Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1959 — Page 8
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Democrat Assembly Record Defended FRENCH LICK, Ind. (UPD— Rep. Birch Bayh Jr., House speaker in the 1959 Legislature, said today Democratic leaders “scotched once and for all the charge of being wild spenders’’ by demonstrating their desire to cut a record budget which was “padded with patronage.’’ Bayh was the opening speaker as the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors began its spring meeting here. Governor Handley, Lt. Gov. Crawford F. Parker and Senate minority leader Matthew Welsh were scheduled to speak later today and Saturday. “The Democratic leadership in the Assembly determined that drastic action had to be taken if we were to make any progress in providing for essential services without impossibly increasing the already record budgte,” Bayh said in a speech prepared for delivery this afternoon. “We had to make cuts somewhere to get the funds for local schools, mental - health, flood control, and other essential Programs. Against 61 Dgys Bayh said House leaders decided that if they could not find the money by questioning individual department heads, they would cut every department sharply. He said the budget as it left the House was reduced by 20 million dollars. "The Senate restored virtually every patronage cut and reduced the amount we had set up for local school aid,” he said. Bayh said the General Assembly "enacted more basic legislation than recent Assemblies—more bills representing progress for the state.” But he said the hectic fashion by which hundreds of bills were passed in the closing week demonstrated to him the “shortcomings” of the 61-day legislative session. “I am not certain what the solution is,” he said. “I believe there is considerable merit to the suggestion that the legislature meet for 30 daysj'for the introduction of bills and then recess for 30 days to have the opportunity to study the proposed laws. The Assembly would then re-convene for a 31day period of considering the bills
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The Adams county 4-H junior leaders have elected these members to serve as tlreir officers for the coming year. They are: Jackie Hurst of R6ot township, news reporter; James Fuhrman of Preble township, song leader; Linda Kruetzman of Preble township, secretary-treasurer; David Beer of Jefferson township, vice president, and James Sipe of Blue Creek township, president.
and acting on them.” He said a longer session or a session every year instead of every other year might be the solution. Praises Tax Reforms Bayh suggested thafthe Legislative Advisory Commission “present to the next Legislature some alternative methods for eliminating the barely workable present procedure of too many bills and too few Tuotfirs in which to study them.” Welsh credited the General Assembly with “solid, substantial progress” made in reforming the tax assessment system. Welsh outlined to the businessmen the various bills passed by the Legislature which dealt with tax reform. - "It is obvious that the ownership of property is no longer the measure of the ability to pay taxes that it was in the simpler days when Indiana was principally an agricultural state,” he said, “Business, industry, large numbers of industrial workers, considerably more transient and semj-permanent residents of Indiana’s cities and towns create fluctuating burdens on the need for local governmental services which bear little or no relationship to the ownership of taxable property.”
Khrushchev Marks 65th Anniversary LONDON (UPD—-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev received congratulations from throughout the Communist world today on his 65th birthday, marked by unspoken concern for the state of his health. -Diplomatic sources have reported he is “having to slow down” and there seemed to be more than mere diplomatic formality in the wishes for "health and long life” reaching him at his facation hideaway in the Crimea. To all appearances the Soviet premier remains robust and hearty. But the simple fact of age and almost inhuman burdens of office were grounds enough for concern. Khrushchev left Moscow last month for an unusual spring vacation on the Black Sea, first at the beach resort of Sochi and now at his hunting lodge in Yalta. There was no way of establishing whether recent strain required a rest, or whether he merely was taking an early vacation to leave the summer free for summit conferences and a promised state visit to the Scandinavian countries. There have been reliable reports that a liver complaint has caused Khrushchev considerable discomfor’ and forced him to cut down on his drinking. ' A West German newspaper reported recently he suffered a fainting spell during his official visit to East Germany this year. CHECKED BOBION (UPD — A Texan accused of passing three worthless checks totaling $l4O in Boston was arraigned before Chief Justice Elijah Adlow in Municipal Court.
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Nixon To Make Moscow Trip During July WASHINGTON (UPD — Vice president Richard M. Nixon’s’announced July trip to Moscow was viewed in Washington today as I both a personal political bonus : and a well-timed diplomatic maneuver. I Informed sources said Nixon ! probably will be accompanied by his wife, Pat, when he flies to Moscow for the July 25 opening jof the American National ExhibiThree aspects of President Eisenhower’s announcement that the vice president will go to ■Russia were underscored in official quarters : —The assignment thrusts Nixon, who already has visited some 40 countries, more forcefully into the foreign policy areha in advance of of the 1960 presidential conventions. It gives him another leg up over any other GOP contender, including Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York. —Timing of the announcement served to counteract any letdown abroad from the resignation of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. , —Like Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan’s visit to the United States in January, Nixon’s Moscow trip will enable the vice president to weigh the real intentions of Russian leaders in negotiating at a summit conference. During the recent EisenhowerMacrhillan talks in Washington, there was reported discussion that Nixon might be called upon I to sit in for the President should I constitutional duties or illness re- | quire him to leave a summit conference. Nixon, it was reported, [also.could be used at a later highlevel conference — should one be held—to implement summit' decisions. No other vice president in the country's history has had as much in-job training for the presidency ' as Nixon. Eisenhower said Nixon will remain in Moscow for three or four days. There is no intention now to i have him visit other major European capitals. CHAIN LETTER Continued from r>Hge eve ter Then - the person who bought the bond and letter makes two copies of the letter, dropping the top name and placing his name at the bottom, in 11th position. Simple mathematics show that 2,048 letters must be sold before the sender's name comes up for any return. In 1955 the post office department issued a public statement on the inevitability of loss of investment for all but a few of the participants in the' chain. Postmaster Kirsch stated that any complaints on this matter will be fully investigated, and submitted to the department of justice for federal action.
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Airliner Hijackers Seek U.S. Asylum .MIAMI (UPD — Four Cubans, who commandeered an airliner at gunpoint, to escape from Cuban war trials, sought political asylum in the United States today. Immigration officials said the four were released on parole pending a hearing to decide whether they can remain in this country. However, they were ordered to report regularly to the local Immigration and Naturalization Service office. The fugitives, fearing they were marked for execution, took over the twin-engine Cuban Aerovias Q plane in flight Thursday, pointed pistols at the passengers and crew and forced it to fly to Miami. Among ths 19 passengers were 5 Americans—2 businessmen and 3 Caribbean vacationers. 'Die crew and passengers returned to Havana Thursday afternoon. The bold getaway scheme was hatched by three brothers, identified as Alfred Masson Sanchez, 51, Rolando 27, and Jesus 25. Two of them told newsmen they had escaped from a prison where they were awaiting trial. The youngest brother had not been arrested but said he was “living in fear.” The fourth member of the group Leandro Serrate, 53, joined the hijackers after they ■ made their move aboard the plane. The older Masson brothers and Serrate said they were all former non - commissioned officers in SIMS, the secret police of ousted President Fulgencio Batista.
Matt Welsh Speaks At College Parley CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (UPD — A stronger flood control program, repeal of the “right to work" law and reappointment will be key issues during the 1961 session of the Indiana Legislature. State Sen. Matthew Welsh said Thursday night. Welsh, Democratic minority leader in the Senate, made the predictions at a Conference on the Future of Indiana Politics at Wabash College. Welsh said Republicans stopped repeal of "right to work” despite the fact that Democrats used “every parliamentary maneuver in the book and designed a few new ones” in their fight to take the 1957 law off the books. But Democratic strategy could not overcome the Republican nilmerical advantage in the upper chamber, he said. “There is no known way of overcoming the fact that 27 is a higher number than 23,” the Vincennes attorney said in a reference to the party ratio in the Sen-I ate. “My crystal ball tdlls me ! that we have not heard the last of this problem of repealing the ‘right to work’ law nor of the model labor code.” Reapportionment Not, Dead The flood , control program passed during the recent session “will be re-examined in the light of two years' experience and will very likely be strengthened,” he said. Welsh, a leading contender for t h e Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1960, said the Gen- ! eral Assembly also would have to face the “thorny subject” of re-' apportionment that was throttled so effectively by the Republican majority in the Senate.” “Reappointionment will be proposed again in the next session and under Democratic auspices, ,f he said. Welsh praised the Legislature for passing several pieces M.i "basic" legislation. “Not the least among these were a fairly comprehensive tax reform program, a new school aid formula, the beginning of a flood control program, a probation system and legalizing of supplemental unemployment benefit plans,” he said. The things the General Assembly did not do were almost as important as the things they accomplished, he said. Budget Unimportant He said the lawmakers didn’t raise taxes, didn't spend wildly, didn’t reach a stalemate because of divided responsibility, didn’t allow any interest group to dictate to them and “didn’t set up the doves as targets for hunters.” Welsh said a record billion-dol-lar budget was approved, but the fact that it was a record was not significant. He said most successful businessmen had record budgets last year and will set records again this year because of the expanding economy. He said the cost of highways and schools will continue to increase along with the rise in the ftumber of automobiles and children. "I have seen no sign that Hoosiers are willing to forego either buying more cars or having more children,” he said. Welsh also scoffed at reports that the state coyjd not afford the budget. He said the most recent revenue ’figures show that state income is running “well ahead" of predictions.
District Meeting Os Rural Youth Monday The educational feature at the quarterly district rural youth meeting to be held Monday evening will feature Miss Anna K. Williams, former Adams county home demonstration agent, who, with Dr. Paul Crooks, will explain the “Better farming and better living” program in Indiana. Miss Williams is at the present time on the state extension staff at Purdue University and in charge of the home economics part of the better farming and better living program. x The district meeting will be held at the Bryant high school gym in , Jay county. Other items on the program will be the business meeting and a recreation period. Various district activity dates will be announced. All rural youth members, high school seniors and anyone interested in the rural youth program is urge<j to attend the meeting. Those planning to attend are asked to meet at the Decatur post office at 7:45 p.m. or the Berne parking lot at 8 p.m. Sixty per cent of al apparel in i the United States is made of cotton.
To Our hator neighbors! ... ■ r - r ... - . _ , In the months of negotiations between our Company and your City Officials on Decatur’s electric power problems, we have become better acquainted with you; and this has been, by itself, a rewarding experience. The election of last Tuesday was the end result of these negotiations, and you have elected to keep your electric power system. • . ■ ■' * We feel that the offer we made was a good and fair one and that Decatur stood to gain much by ensuring for its citizens, businesses, industries and rural neighbors an unlimited and reliable supply of electric power at reasonable rates. ••- • » . • . * « While we are naturally sorry that you were not convinced that our proposal was best for Decatur, we want to assure you that there are no ill feelings on our part, and we do want to express our thanks for the support of so many of you. We shall continue to be your neighbor, and we hope we shall always be a good one and, as a result of our associations with you, a neighbor who will in the future know your City and its people better than we have in the past
Newspaper Editors Hear Fidel Castro WASHINGTON (UPI) — Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro goes before the U.S. newspaper editors today to answer charges that Communists have infiltrated his government. ’ The bearded 32-year-old Castro also is expected to spell out in his lunch speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors JASNE) why he believes the U.S. press has net given a true picture of his revolutionary regime. Castro jiobably will be asked during a question and answer session titer his speech to justify his mass executions of followers of former dictator Fulgencio Batista. Castro’s forces toppled Batista’s government on New Year’s Day. The prime minister, here for an 11-day good will visit, promised to speak for 30 minutes. But he has been known to speak for three or four hours on other occasions. As usual there was no prepared text for Castro’s remarks. Castro, wearing his famous jungle green, open - collared fatigue uniform, was expected to speak in English and answer questions in Spanish.
A controversy over broadcast coverage of the appearance was settled when the society agreed to let radio and television services record Castro’s speech on tape and film for later airing. Castro chatted with newsmen after having lunch Thursday with Acting Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, Driver Is Arrested On Speeding Charge A local motorist was cited for a
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court hearing Saturday on an arrest by the city police department Thursday night for a speeding violation. Leslie Dale Ploughe, 19. route two, Decatur.i was arrested Thursday evening by the city police on North Second street for driving 50 miles per hour in a posted zone of 30 miles per hour. Ploughe will appear Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock in justice of the peace court. Trade m a good town — Decatur.
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