Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 8 April 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 83.

— —— ■ I Election Boards Are Appointed |

Election board workers for the 11 Decatur precincts for the special city election that will be held next Tuesday, April 14, concerning selling or maintaining the city owned electric utility, were released today by Richard D. Lewton, Adams county clerk. The workers wert appointed by Dr. Harry Hebble, chairman of Adams county Democratic central committee, end Harry Essex, Republican central committee chairman for Adams county. Inspectors posts are filled this year by Democrats as the Democratic candidate foj secretary of state carried Adams county in the last general election last year. The Decatur election polls will be open from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. I’ (Decatur time). D>e election workers consist of the following: Decatur 1-A Democratic— Inspector, Melvena Ross; judge, Beatrice Melchi; clerk. Bertha M. Zelt, and sheriff, Amandus J, Zelt * • Republican—Judge, Elizabeth J Aiirand; clerk, Melvena Eady; ' ... r

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INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Mrs. Connie Nicholas* story of the shooting of her wealthy lover was postponed for 24 hours today because the death of a court official posed a question as to whether her murder trial could legally proceed. The death of Marion County’ Clerk Harry J. Gasper. 51, whose office handles court entires and orders, died late Tuesday. His office was closed just as Mrs. Nicholas was ready to tell a jury __ _of husbands why and how Forrest Teel, the married man she gave 15 years of her life, was killed. Conferences between Judge Thomas Faulconer and attorneys I for the state and defense sought to determine whether the entire trial would be jeopardized if it proceeded. “We have come to the conclusion,’’ said Faulconer an hour after the trial was scheduled to be resumed, “that although the curbstone opinion is that we can proceed, we have no legal authority to back up that opinion at this time. “Due to the nature of the charge in this case and the fact that we have already spent four weeks trying it, the court and the prosecution and defense agree that it would be unwise to proceed.’’ Faulconer then adjourned court until 8:39 a.m. c.s.t. Thursday in order to determine the proper legal procedure or await the appointment of a successor to Gasper. Faulconer and the lawyers sought an opinion from State Atty. I Gen. Edwin Steers' office. A deputy attorney general, Richard Givan, gave a “curbstone opinion” that the trial could progress. But defense lawyer Charles Symmes said: .ZZ “Both sides prefer to go on But we want to be sure that four weeks of the trial won’t be lost through a legal technicality.” The question arose as more than 50 newsmen and photographers milled about the basement courtroom waiting for Mrs. Nicholas to tell the most relevant part |

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NEW MEMBER SIGNED by Chamber of Commerce—Kenneth Arnold, director of the Stonite Corp., 327 South 10th street, is shown receiving the firm’s new Chamber of Commerce membership from Lawrence Anspaugh, membership drive chairman. Watching tiie presentation are, left. Max Smith, plant manager, and right, Fred Kolter, executive secretary of the Q of C. The Stonite membership was sold by Joe Kaehr, member of M. J. Pryor s membership team. Pryor also reported sale of a new membership to Carl Braun, New York Life Insurance agent, and Dale Liby, captain, reported a new membership sold to Norman Treon of the Treon Poultry. Market, North 13th street. ... ■ - - ...... .... ....

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT DNT.V nATT.V NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

f and sheriff, Ruth Strickler. Decatur 1-B i Democratic — Inspector, Helen ■ Cowens; judge, Joan Hoffman; ' clerk, Velma Fifer; and sheriff, • Mathias Minch. Republican— Judge, J. William Rentz; clerk, Jeannette G. Plast- ’ erer; and sheriff, Ted J. Sudduth. i Decatur 1-C 1 I Democratic—lnspector, Francile • Mclntosh; judge, Elizabeth • Hersh: clerk, Mary V. Baker; and sheriff, Lottie M. Runyon. I Republican—Judge, Betty Web- - ber; clerk, Edijh Holiday; and f sheriff, Isabel Bowman. I Decatur 1-D Democratic — Inspector, Helen I Hutker; judge, Martha Rawley; clerk, Evangeline Witham; and sheriff, George Sq’rire. f Republican — Judge, Marvel Beery; clerk? Helen Reynolds; and sheriff, Nina Deitsch. Decatur 2-A * Democratic—lnspector, William . Hutker; judge, Gusta Baker; clerk, Jessie Brunton; and sheriff, Melvin Gallogly. Republican — Judge, Maryin

of her story—the events leading up to Teel's revolver death in the front seat of his white Cadillac. The little divorcee with the heart-shaped face was the only witness to the fatal shooting of Eli Lilly Co. vice president Forrest Teel in his white Cadillac last July outside his new girl’s apartment. The jury will decide largely from her story whether to find her guilty of first degree murder with a possible death sentence, a lesser charge with a prison term or set her free. Mrs. Nicholas, 44, will undergo a harrowing cross examination from the prosecution which claims she led a rich man on, then bought a tiny "woman’s gun” and deliberately shot him when he tried to leave her. Suicide Note Read The brunette defendant was sobbing and shaking Tuesday at the sight of the gun and she wept for a full three minutes while her last letter to Teel —a suicide note — was read to the jury by defense attorney Charles Symmes Prosecutor Francis Thomason was set to blast her anticipated story that the stiff-triggered French revolver went off four times in a struggle, with three bullets entering Teel's body. Thomason also was sure to question the “suicide note” to Teel. It was dated 28 days before the sheeting and never mailed but found in her apartment along with Teel’s robe and slippers with a note to deliver them to him. Broadcast “Love” The long letter, reproaching Teel for his “selfish love” and protesting that she still loved him. was typed with few mistakes and bore the stilted language of a careful composition. . Mrs. Nicholas swallowed pineapple juice and sleeping pills after Teel’s death when she drove away in her car from the apartment of his new mistress, Laura Mowrer, 30. She was in a coma and near death after lying in a : cramped position for 19 hours.

Brightwell; clerk, Jennie Edwards; and sheriff, Lawrence Morgan. Decatur 2-B Democratic — Inspector, Kathryne Nelson; judge, Marie DeBolt;',clerk, Faye V. Miller; and sheriff, John Beineke. Republican—Judge, Mattie Fisher; clerk, Fay Ahr; and sheriff, Thomas Andrews. Decatur 2-C Democratic — Inspector, Glen Potts; judge, Donna Roth; clerk, Frances I. Bohnke; and sheriff, Otto Keonemahn. Republican — Judge, Josephine Andrews; clerk, Frances Borders; and sheriff, George S. Tricker. Decatur 3-A Democratic — Inspector, Mary Jane Runyon; judge, Vera F. Kleinhenz; clerk, Loretta Metzler; and sheriff, William Gillig. Republican—Judge, Lola Gould; clerk, Ruth Feller; and sheriff, Gail Baughman. Decatur 3-B Democratic — Inspector, Alva Buffenbarger; judge, Alice Schooler; clerk, Flossie Bogner; and sheriff, Adolph Schamerloh. Republican.— Judge. Florence Kohls; clerk, Agnes Sprague; and sheriff, Hilda Staley. Decatur 3-C Democratic — Inspector, Orie Newhard; judge, Ethel Foor; clerk, Irene Schafer; and sheriff, Clifford Steiner. Republican— Judge, Ludy Daniels; clerk, Fern Augsburger; and sheriff, Gregory Zimmerman. Decatur-Root Democratic — Inspector, Edith Walters; judge, Phyllis Hutker; clerk, Dorothy Sheets; sheriff, Sam Diehl. Republican—Judge, Theola Poling; clerk, Mildred I. Stevens; and sheriff, Ralph R. Stevens. Junior Class Play Here Friday Night The Decatur high school junior class will stage a school play entitled “The Unguided Miss" Friday evening at 8 o’clock at the high school auditorium, Miss Catherine Weidler, class sponsor and play director, announced today. This season’s play is the third play given at Decatur high school since 1957. Previous to this, operettas were presented by members of both the senior and junior classes. The three act comedy play takes place in the home of Susan Bryce, (the Unguided Miss), with the exception of the first ’ scene in the third act, which’takes place in the judge’s chambers. The comedy concerns a typical American family with teenage children who have their problems. George Mathews, played by Jim Gay, has a problem of building his hot-rod in a neighbor’s garage; Susan Bryce, played by Jean Hoffman, has a problem when she fails at her driver’s test, steals a car and ends up before thejudge, played by Jay DeVoss. Teachers assisting Miss Weidler in the production of the class play include Deane Dor win, speech instructor, in charge of promotions and tickets; Amos Ketchum, industrial arts teacher, in charge of building the stage; and Lowell Smith, history teacher, in charge of lighting. The cast of- characters taking part in the production includes the following students: Clint Bryce, Susan’s father, Mike Kaehr; Madge Bryce, Susan’s mother, Barbara Burk; Buzzie Bryce, Susan’s kid sister, Diane Rhodes; Betty Warren, next-door neighbor, Karen Call; Jim Warren, nextdoor neighbor, Larry Sheets; Molly Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Warren’s daughter and Buzzie’s pal, Becky Dickerson; Carlos Delgado, from Portugal, Jerry Mclntosh; Lucia Ferrari, from Italy, Carol Nqrquest; and Mrs. Riley, a probation officer, Kay Wynn. The assistants in producing the play include: announcer, Alice Allwein; curtain, Bruce Voshell; lights, Ron Kiess, Larry Hill and Dick Conrad; sound Effects,,Kay Stoppenhagen and Jack Dailey; prompters, Marie Barlett, Rosie Flora, Lois Jean Gerke and Betty Haugk; sets, Roger Gaunt, Vance Krick, and Frank Lopez; furniture, Terry Snyder, Janice Aumann, Becky Maddox and Ron Highland; properties, Betty Conner, Dee Schroeder, Reta Thornton, and Helen Elliott; wardrobe, Loretta Wass, Eleanor Miller, Connie Kiess, Nancy Helm and Cassie Strickler. Price of admission is 50 cents.

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Thousands Os Unionists w .*» A’ ' V* '* Stage March On Capital; Protest Unemployment

— —— Five Persons Hurt In Head-on Crash Five persons, all riding in the same auto, were injured in a hesld-on collision near Berne Tuesday evening, two women were hospitalized, and two men and a small boy were administered emergency treatment before their dismissal from the Adams . county memorial hospital. Hospitalized are: Mrs. Marvin (Evelyn) Zurcher, 18, of route one, Monroe, and Mrs. Willis (Irene) Fox, 34, Berne. Mrs. Zurcher is reported suffering from a fractured right arm and lacerations. Mrs. Fox is being administered treatment for lacerations to the right knee and both legs, and bruises. Their conditions are not listed as critical,' but both are reported suffering from shock. Others injured include: Marvin Zurcher, 20, bruised chest, lacerations and bruises on both arms and chest; Willis Fox, 34, lacerations to both legs; and Deryll Fox, 6-years-of-age, bruises on right leg. All three received treatment and were released. According to the Adams county sheriff’s department and the Indiana state police, the mishap occurred when a car driven by Donald J. Garber, 16. route one, Berhe, attempted a left turn off U. S. 27 while headed north about V 4 mile north of Berne, fhtb the Poplar Drive-In, as the car driven by Zurcher was southbound. The sheriff’s department stated today that the point of impact was in the southbound lane of traffic, and is considered a near head-on collision. Hie accident occurred about 10:15 p. m. Investigating officers, deputy sheriff Charles Arnold, and state trooper Daniel Kwasneski, estimated SBOO damage to the Zurcher vehicle and about S7OO to the Gerber auto. The law officers also stated today that several Berne residents assisted them in moving traffic around the scene of the accident. Neither driver was arrested, and law enforcement officers are continuing their investigation of the mishap. The officers pointed out that the Gerber youth was issued his driver’s license March 9 of this year.

Russia Sends Armed Tribesmen To Iraq

BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) — The open Soviet shipment of 855 wellarmed Kurdish tribesmen through the Suez Canal to Iraq may be the forerunner of explosive new troubles for the tense Middle East, it was feared here today. The move also constituted a direct public slap at United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser and brought cAncern from Iranian and political circles in Tehran about a possible new Kurdish threat to Iran. In Damascus former Iraqi army officer Mahmoud Darr a, a refugee from Iraq, said the flow of Soviet "volunteers” into Iraq was the result of a secret treaty between Iraq and Russia. He predicted there would be a second Korea if the Arab world did not stem the flow. Informed sources in Beirut speculated that arrival of the Kurdish tribesmen could be the forerunner of any one of Jour things: —A joint Soviet-Iraq backed move for an independent Kurdistan, ‘a move which would play havoc with Turkey, Iran and Syria. All three countries have large Kurdish minorities. —Soviet-trained Kurd tribesmen could be going into Iraq to furnish new cadres of trained party

Adenauer Still German Leader I

BONN, Germany (UPI)-Chan- ■ cellor Konrad Adenauer served notice today he intends to continue leadership of free Germany if fleeted to the figurehead post of president. Adenauer told the nation barely 24 hours after his decision to retire from the chancellorship that the president’s powers are “much greater than one usually believes.” He said he decided to seek election to the presidency “to insure ttie continuity of our policies for many years.” He added that the presidency’s “rights and dities” were underrated both here and abroad. Won’t Change Views The statement in anational TV and radio address substantiated reports from his political colleagues that Adenauer will continue to exercise great influence over government policies, particularly in the field of international relations, even after he leaves the chancellory for the next door palace of the president next September. “The views of the federal government in international questions will not change by one letter during the coming years,; also not during the coming period of conferences.” Adenauer assured the country. The 83-year-old chancellor, in a move that surprised Germany and the world, announced Tuesday he was leaving office'to accept the Christian Democratic Union’s nomination for federal president. He is expected to remain in office as a lame duck leader until he takes over the largely symbolic job of president on Sept. 12. His election was assured because of his strength in the Federal Assembly which meets in West Berlin July 1. Western reaction was swift. Washington and Rondon believed his stepping down would enable the Allies to take a more flexible attitude in the forthcoming East-West talks on Berlin and Germany. French President Charles deGaulle was so surprised and dismayed he called a special cabinet meeting today although he is suf-

members for the Iraqi Reds. —Hie Kurds could be aimed at stirring up trouble with Iran’s Kurdish minority with perhaps the logn-term goal of overthrowing the Shah of Iran. Iran quashed such an attempt several years ago. —They could be trained oil workers destined for the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk and a role in any contemplated Iraqi nationalization of the Iraq Petroleum Company. Port Said reports said the Kurds were Russian in origin but most reports here believed they were the Kurds who have been refugees in Russia since their 1946 uprising failed in northern Iran. Their leader, Mustapha Barzani, who held the rank of major general in the Soviet army and was leader of the revolt in Iran, returned to Iraq after last July's coup and has been friendly with Iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kassem. There are 4,500,000 Kurds in Turkey, 400,000 in Syria, 2,500.000 in Iran, and 1,500,000 in Iraq. They were promised self-determination in the 1920 Treaty of Sevres which ended the war between the Allied powers and Turks but the later Treaty of Lausanne which carved up the Middle East left them out in the cold.

I sering from the flu. There was some fear the Western position may be weakened. Moscow did not react officially but the feeling/lye was sure to be one of joy. "me Soviet has regarded Adenauer as its No. 1 Public Enemy and government officials have called the religious Adenauer a man with a cross in , one hand and an atomic bomb in the other. There still was no certainty as ] to who would succeed Adenauer. Until recently Economics Minister < Ludwig Erhard, 62, the man who performed an economic miracle j by restoring war-torn Germany + o prosperity, was considered the most likely choice. I Votes Payment For Repair Os Generator The Decatur city council passed an ordinance Tuesday night to pay $38,300 to General Electric for their repair work on the turbo generator at the steam plant, and also adopted a resolution for the 12th street sewer plans submitted by city engineer Ralph Roop. The property owners in an, area between 13th and 10th streets and Nuttman avenue' and Monroe streets will pay with the city an estimated $25,529.40. Herb Banning, Homestead 38, submitted his bid for appointment to the school board as a Democratic member. The council will appoint a board member on June 16, while the previous term expires August 1. The appointment is currently being served by Everett G. Hutker. The council also approved the selection of Francis Jamison to replace volunteer fireman Paul Sharp, who moved from Decatur. This action keeps the volunteer force at 18 with six full time firemen; including chief —Cedric Fisher. Mrs. Alva Baker, 307 N. 11th street, was commended by Mayor Robert Cole and the council for her cooperation, in spite of difficulties she has endured, working with the council on the 12th street sewer plans. The petition of the Mies-Dawson Realty Co., to rezone 500 feet of property on U. S. highway 224 from R-l, residential, to C-2. general commercial, was referred to the plan commission for action. Attorney Robert Smith explained that a 16-lane bowling alley, at a cost of $200,000, would be built on the site, if approved. The appraisers’ report on the City’s electric utility plant was read and approved. Guy T. Shoemacher, Eli Grater and Robert Long, the appraisers, stated that the $2,102,300 offered by I & M was a just and fair bid. They also cited deficiencies of the present operation and the obsolete equipment being used. They noted a sum of SI.JW, 900 would be needed to bring the plant up to economical operating standards. A notice of the special city election is to be printed in the Decatur Daily Democrat. The election, to vote whether or not to sell the electric plant, will take place April 14. Two applications, from Hedwig Blakey and Don and Donna Guris, for rural electric lines, were referred to the light and power committee and superintendent L. C. Pettibone. The Highland Park addition, section “C” plat was approved upon recommendation of the planning commission. The addition, constructed by contractor Tony Faurote, is located on tne southwest side of MerceT avenue in the southeast section of Decatur.

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Thou- ’ sands of AFLrCIO unionists staged : a “march” on Washington today for a militant mass rally demanding government action to reduce > unemployment. Delegations from 15 eastern and 1 midwestern cities arrived through- , out the morning by special trains, ' busses and auto caravans. They ; bore banners and placards urging Congress and the Eisenhower administration to act on the jobless 1 situation. Some of the placards chided President Eisenhower for playing golf. AFL-CIO President George Meany set the tone for the mammouth rally in an opening speech which assailed the President’s economic policies. He charged that the President’s policies would prolong high-level unemployment and eventually lead to disaster. He called for higher wages, a shorter work week, vastly increased spending cm public works projects, bigger jobless benefits and stepped-up defense spending. Many Carry Placards About; 5,300 union officials and unemployed workers from every one of the 137 AFL-CIO affiliated organizations were on hand for the mass conference on unemployment in the huge National Guard Armory here. Their expenses were paid by their local unions. “Put America Back to Work,” and “Full Employment Will Balance the" Budget” were some of the sentiments expressed on the placards borne by the delegates. Cities represented were New York, Boston, Detroit, New Haven, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Newark Indianapolis, Richmond, Baltimore, Chicago and Washington. The rally, designed to put pressure on Congress and the administration to take action to spur the economy, was guarded against possible infiltration by Communists and other outsiders. Delegates were required to wear four-inch buttons and the 175 newsmen registered to cover the event were issued special press cards and lapel buttons. The delegates, who were being served a box lunch, were scheduled to hear the administration’s views on how to combat joblessness from Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell. Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) and other Republican and Democratic members of Congress also were slated to address the meeting, attended by delegates fromls eastern and mid-western cities. Charges Propaganda Meany attacked Congress as well as the administration in his speech. He termed the recent ex-

Rocket’s Cone Is Recovered

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - (UPI) — A two-stage test rocket hurled its experimental nose cqne ci 5,000 miles down the Atlantic 1« tracking range early today and ei into the hands of a waiting re- « covery team. It was the first re- st covery of a nose cone fired at w intercontinental range. r! In a Defense Department statement released here by the Air ti Force, officials said the futuristic ft nose cone was retrieved from the e: south Atlantic near Ascension Is- - land little more than two hours t\ after the Thor-Able rocket blast- B ed off from Cape Canaveral. ft The statement said that although recovery of the cone was v a secondary test objective, it was hi an “additional bonus to the test ei program as it will provide physi- it cal verification of telemetry data ei The Thor-Able rocket bearing si the slim, experimental nos e cone si was. fired at 1:35 a.m. e.s.t. The it Pentagon said airplanes and re- e; covery ships saw the cone plung- e< ing back toward earth soon after- o ward. fl

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tension of unemployment benefits for three months as a “crumb to the starving." The AFL-CIO president said unemployment was America’s leading domestic problem despite a government* report showing the jobless rolls dropped by 387,000 in March to 4,362,000. The number of jobs increased by more than one million to nearly 64 million. Meany said Tuesday’s report on the job situation and accompanying optimistic statements from, administration officials were *• well-staged propaganda." He said the problem in a nutshell was that production has - swung back into high gear since the recession but only two of the five workers who were laid off have been put back on the payroll. - . . Elsenhower’s policy is to do nothing about this problem while worrying about inflation, Meany charged. Presents Program A balanced-budget, tight-money program will kill off any real hope of creating more jobs, the AFL-CIO chief declared, even though inflation is not a threat to the economy. He urged this four-point program: . — Legislation to provide increased jobless benefits and a higher minimum wage ($1.25) for--of additional workers. —A federally financed program to build schools, medium-priced-homes, new . airports and roods and give aid to distressed areas. Hunt Funeral Rites Held This Afternoon Funeral services were held this afternoon for Oscar R. Hunt, 82, former Wells county resident, who died Sunday at an Angola hospital. Burial was in the Tocson cemetery. Surviving are four daughters, including Mrs. Lewis A. Lewton of Detroit, former Adams county resident; two sons, a brother and a sister. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and colder tonight with occasional rain and wet snow extreme north and rain central and south. Possibly locally heavy thundershowers extreme south. Cloudy and cooler Thursday with rain gradually ending. Low tonight 40s north and central to 50s south. High Thursday 40s north to 50s south. Sunset today7:l7 p. m. CDT. Sunrise Thursday 6:17 a. m. CDT. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy and colder. Low Thursday upper 30s north to mid 40s south. ad ■

•‘At 3:35 a.m. e.s.t., one airraft sighted the dye marker reeased from the nose cone recov>ry package and vectored < guid'd) the ships to that point," the tatement said. “The nose cone vas then picked up by an ocean ange vessel." It was. the first Thor-Able cone hat has been found in seven firngs of that rocket on nose cone ixperiments. Ascension Island is halfway beween the coasts of Africa and Brazil, more than 5,000 miles rom the cape. Officials said that “as on predous flights to ICBM range, the lose cone was highly instrument'd and provided data throughout ts flight and re-entry” into the sarth’s dense atmosphere. Upon re-entry, the statement ;ald, “a parachute was ejected to low the nose cone down. When t impacted, a flotation bag was ?jectee and automatically inflat'd. Hie nose cone was suspended *ut 30 feet in the water below the lotation bag.”