood and length of the operation recently performed, additional surgery to his fractured leg and hip had to be postponed until later. The injuries were catised when Miller was thrown from a motorcycle. He is also reported to be suffering from possible concussions. His mother, sister, and two of his friends, visited with the youth recently and are planning another visit within the near future. His address is: Pfc. Jerry D. Miller, RA 16605898, Co. “A" 159th Bn. (Boat), Fort Eustis, Va., c/o Hospital Ward No. 7.

- marks Moses’ exodus from Egypt • Pope Blesses Thousands “ At Rome, Pope John XXIII s?id r mass at St. Peter’s Basilica and - prayed that world leaders would r bring an end to discord “in the 5 superior interests of peace in the i world.” ■•i After the two- hour mass, the J Pontiff stepped outside and gave 1 his Easter blessing to thousands > of persons who stood in a steady * rain in St. Peter’s Square. } Easter went virtually unnoticed ’ in Moscow and the only service 1 was at the city’s only Roman Catholic church where mass was - said Saturday night for a capa--1 city crowd. The Russian Orthodox t church does not celebrate Easter - until May. Rain and early morning fog cut f attendance to about 20,000 at serv- - ices at the Wichita .Mountains - Easter pageant near Lawton 1 Okla.