Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1959 — Page 1

- Vol. LVII. No. 88.

U. S. Is Challenged By Big Problems--Kennedy Tells Large Crowd Here

“The United States is challenged today by problems never foreseen by Franklin Roosevelt, crises which the policies of the. New Deal and the Fair Deal cannot adequately meet, however much we enjoy their imitation by their one-time detractors," Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, told an overflow crowd at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Monday evening. Speaking to the largest crowd ever served at the center, the popular 42-year-old presidential potential pointed out that “we can no longer invoke the solutions of the past—the programs and policies which served us so well during the last generation. For now the age of consolidation is over—and once again .the age of change and challenge has come upon us. We are faced with a whole new net of problems—a whole new set of dimensions. We are now at the edge of this nation’s greatest age of expansion, growth and abundance—at the edge of a new era for our nation, our world and all mankind. It is this challenge that constitutes the great portion of our unfinished agenda. “Here at home, we are approaching the day of a two hundred millicm population within 40 years, and 30 years later the population will again double. We will have a fivjr hundred billion dollar national dncome, a trillion dollar economy. But our government is not planning accordingly, And if the future is not grasped quickly, it may be lost to us forever." Personal Grace In looks, the senator reminded ’ many present of Col. Charles Lindbergh, but when he spoke feelingly of the problems facing the unemployed of Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, and Evansville, of the farm problem, and the necessity of new ideas to solve these problems, it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who was called to mind. An extremely thin man of athletic build, it is easy to see how he was able to tow a buddy three miles to safety after the ship on which he was serving was torpedoed during the Second World War. Sen. Kennedy left no doubt but that he would be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1900, but he stated that it was his feeling that a serious candidate should not announce until the end of 1959 or the first of 1960. Two Days Here The Decatur speech finished a two-day tour of Indiana, which started with a speech in Indianapolis Sunday to the group sponsoring education for colored students to which Sen. Kennedy donated the royalties from his best-selling book, “Profiles of Courage.” . Monday noon, the Senator had lunch with former Governor Henry F.Schricker, state chairman Char* les Skillen, Frank McKinney, Frank McHale, and leading Democratic politicians from every part : of the state, including Judge G.

Reach Agreement On Major Europe Issues

LONDON (UPD — The prime ministers - of Britain and France s have reached broad agreement on 1 major issues in Europe, the Mid-._i die East and Africa, authoritative i sources said today. t But spokesmen for both admit- \ ted there still were some dis- I — agreements on details, although c they refused to reveal what they s were. Prime Minister Harold Macmil- r lan and French Premier Michel r Debre wound up their cold war s talks here with a final one-hour r session at No. 10 Downing St. this t morning. The two leaders had met for t two hours and 20 minutes Monday < afternoon and continued their talks informally after dinner at ! the French embassy Monday / night. „ , 1 British Foreign Secretary Sei- i wyn Lloyd and French Foreign f Minister Maurice Couve de Mur- f ville and officials of both countries were continuing the discus- I sions over a "working lunch" at t , Lloyd’s residence. I

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Remy Bierly, of Decatur. Immediately following that luncheon, a Purdue University two-motored DC-3 picked up his party, which included 10 newsmen and three assistants, and took him to a convocation at Purdue University, where more than 7,000 heard him speak. The group arrived late at Purdue. Met At Airport The Adams county delegation, headed by Dr. Harry H. Hebble, county chairman, Mrs. Elmer Beer, vice chairman, sheriff Merle Affolder, Vernon E. Hebble, president of the UE union, Wendell Macklin, precinct committeeman from Decatur; Dick Heller, Jr., publisher of the Decatur Daily Democrat, and Von Eichhorn, state senator from Uniondale, arrived at the Airport at 5:30 p.m. Already on hand were a number of notables from the fourth district, including district chairman James Koons, of Avilla, Alex Campbell, Allen county chairman, James Fleming, publisher of the Fort Wayne - Journal-Gazette, Robert Fleming, candidate for mayor of Fort Wayne, Robert Sullivan and Charles W. Westerman, of the Allen county Young Democrats, and numerous others. Sheriff Affolder took charge, and lined up the automobiles for the caravan to Decatur, with all the Adams county delegation to the front. More than 100 persons were in the caravan, with sheriff Albert Durr of Wells county behind the group, and directing traffic at the intersection of highways 224 and 1. The plane arrived nearly 25 minutes ahead of schedule, and taxied to the side of the airport, out of the way t -pf commercial flights. Sen. Kennedy emerged from the plane alone, and was immediately swallowed up by the Adams county delegation. Press Takes Over After initial handshaking, a number of Allen county notables were called over to pose with the photographers. The New York Times, both Fqrt Wayne newspapers, and all the Fort Wayne radio and TV stations were represented at the airport. After pictures there was more handshaking and autographs, and Sen. Kennedy was then led towards the front of the airport, where Tom Atkins of WPTA-TV, and Hal Cessna, of WOWU, had a private interview with the senator. During the walk to the television camera area, the senator made tentative arrangements for a later two-day stop in Indiana, including a major speech in Fort Wayne, at the insistence of Fleming, the publisher of the Journal-Gazette. The caravan was lined up, but a short delay took place while the group awaited the correspondent from the New York Times, who telephoned his story in from the airport. During that time Jesse G. Niblick and Miss Verena Niblick of Decatur came from the airport and shook hands with the senator, who rode with Dr. Hebble,

The Macmillan - Debre discussions Monday dealt with the Berlin crisis, German reunification and European security. Spokesmen for the two delegations said this morning’s talks included Soviet penetration in the Middle East, French and British African colonial problems ani trade issues. Spokesmen for botk delegations refused to go into details ot the meeting, but would say only that a broad agreement had been reached on major principles and that the talks had shown a "strong will on both sides to establish common views" and coordinate free world policies. Indications were that Macmillan and Debre had narrowed down Anglo-French differences over a British-supported flexible Berlin policy and the Macmillan plan for freezing Western and Communist forces in Central Europe. Unconfirmed reports were that French objections to both had been toned down during the talks. Includes early

Mrs. Beer, and “Speck” Hebble. t The senator’s assistants and the ! press rode with the other mems bers of the delegation. i State Uncertain i The senator’s aides stated that - in their talk with Frank McKinney, i a very popular Democratic leader • among the delegates to the national convention, McKinney gave the impression that he personally fa- , vored Symington for the presidency. However, the convention is r still better than a year away, he ? remarked. Following the dinner a large I number ox persons came forward i to meet the senator, or to get his , autograph. After this. he agamjUh. < pea red before the 1 TV camera in J the Girl Scout room, at a small erous questions were asked, esr pecially concerning his labor leg- - islation. 1 Return To Airport t Hebble and Heller returned the , party to the airport following the ! speech. The senator was amazed ■ at the crowd, as were his assist- ' ants. They had expected between > 75 and |po persons at a small town i and were quite favorably impres- . sed by the smooth arrangements; the “wonderful community cenl ter,” and excellent dinner, the s serving of the dinner, and the ! friendliness of the people. : At the airport the senator went ! to the lunch counter and checked t to see if a light snack of sand- : wiches was being prepared for ! the crew, while it was assembling, • about onejtelf hour earlier than ■ expected. While waiting, he went I out to the airport kitchen and supl ervised the packing of the lunches • for his group, and ate a sandwich : with the kitchen help. ' At the plane to see him off, in ■ addition to the Adams county group was a small delegation from Allen county, led by Mr. and Mrs. i Al Moellering, of Fort Wayne. i k

Red Jets Buzz American Plane

BERLIN (UPD — Two Soviet i jet fighters buzzed an American ; Air Force cargo plane and forced ■ it to reduce altitude while it was ' ; crossing East Germany on a flight ; from West Berlin April 3, a U. S. - embassy spokesman said today in Bonn. i It was the second such buzzing : incident and came while the Unit- ; ed States and Soviet Union were > embroiled in a series of protests ■ and counter-protests involving another buzzing by MIGs on Good ■ Friday, March 27. An American spokesman said the new incident would not prevent the United States from making more high altitude flights to and from Berlin any'more than the first did. "We stand on the position we already have expressed to the Soviets that we recognize no ceiling in the air corridors and we will continue to fly as high as we please when we please," he said. Only Monday the United States delivered a protest to the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow charging that Russia intentionally created a hazard to flight safety in the Berlin air corridor when it buzzed the first plane. A new protest against the second incident has been lodged at the Berlin air safety center, informed sources said. Both planes were harassed be* cause they were flying at altitudes above 18,000 feet in the 20-mile-wide air corridor leading from West Germany to West Berlin, 110 miles inside the Iron Curtain. The United State's does not accept such a ceiling on its flights. The incidents were considered significant because most American transport planes fly at high < altitudes and such flights might be ; necessary to supply the city of West Berlin should the Communists begin a new blockade of the , cfiy. / The first plane buzzed was a Cl3oxwhich usually flies at an altitude of 20,000 feet or more. The

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 14, 1959.

Citizens Vote I’ On Plant Sale

Voters turned out today in greater numbers than expected for the special city election to determine if Decatur will sell the municipal electric utility to Indiana-Michi-gan, or build a sub-station and revamp the city and rural lines it* A survey of the polls between noon and 1:30 p.m. showed that three 'voting places—the court house, Decatur-Root at 13th and Dayton, and 3-B at Seventh and Nuttman—were voting heavier than usual. The rest of the polling places reported lighter voting. However, the voting was not the 50% or 25%- that many forecast. Apparently many persons made up their minds at the last minute. The vote at the noon’hour, followed by the estimated usual vote at that time, was: 1-C (jail), 76100; 2-A (court house) 130-130; 3-A (county gar a g (Washington street), 65-150; Deca-tur-Root, (13th and Dayton), 80-75; 3-B, (7th and Nuttman), 120-120; 2-B (fire station), 92-150 ; 2-C (Worthman field) 74-125. The results will be tabulated after the polls close at 7 p.m., and jesults will be given at the Democrat office and over the telephone by calling 3-2171. There was no organized effort by either side to provide transportation, or keep a close check on the voting. A close vote, within 200 votes either way, was expected by several nonpartisan observers, while others differed widely with that prediction.

second one was a C 97 which usually flies at 10,000 to 15,000 feet. It was the one forced down to a lowtr level by menacing sweeps by the MIG jets. Mrs. Lena Durkin Dies This Morning Mrs. Lena M. Durkin, 84, wellknown Decatur lady and a lifelong resident of the city, died at 1:30 o’clock this morning at her home, 437 Mercer avenue. Death followed an illnesss of a few days of complications. She was born in Decatur Aug. 18, 1874, a daughter of Simeon J. and Gertrude Hain, and was married to Thomas J. Durkin Oct. 25, 1898. Her husband died April 29, 1949. Mrs. Durkin was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rosary society, Catholic Ladies of Columbia, St. Vincent de Paul society and the American Legion auxiliary. Surviving are five sons, Clarence Durkin, at home, Gerald and Eugene Durkin of Decatur, Cornelius Durkin of Fort Wayne, and the Very Rev. Msgr. Thomas Durkin, pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate. Conception, Fort Wayne; one daughter, Mrs. Joe (Naomi) Hlrschinger of Quincy, DI., and eight grandchildren. Three children are deceased. Mrs. Durkin was the last surviving member of her family, four brothers and three sisters preceding her in death. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary’s ( Catholic church, with Msgr. Dur*kin celebrating die solemn high mass. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The Rosary society and the C. L. of C. will recite the rosary at 8 p.m. Wednesday. ’ ,• ■

i Nehru Regrets Intervention _ ) i By Red China • NEW DELHI (UPD—The Taipei ; newspaper China Post reported to- „ day “large numbers” of Chinese > Communist troops in Tibet had defected to the anti-Red patriotic , forces. There was no confirmation of the report which the English lan- ’ guage newspaper attributed to Nationalist intelligence sources. There have been similar uncon- ; firmed reports in ndia. The China Post also reported ‘ that heavy fighting had broken out on roads leading into Tibet from China’s Tsighai Province • and that Communists in the Black River area had sent urgent calls ■ for help to Peiping. I The Chinese language newspa- • ver Independence Evening Post of > Taipei claimed Communist casualties in Tibet during the past , month totalled more than 10,000 men. The figure was nearly twice as high as casualty figures j claimed by other Nationalist , sources. , In other Tibetan developments: 1 —The Communist New China 1 News Agency reported the Com-munist-sponsored Panchen Lama . arrived in Peiping today and was welcomed personally by Premier Chou En-lai, Foreign Minister Chen Yi and other Red officials. —Reports reaching New Delhi said the Chinese had drafted more and more troops into southeastern Tibet to prevent the mass migration of refugees to India. i —lndia tightened security measures today for the Dalai Lama, now resting and praying in the ndian army village of Bomdila. There were indications newsmen would be allowed no closer than 17 miles from the foothill village where the Lama will emerge from the restricted northeast frontier area. —Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru expressed new regrets at the Communists’ armed intervention in Tibet and said he did not think the Dalai Lama would be able to return to Tibet now. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and not so cool tonight. Wednesday fair and mild. Low tonight 35 to 44. High Wednesday 63 to 73. Sunset today 7:22 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Wednesday 6:08 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Thursday: Generally fair and warmer. Lows 40 to 50. Highs 73 to 78.

Discoverer II In Polar Orbit , , - , ..... • 4 ‘

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. (UPD—Scientists working against 900-1 odds hope to recover an instrument package today from the polar-orbiting Discoverer I satellite. ■ . , But officials must first determine whether the 1,600-pound baby moon has stablized in a flight position horizontal to earth, necessary before the 195-pound instrument capsule can be ejected ovdr die Pacific Ocean. Signals from the Air Force satellite, blasted Into space Monday as part of a long-range project designed to lead to manned vehicles, were received "loud and dear” at stations in Hawaii, Alaska and here. The launching took place at this base about 170 fniles north of Los Angeles. Other Attempt Fails An attempt at Cape Canaveral, Bia., Monday to send up two

Ostrander Appeals To Supreme Court Charles William Ostrander, 39, of Bluffton, sentenced to 20 years in prison on May 23, 1956, for rape of a young girl at gunpoint on April 12, of that year, has notified the clerk of the Adams circuit court that he is appealing his case to the Indiana supreme court. Ostrander has notified the court that he is appealing the 1956 judgment handed down by Judge Myles F. Parrish, and has requested that the court forward a preceap’s of the original court records concerning toe case. Judge Parrish stated today that Ostrander has not filed a cost bond for the preparation of the transcript, and that the county is not lable for the expense of the court records. Judge Parrish stated that the court records would not be furnished unless a cost bond is filed or the public defender appears on Ostrander’s behalf: According to the Burns statutes, a person convicted of a crime is not entitled to have the trial court furnish to him without cost either counsel or a bill of exceptions for use upon an appeal in connection with a proceeding for writ of error coram nobis since the state has provided a public defender to represent him and obtain a bill of exceptions and transcript in proper cases. . During the first week of January of this year, Ostrander filed a mo- . tion with the Adams circuit court ' seeking to change his plea of guilty to not guilty. On March 12, Judge Parrish denied Ostrander the motion. Judge Parrish stated today that j Ostrander has 90 days to appeal ‘ his case to the supreme court from j the time he was denied his motion ‘ to change his plea. ’ -1 Mrs. May Holthouse t Dies This Morning ' Mrs. May Niblick Holthouse, 76, lifelong resident of this commun- ‘ ity, and widow of Louis A. Holthouse, died at 9:50 o'clock this : morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been in serious condition for several weeks with complications. ■ Prominent in music circles in i Decatur practically her entire life, ’ Mrs. Holthouse served as director 1 of the choir of the Zion Evangeli- i cal and Reformed church for a ! number of years, and was one of the leading members of the Music department of the Womans club, 1 of which she was a charter mem- . ber. She studied music at the Con- . servatory of Music at Chicago, 111. , Born in Decatur March 7, 1883, J she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Niblick. Her hus- . band, Louis A. Holthouse, died i Dec. 29 of last year at their home I east of Decatur on U. S. highway i 224. Mrs.«»HolthoUse was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rosary society, Catholic Ladies of 1 Columbia, Womans club, Emblem 1 club, and American Legion auxil- 1 iary. Surviving are two sons, William Holthouse of Wabash, and Louis A. ' Holthouse, Jr., of Decatur; two daughters, Mrs. Harold Grant of , Sarasota, Fla., and Mrs. William Gass of Decatur; 10 grandchildren; ‘ 13 great-grandchildren; a brother Charles Niblick of Fort Wayne, , and a sister, Miss Verena Niblick J of Decatur. < Funeral services will be conduct- 1 ed at 9 o’clock Friday morning at j the St. Mary’s Catholic church, the : Rev. Robert Jaeger officiating. : Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, i where friends may call after 7 i p.m. Wednesday. The Rosary so- ; ciety will recite thb, rosary at 8 ] p.m. Thursday. t

earth satellites in a single Vanguard rocket failed when the rocket’s second stage did not fire properly. The Vanguard carried in its third stage a metallic cylinder designed to collect data on the earth’s magnetic field and another satellite made of an inflatable plastic balloon which was to drift , slowly in a descending orbit around the earth and be visible to Moonwatch teams. Discoverer II was reported by the Air Force orbiting the earth every 90.84 minutes at a speed of more than 17,000 miles an hour. It ranges'from as far as 243 miles from earth to as close as 156 tniles.\ If Discoverer II stabilizes, a ground station at Hawaii will give the signal which will eject the small Instrument package which will float to earth suspended from a parachute. •

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Dulles To Undergo TWllljm i I 111 11 'l—im—’",.—' ' __. || 111,,,, * ’ , Cancer treatments ■> ■.- ' r r ■ ■. . ■'

WASHINGTON (UPD—Cancerstricken Secretary of State John 1 Foster Dulles will not, under present plans, attend the forthcoming 1 Paris meeting of Western foreign ' ministers, officials said today. They said the United States has 1 Informed the French government, * through the U.S. embassy in 1 Paris, that the American delega- * tion to the meeting will be headed 1 by Acting Secretary of State Christian A. Herter. Officials said . their notice to the * French government, host for the 1 Western meeting starting April 29, ( did not completely rule out the ’ possibility that Dulles might be 1 able to attend at the last minute. Bu associates of the ailing secre- i tary told United Press International they saw no hope that he would make that meeting, or the < subsequent foreign ministers Ses- ; sion with Russia starting in Gene- i va May 11. These associate told UPI Monday that, barring a miracle, Dulle will have to resign as , secretary of state. Almost Give Up Hope New treatment which Dulles’ 1 physicians are undertaking at t Walter Reed Army Medical Center in an effort to arrest the abdominal cancer will not show conclusive results for at least 10 days, 1 well informed sources said. Officials said they knew of no ' plans for any definite announce- ' ment for at least a week con- 1 cerning the secretary’s future Cabinet role. These officials showed clearly by their attitude, when discussing Dulles' case, that they had virtualy given up hope that he can be restored to his previous role as chief negotiator for the AUied coalition in its negotiations with Russia on Berlin, Germany and other cold war President Eisenhower visited Dulles for 45 minutes Monday. They agreed to put off any decision on Dulles’ status pending the outcome of further treatments. There was no advance word on what type of new treatments Dulles would get. White House News Secretary James C. Hagerty said that whether the treatments would involve surgery or furthej* massive doses of radiation would be announced when they, begin. Begin London Talks Dulles underwent radiation treatment before flying to Florida two weeks ago for a rest. But after an X-ray examintion in West Palm Beach, he returned Sunday to Walter Reed on the advice of

Reds Claim Success It will be the first attempt to recover a capsule from an obiting satellite by this country. The Russians claim to have made such a recovery. Cargo planes trailing two 30foot poles behind, with a trapeze device stretched the 30-foot width of the poles, will fly by the slowfalling capsule and attempt to snag it in mid-air. They will have about 10 minutes to accomplish their task before the package hits the ocean. Three Navy destroyers will circle the Pacific to fish out the capsule if the planes miss it. The capsule, besides carrying valued data, is equipped with a radio beacon and a dye marker which will assist sailors to spot it in the water. • The C-119 cargo planes to be used in the recovery project have been training near Hawaii. They 2 I / ; <

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physicians. The report that Dulles was unlikely to be able to resume his role as chief Allied negotiator in the cold war .came as the Western powers were seeking agreement on a formula for dealing with Russia at the foreign ministers’ meeting in Geneva beginning May 11. Diplomatic experts from _the United States, Britain, France and West Germany began talks Monday in London to try to work out a unified plan for negotiating with the Soviet Union on Berlin and Germany. Sen. George D. Aiken (R-Vt>, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, predicted Dulles would resign if .big physicians advised him he could not attend the foreign ministers' conference. I Won’t Comment Further - “We would be at a definite disadvantage if other nations sent’ their foreign ministers and we sent substitutes,” Aiken said. “I’m sure Mr. Dulles understands 'that.” State Department officials refused to go beyond the White House statement that Dulles had reentered the hospital for “additional medical observation and treatment” and expected to remain for “some days.” The White House said there would be no further statement from the President pending additional medical evaluation. Local Lady's Mother Dies At Bryan, 0. Mrs. Bertha Moog, 73, died ’ Monday afternoon in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Young, at Bryan, O. She had been in failing health for several years. Another daughter, Mrs. Helen Graber of Decatur, survives. 1 Other survivors are the husband. Bert Moog; a son, Hugh Moog, Archduke, O.; a third daughter, Mrs. Fern Stokes, Bryan; a brother, Forest StaUey, Bryansk five grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Services will be conducted Thursday at 2:30 p. m. in the Cretors & Kisseil ftmeral home, the Rev. S. R. Laßosa officiating. Burial will be in Brown cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p. m. today at the . funeral home.

have been reported very successful in their practice attempts. May Last Month With the successful ejection of the capsule, the satellite will be “ rocked off its orbit and begin ah erratic circling of the earth. After several days it will plunge back into the dense earth atmosphere and disintegrate, scientists believed. The satellite would probably last up to 30 days orbiting the earth if it is decided that a successful ejection cannot be made. William H. Godel, director erf planning for the Advanced Research Projects Agency, said shortly after the Thor-assisted satellite was launched that chances of recovering the capsule were 1000 to 1, but he lowered his estimate to 900 tq 1 after being informed the baby moon had achieved an orbit.