Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVIL No. 85.

■ iw" w- " . i ...., uy;-■ To Observe National Library Week Here

The Decatur public library wll sponsor two guest nights, Wednes day and Thursday, commemorat ing national library week—Apr! 12-18. The library board issued ar invitation today to all local club; and organizations, as well as loca individuals, to “come in, brows* around, and note the Improve ments made at their library” dur ing library week. The second annual observanc* will be celebrated throughout th* country with special events anc programs. Miss Bertha Heller, De cgtur librarian, said that othei events besides the guest nights art being planned here. The Decatur public library was founded in 1905, while the presenl building was completely remodeled in 1958. Since its founding, the institution has provided local res! dents with ready access to a store house of fact and fiction. Board Officers And Members The present library board ol Lowell Smith, president; Raymond Kohne, vice president; Mrs. Alma Brayton, secretary; Mrs. Eloist Andrews, treasurer: and Mrs Laura Bosse and Miss Frances Dugan, board members, endeavors to offer the public a varied and complete stock of books, maga zines, journals, and other forms ol literature, in keeping with its primary purpose. Os the 150 million persons in the country, 52 million have only inadequate library facilities at their disposal. Quite an alarming fact. But 23 million have no contact with libraries at all! In a day and age that requires a well-informed public, this revelation certainly poses a problem. A common excuse is that “we can read what we need to know out of newspapers, magazines, and get the rest from television.” This is certainly an immature outlook. Libraries offer the thinking public the opportunity to build a resovoir of knowledge that broadens the scope and leads to better understanding of past, current and future events. Whether one reads for pleasure, or information, any sytematic approach to regular library habits is bound to lead to eventual improvement of the mind. Bead Ta Improve Seif As the National Inc. and the American Library association, sponsors of library week, report, “the intent of this commemoration is to stimulate more Americans to open their minds. .A better read American, is a better informed American.” -L When a college-trained proses-, ♦ Election Supplies To Inspectors Saturday Election instructions and a list containing names of all qualified voters will be issued to all precinct inspectors Saturday afternoon at the Adams county court house, Richard D. Lewton, county clerk, said today. All inspectors are asked to meet in the Adams circuit court room Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock with the clerk to receive supplies and election instructions for the special city election which will be held Tuesday. Qualified voters will vote to sell or retain the city owned electric utility.

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CANDIDATES FOR FIRST MAN IN SPACE— These seven young military test pilots, pictured at a National Aeronautics and Space Administration press conference in Washington, have been chosen to vie for the risky honor of being first American to ride a satellite into space.*' They stand behind models of the man-carrying space capsule and launching vehicle. . The flying officers are (1. to r.) Navy Lt. Comdr. Walter M. Schirra, Jr., of Hack'erisack, N. J.; Navy Lt. Comdr. Allan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, N. H.; Air Force Capt. Virgil I. Grisson, Mitchell, Ind.* Air Force Capt. Donald K. Slayton, Sparta, Wis.; Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., New Concord, Ohio; Navy Lt. Malcolm S. Carpenter, Garden Grove, Calif., and Air Force Capt. Leroy G. Cooper, Jr., Carbondale, Colo. * ■■

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sional or businessman leaves his * formal trainirg behind him, the « best way to keep informed and “ abreast of the liberal arts world, is to read books journals, maga- . zine articles, etc. These can be found in the library, whether in his particular or allied field and ’ even in variant fields. A habit of reading at least a book a month can be no chore to anyone. And e more likely than not, the individual ; will profit, directly or indirectly. A- popular television cigarette ? r commercial is currently capitilaze ing on just such principles. It exemplifies the man "who thinks for lS himself.” A police chief, who. lt i paints as a hobby; an accountant d who is an amateur astronomer, and others in similar situations. It j. is usually the successful man whose secondary and tirtuary interests to complement his monetary source of endeavor. Chances are that this person owns and uses a library card.

a • Daring Young d! 'Bandit Robs ■; Bank: Caught

t. - h' CICERO, Ihd. (UPD—A youthful e bandit staged a bold daylight >- holdup of the Hamilton County , s Bank here today and escaped with s|about $2,000. d The bandit, identified as Bill I i- Ray Engle, 17, Cicero, was cap- ' ■- tured less than 45, minutes later!' i- by the town marshal of Zionsville who had heard a broadcast de-(, >- scriptipn of a car Engle stole to i, f- make his escape. State police'' s said Engle, who opened an ac-j ! H count in the bank last Nov. 12, , d readily admitted the robbery. He s was taken back to the bank for y ■ identification. r! Rex Stoops, a cashier at the o bank, said there were five emI'ployes in the bank at 10 a.m. }(e.s.t.) when the yo’rth walked In. putted a #n -:Martba . y Pickett (a teller), ana demanded ■ y | money,” Stoops said. “Martha 1 s laughed because shp thought he ! e was ‘kidding’.’’ I r But the bandit, who was un- : s masked, quickly told her he j “wasn’t kidding” and asked her to put the money from a cash , drawer into a sack. < “Mrs. Pickett recognized him as 1 a local boy, that’s why she didn’ ! 1 take him seriously at first, ( Stoops said. “He was only in the bank about ' t two minutes,” Stoops said. “Then ' .j he rgn out.” s | The youth jumped into a late- 1 model era owned by Alan Hahn. L Arcadia, who was getting a hair- ; cut in full view of his car. M Dudley Purkey, 48, owner of the 1 barber shop, ran into the street * and shouted “Hey, you’re in the ■' wrong car.” * ! “He took off like a streak.” s Purkey said. e Zionsville town marshal Maye nard Moore stopped the youth on 1 s U.-S 421 about two miles north of y Zionsville. Moore said he did not j resist arrest.

Club Assembly Held By Decatur Rotary The Decatur Rotary club met in its fourth club assembly of the year Thursday night at the Youth and Community Center, discussing community service. The speakers included Robert Heller, chairman; the Rev. William C. Feller, pastor of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church; Roscoe Glendening assistant cashier at the First State Bank; H. P. Schmitt, Jr., Rotary president;. W. Guy Brown, city school superintendent; Peter Friederici, German foreign exchange student; Jack Dailey, Decatur high school exchange student this summer; Clarence Ziner, former district governor, Roy Kalver, local theater owner, and Sean O’Dowd, Civic Music Assn, representative. Heller depicted the Rotarians’ role in the • community, citing the activities they are active in, such as. Chamber of Commerce, Decatur youth building board, and many others. Rev. Feller told what Easter seals do for crippled children in the Decatur area. He noted the new airlock and lift for the Adams county hospital, numerous wheel chairs, artificial limbs, and other conveniences for those afflicted. He also told of the speech clinic that will be conducted again this summer for those with defects. Glendening explained how a senior from each of the city's high schools would attend a meeting a month during the school year to meet and learn Rotary activities. Schmitt mentioned that Scoutmaster Norman Koons of Rotary troop 61, would hold a court of honor at the next meeting. He also told of plans for sending a boy to Boys State and of the Rotary foundation scholarships open for graduate studies overseas. Brown introduced Friederici. who praised the American Field Service, which arranges the exchange programs. He in turn introduced Dailey, who will leave for Europe this summer on a similar exchange. Dailey thanked the club for making this experience possible for him. He pledged he would represent the town and club well overseas. Ziner formally inducted five new members into the cM.- Kao Schnepf, William Snyder, Charles Gable, Don Stafford, and Ernest Sears. He then told how Rotary is built on a classification of job interests. with each vocation and profession stressed in attendance. Kalver then introduced O’Dowd, who explained how small cities and towns could obtain high calibre entertainment. Kalver urged all Rotarians to join the Adams county Civic Music association during its current membership drive, not only to hear quality music, but to promote better community activities. Hospital Visitors Limited To Family Visitors at the Adams county memorial hospital will be limited to the immediate family this weekend and until further notice, Thurman I. Drew, manager, said today. There are 60 patients in the hospital today, and a number are very seriously ill, necessitating the limitation on visits, he added.

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■ 1 I'll Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 10, 1959.

City Council Details Policy On Utility In 1— Keeping With Mandate

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’ WASHINGTON (UPD-AFL-CIO , President George Meany today been deteriorating ever since advocated federal action to make it was enac ted in 1938 because ’ unemployment compensionat more states have refused to increase 1 than a “mere detour on the road benefits. to relief.” Emplcyer Tax Dips i Meany presented labors de- He gave these examples; In i mand to increase the amount and five states can a worker re- . duration of jobless payments in ce j ve half his average wage in - testimony prepared for the House jobless benefits. In only eight i Ways & Means Committee. states, do all claimants receive i The AFL-CIO leader claimed payments for at least 26 weeks. > the U.S. economy has not made Unemployment compensation a complete recovery. True un- on employers have declined - , sa ?u' fro,u an average of 4 cents per , 5,800,000 instead of the 4,362,000; hour worked in 1939 to 1.3 cents t reported by the government for hour worked 195 g( he said. .March. I Meany said, last year’s recession I He said the nearly two and one-J sfaowed the need for across-the- ’ half million workers on short improvements in benefits. ' shifts because of slack production H<J said the 13 milare equal to 1,100,000 full-time Americans who were unememployed. He said there is addi-i , ed at one time or another • tional hidden unemployment be-1during the year did not receive I cause about 300,000 youngsters f a benefits. Almost three million - who would normally enter the la- } recipients exhausted benefits be- - bor market are too discouaaged fore th found a job he adde d. > to look for jobs. Asks New Law > Meany urged passage of a bill u s that would require states to pay COUFi HOUS6 UtiICCS ; Will Close Tuesday navmwits now aver ac- Judge Myles F. Part-ish, of the ing'one-third- of lost wages do counS 1 t “I don’t think we are asking for that the Adams county court house : much but I want to say with aU will be closed all day Tuesday for ■ the conviction that I have that the special city election I this is the difference between a The question as to whether the . compensation system that is doing court house would remain open or the job and one feat is a mere closed was determined late Thursi detour'on the road to relief,” he/day afternoon. Since voters in presaid cinct Decatur 2-A do their voting The administration, which op- at the court house, all offices with poses federal standards, has re- the exception of the clerk’s office . quested extension of coverage to will be closed. include, 3,200,000 more workers in. ■ the jobless insurance program. It INDIANA WEATHER says the state should raize benefits. Continued mostly cloudy and Meany charged that the unem- quite cool this afternoon, toployment compensation program n ig b t and Saturday. Occasional rain south through Saturday j, . 1 and a little scattered rain or Man Seriously Hurt snow north this afternoon and ' D rI- UAMia tonight. Low tonight from low II Explosion In Home j ow 40s Saturday INDIANAPOLIS (UPD-An ex- i “ 4 ® s ’ o Sun ’ et * :18 plosion tore through a seven-room c.d.t. Sunrise Saturday 6:14 ‘ brick home here Thursday, severly ».»• eAI Outlook for Sunday: burning Sterling Jones, 33, a neigh- Mostly cloudy north, cloudy ; bor who was looking after a vacant with rain likely south. Continhouse for the owner, who had mov- ued cool. Lows 35 to 45. Highs ed to California. in 40s.

Seven WASHINGTON (UPD—Some or all of the seven Americans chosen as the first U.S. astronauts will get a ride in the nose of an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile over the South Atlantic as part of their training. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said the flight over the missile range from Cape Canaveral, ,Fla., to Ascension Island would precede the launching of a manned satellite into orbit around the earth. To assure that every precaution is taken before the future spacemen even board an Atlas, animals first will be sent on the missile ride. Monkeys, dogs, pigs and possibly bears will be used in the fester The seven “Mercury Astronauts,” chosen above all others for the honor and the glory and the danger of being the first to carry their country’s colors into space, were presented publicly Thursday by NASA. The Best Qualified The men — one Marine, three Navy and three Air Force test pilots — were described as the Americans best qualified for Project Mercury, as the manned satellite program is called. > They cherish the honor, aspire to the glory, and despise the danger.

Nominee The Mercury seven and their • present addresses are: ; Navy Lt Malcolm S. Carpeni ter, 34, Garden Grove, Calif. Four : children. Air Force Capt. Leroy G. Cooper Jr., 32, Edwards Air Force I Base, Calif. Two children. 1 Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn > Jr., 37, Arlington, Va. Two chil- , dren. ■ Air Force Capt. Virgil I. Grisl som, 33, Enon, Okla. Two chil- ‘ dren. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Walter M. i Schirra Jr., 36, Naval Air Test - Center, Patuxent, Md. Two chil- - dren. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Alan B. ShepI ard Jr., 35, Virginia Beach, Va. ! Two children. Air Force Capt. Donald K. Slay- • ton. 35, Edwards Air Force Base, > Calif. One child. 1 Have High I Q ’s ) In appearance they look like al- > most any group of tanned, healthy, ' close - cropped American males They laugh easily and give the impression of knowing what they > are doing and where they are got ing. ; But no one of the hundreds a1 - Thursday’s mass news conference - with the astronauts at NASA headquarters came away with ; the notion that these youn men j are just average representatives of their generation. One of theii

The city council, in a special 2Vi hour session Thursday night, drew up a statement of intentions explaining what will be done if the people vote to keep or sell the city utility in next Tuesday’s referendum. Three bond issues now outstanding against the city will be paid, lowering taxes, and the remaining money will be invested in govern- ’ ment securities at the highest in- » terest rate possible so that the » interest can be used to further re- ; duce taxes, if the plant is sold. If the plant is kept, the council and mayor will move immediately 1 to purchase all power, build a sub- - stafioh. and Improve lines, by the 1 issuance of bonds. Since the latter t will necessitate a raise in city elec- : trie rates averaging $2.50 per met- : er per month on every city user, j according to all engineer’s esti- . mates, including Indiana-Michigan, s Consoer-Townsend, and others who have examined it, the council 1 promises to hold the rate and the ■ debt as low as is possible. Formal Statement The following is the formal state- ■ ment issued by . the mayor and council: ! “We, the common council and 1 the mayor of the city of Decatur do ’ hereby faithfully promise to the ’ people of the city: “1. That if the qualified voters J Day Camps Set For ; Brownies, Scouts a r The Decatur day camp for Brownies will be conducted from » June 8 to 12, while the Girl Scouts [• will follow from June 15 to 19, but . registrations must be in by June 1, Girls who are not Brownies or ; Girls Scouts are also invited to ati tend, and they may obtain regisj tration blanks at their respective schools. They should also contact Mrs. R. C. Hersh at 3-3042, or a Scout leader. Registered Brownie and Girl Scouts will receive their blanks through the mail. The fee of $3 includes insurance, milk, and food for the week. Girls should not bring their lunches with Jhem as they have in the past, as all the cooking will be done at the camp. An international theme will be used this year in an effort to acquaint the youngsters with their foreign neighbors. This theme will be carried over to the style of cooking, dancing, singing and'games. The Fly-Up Brownie troop will attend camp the second session.

>s For Spaceman r examiners let it be known that to fire a man into orbit—in 1961, their I.Q.'s run above 130 which, if possible—and bring him back i— he said, “is very high — higher alive. r than any of ours.” Only one of the seven can, of NASA Director T. Keith Glen- course, make the first historic k nan, in introducing the select sev- voyage into space. He will be e en, described them as "superb.” picked on the day the first U.S. Another NASA official later pre- manned satellite is launched. But a dieted these gifted men eventual- NASA officials promised that his I- ly will form the nucleus of Amer- colleagues will have their chance ica’s first “Academy of Astro- to contribute to the young art of nautics.'*'--'-— —r —astronautics in subsequent Mercul- All of the seven took the atti- ry flights. tude that the Mercury assignment „ .. w . [. was just an extension of the work it they already had dedicated their Th e climax of Project Mercury I- lives to as test pilots. wid come on the day when a controlled space capsule blasts Set For 1961 off from Canaveral with a pilot i. One reporter asked what "sus- inside. taining faith” lay behind the pi- It will course around the earth r. lots’ decision to volunteer for a two or three times, at intervals >, job unique in the history of man. of about 90 minutes, at an altiThc seven replied they were tude of 100 to 150 miles. Then, buoyed by religious faith, their coming in over the Pacific toward I- wives’ faith in them, their faith California, the pilot will fire three r in themselves, and their faith in reverse rockets which will force i the people planning Project Mer- the air-conditioned capsule to bee cury - gin its descent. y All are in the process of being It will re-enter the atmosphere >- uprooted with their families from near Canaveral. A small parathe places they called home be- chute will pop out at 60,000 feet it fore Project Mercury moved in on to slow its plunge. At 110,000 feet e them. They have been given until a bigger one will open to drop April 27 to transplant themselves man and capsule gently into the h and their families to NASA’s ocean. Four waiting ships, if the n Langley Research Center near plans work, will retrieve the s Hampotri, Va. buoyant space bulb and its hur Mercury, briefly, is a project man passenger.

of the city of Decatur vote to sell the city electric utility for the sum of $2,102,300, the city will: a. Pay off the $703,500 in outstanding revenue bonds including retirement premium, which will be payable July 1 on the electric utility. b. Pay off the $50,400 in revenue bonds, including premium, now outstanding against the city water treatment plant. c. Pay off the $67,000 in general obligation sewer bonds, which will abolish the S.OB per SIOO valuation annual tax rate for interest and retirement of those bonds. Invest Remainder d. Take the remaining principal sum, including all moneys in all funds due the city electric utility of Decatur until July 1 after all bills are paid, and invest them at the highest possible interest rate in U. S. government obligations, the principal to remain intact. e. We further pledge to absolutely hold inviolate the principal sum. appropriating only the interest on an annual basis to reduce taxes. f. Furthermore, we will appoint a committee of six persons from among the solid, substantial busi-ness-minded people of the community, with full power and authority to keep watch over, examine and investigate the bonds so purchased at all times, and to report on a monthly basis to the city council and the people of Decatur. g. We strongly admonish all fu-

Says Gun Fired During Quarrel

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Mrs. Connie Nicholas testified in tears today that her little gun went off . in a struggle with her ex-lover in , his white Cadillac and she left not even knowing he had been shot. The tiny divorcee, on trial for the murder of Eli Lilly Vice-Pres-ident Forrest Teel, told the allhusband jury she thought there was only one shot although testimony has shown there were four. "1 did not know Mr. Teel had been hit,” she said. “I would not have left him if I had known.” Mrs. Nicholas told in full for the first time the events of the night of July 30 and the morning of July 31. She said she drove her car near

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' ■’> ' tore mayors and councils to hold the principal inviolate until such time as the $925,000 debt in sewage disposal bonds may be retired, and never to spend the money ; withejit a full and public discussion of the merits of the case. If Not Sold “2. That if the people of Decatur vote to retain the electric utility, the city council and mayor .will: a. Immediately start work to purchase all electricity from Indi-ana-Michigan, and begin the process of refinancing the $703,500 debt on the city electric utility, to provide additional funds for improvement of the lines and the com struction of the sub-station. b. To keep the city electric rate as low as possible, and as close to the minimum rate increase, estimated at $2.50 per month per electric meter in the city by ConsoerTownsend engineers. This will be necessary to pay off the new electric debt contracted to build the substation and improve the lines. c. To give the people of the city and the rural customers of the city the very best power possible. d. To pay off the new electric debt, which will be approximately $2 million, as quickly as possible.” The meeting was attended by city attorney John DeVoss and by Frank Braun, Democratic candidate for city councilman-at-large. All of the councilmen and Braun promised to be bound by their statement if renominated and reelected, as did Mayor Cole.

the home of Laura Mowrer and waited in the street, looking’up at Miss Mowrer’s apartment, where Teel was spending a long evening with his new younger girl. Lights Were Out Mrs. Nicholas said she drove briefly back to her own apartment and then returned to Miss Mowrer’s place to find that the lights in the window had been extinguished. “I walked to Teel’s car and got in the right-hand side of the car.” "Then what did you do?” asked Defense Attorney Charles Symmes. “I waited for Teel. When I saw him come out of the apartment, I lay down In the car in the front

seat. ’ • ' “Teel walked to the car, jpenet the door, got in, asked me what 1 was doing there, and started to drive away. “I said I wanted to talk to him, now that I was sure there was another womah. “There was an argument. I told him I had spent 15 years of my life protecting him and Tommy (Teel’s son) and now he was being very public with his affair with Laura because parking his car outside her apartment was like taking her to the country elub or down to the Monument Circle.” “Take Me Home”’ She said she asked Teel to take her back to her car and he drove to it and said “I suggest you go and get in it.” “I said I wanted to talk to him a little further. I knew he had been in Washington or New York with Laura the week before. “He said that was none of my businss. He told me to .get out of the car and not to bother him any more. “All of a sudden, he hit me on the right side of my face and I had the gun and he threw me and shoved me across the ear. “I said ‘l’m not going to bother you. I won’t be around anymore.” “He grabbed my arm and said ‘Don’t be a d--- fool.’ The gun went off. I felt a crack in my right arm. He kept wrenching my arm.” Symmes asked Mrs. Nicholas how many times she thought the gun fired.