Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVIl: No. 92.

Labor Reform Bill Given Close Study

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Senate cautiously came to grips this week with ’ one of the 86th Congress* most emotionally charged issues — the problem of labor reform. It was the kind of legislation that fashions party political fortunes for better or for worse. In line with the politically sensitive nature of. the subject, the Senate gave the coealled Kenne-dy-Ervin labor reform bill the closest kind of scrutiny after action opened Tuesday with the filing of the Senate Labor Commit- ' tee’s report. Four days later no votes had been taken but very close to 100 amendments had been offered. The confusion prompted one senator, Gordon Allott (R-Colol) to call fort hew bin that everyone —senators included — could understand. But the bill’s sponsor, John F. Kennedy (D-Mass>, expressed confidence his measure would pass the Senate in the same form as reported by the committee. The carefully fashioned bill could be Kennedy's ticket to the IMO Democratic presidential nomination. Extended bickering and approval of controversy-provoking ' Vnendments might make the legistlion a political liability. Congressional observers saw the Kennedy-Ervin measure as adelicate balancing of interests. To please those calling for stringent anti-corruption legislation in the labor-management field, Kennedy's bill would require full reporting and public disclosure on union administrative processes and financial operations.

Other congressional news: Medical Care: Die Eisenhower administration put a billion dollar a year price tag on a high controversial bill to give old folks free medical care. Ibe plan, pushed by organized labor and bitterly opposed by the American Medical Association, would in effect give people on social security rolls paid-up hospital and surgical insurance for life. The administration took no immediate position on any of the various plans. Lace: The appointment by President Eisenhower of Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce to be the new U S. envoy to Brazil provided fireworks in the Senate. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) challenged her qualifications on the basis of political statements in past U. S. election campaigns. Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) compared the tactics of Morse and Sen. J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) in the handling of -the Luce nomination with those -ot the late Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis). A vote On the ‘ rioniinatibn is likely next week Johnson: Sens. William Proxmire (D-Wis.) and Pat McNamara (D-Mttch.) teamed up on the Senate floor to renew their criticism of Seriate Democratic Leader Lyndon,,B. Johnson. * u ral- Electrificatiomi: The House passed a bill 254 to 131 to strip Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson of power to veto loans by the Plural Electrification Administration. The measure, which previously Cleared the Senate, is expected to be vetoed by President Eisenhower. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy today, mostly cloudy tonight. Cloudy with showers likely and cooler Sun- _ day. Low tonight upper 40s north to 60 south. High Sunday near 60 north to low 70s south. Outlook for Monday: Cloudy and mild with occasional showers.

ftF > z v% *, -J,v, i w *«, — 11 «- >• ' /F ‘ ; F ; y jKk’ "W'O®v Jr > 'W' I ' fc Jj '■- "i SMILE, BUT DON'T NECESSARILY FORGIVE AND FORGET—GOP National Chairman Senator Thruston Morton (left) and Democratic National Chairman Patil Butler shake hands and smile for benefit of the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention in Washington, but that doesn't necessarily mean they’re forgiving .and forgetting. I ■ ' ’.••■■

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Guidance Meeting To Senior Students An interesting and informative session tor members of the senior classes of Decatur’s two high schools is planned for next Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center, immediately fol- • lowing the weekly Rotary club ’ meeting. Occupational guidance will be ' the theme of the session, with men , from all types of business, industry ( and professions meeting with the studeqts to assist them in planning ( for and determining their life vozinti/mfl ' £ 1 • ' ' ' - _ v. u tivJalw • The meeting is expected to start I abdut 7:15 p.m., following the Ro- . tary dinner meeting at 6:30. The session will not be limited , strictly to the seniors, but juniors ; from both the public and Catholic high schools are also welcome to . attend. ; George Litchfield, chairman of j Rotary's occupational guidance ] committee, is obtaining panelists to conduct the session. The stud- ■ ents will be divided into groups ] according to their prefered voca- . tions, and the panelists will advise , them regarding the particular type > of work in which they are interest- , ed. Tatchfield also announced that Judge Harold Stump, of the De- ( Kalb circuit court, will be the , guest speaker for the club’s regu- , lar meeting.

Dalai Lama In Blast At Reds

TEZPIJR. India <UPb — The Dalai Lama today accused the Chinese Communists of lying and treachery in their invasion of his Himalayan kingdom. The young god-king made his first public statement on the antiCommunist rebellion in Tibet when he reached the safety of this heavily guarded railhead in eastern India 33 days after fleeing from his capital city of Lhasa. He had moved through the 20,-000-foot mountains of Tibet by horse and crossed the forbidding rivers in yak-skin barges to read: India. Today he emerged from the restricted Indian frontier area in a caravan of jeeps and issued his condemnation of Red China. Protected By Army Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced to the world he was granting political asylum to the Dalai Lama when he crossed the border of the frontier area on April 1. The refugee ruler has spent the time since then under protection of the Indian army in an area closed to all but members of the Indian military and a few government officials. The Dalai accused the Communists of breaking their promises and of lying when they said he was kidnaped by “imperialist agents.” He decided to leave of his own free will, he said, because of the Communist threat. The round-faced god-king, wearing a smile for the thousands of Buddhists who gathered here to pay.homage, issued the statement to more than 100 newsmen gathered in this tea plantation center He denied specifically he had MB

Gov. Chandler Authorizes Use Os Guardsmen FRANKFORT, Ky. (UPD—Some 1,000 Kentucky National Guardsmen were poised today for action in case of further violence in the strikofrldden southeastern Kentucky coal fields. Top guard officers and their staffs made a “reconaissance in force” of the strife-torn area with permission from Gov. A. B. Chandler to move troops into the fields by Monday or sooner without further orders. A gun battie that killed a nonunion coal truck driver and a dynamite blast that damaged a mine tipple and conveyor prompt-ed-the governor’s latest action. Maj. Gen. J. J. B. Williams, state adjutant general, mobilized the 441st Field Artillery Battalion at Richmond, and the 341st Tank Battalion at Barbourville, Ky. Two other units at Ashland and Olive Hill were alerted. Chandler authorized the mobilization of the guardsmen Friday after the second slaying in connection with the strike since March 31. The latest fatal shooting was Thursday night at the Little Shepherd Mine in Letcher County. The victim was James Otis Adaags, <4l, of Dongola, Ky., who Whs killed, as United Mine Workers pickets overpowered a mine guard and waited for his truck to approach. Adams was shot down in the ensuing gun battle in which a picket, Harrison Stidham, was wounded in the stomach. 1 w .—

been held under duress as charged by Peiping. He accused the Reds of interfering in Tibetan affairs despite a 1951 agreement guaranteeing full autonomy to his ancient theocracy. Buddhism is the predominant religion in Asia, and his words were expected to carry much weight in neutral nations that have been friendly with the Peiping regime. Already Buddhists in India, Ceylon, Burma, Indonesia and Viet Nam have protested Peiping's actions. Institute Wednesday ♦ For Church Workers The Associated Churches Os Decatur are sponsoring an institute for vacation church school teachers Wednesday at the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church. The scfiool will be held from 8:30 to 11 a.m .and 12:30 to 3 p.m., and is open to workers of all churches in Adams county. Each department will give guidance in the scope of the course, lesson preparation, supplementary helps, and projects and activities such as dramas, role playing, choral reading, songs, games, film strips and creative writing. Instructors will be headed by the Rev. Melvin B. Ritchey? pastor of the Church of the Brethren in North Liberty. He will also instruct the junior high teachers. Junior workers will be guided by the Rev. William Peterson, pastor of the

Northside E. U. B. church in Wabash. Mrs. Roberta Lundy, of Claypool, will be the primary department instructor. She was recently in Decatur as an instructor in primary department in an observation and training school. Kindergarten instructor will be Mrs. Benj. G. Thomas of the Bethany E.U.B. church. She has served several years on a Vacation church school institute team, and has taught in laboratory and observation schools at Dayton, 0., and Syracuse. Tin Can And Rubbish Collection Next Week The city street department will make a city-wide collection of tin cans and rubbish next week. Residents are asked to place the cans and rubbish in containers prior to the date set for collection in their areas. The schedule for collections is: Monday, north of Monroe street and west of Fifth street; Tuesday, north of Monore street and east of Fifth street; Wednesday, south ot Monroe street and east of Fifth street; Thursday, south of Monroe street and west of Fifth street. The work will then continue until all collections are made.

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Montana Prison Mutiny Broken, Guards Held As Hostages Are Unharmed

Connie Uncertain Os I Filing For Appeal j BULLETIN INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Mrs. Connie Nicholas signed her appeal bond papers today for her release from Indiana Womens Prison where she was sentenced two days ago to serve a 2-to-21 year term for the slaying of her lover, Forrest Teel.- /JZ INDIANAPOLIS (UPD-Cbnnie • Nicholas sat in her prison cell - today and debated the drawbacks 1 of freedom. ■ By signing a SIO,OOO appeal 1 bond, Mrs. Nicholas can leave for the slaying of her wealthy mar- ■ ried lover, Forrest Teel. But the decision was far from clear-cut for the petite, 45-year-old divorcee, who has said * she wants only ‘‘to get into a bathtub full of bubbles." By appealing, Mrs. Nicholas might run the risk of getting a stiffer sentence in a second trial. . As it is, she will be eligible for parole in 21 months. Although the SIO,OOO bond would ordinarily cost SI,OOO, two bondmen offered to waive the charge in deference to the prisoner’s idea she is broke. But attorney fees for an appeal would be considerable unless Mrs. Nicholas sought to hs a pauper. Mrs. Nicholas' attorney, Joseph 1 Quill, said he would confer with his client today after giving her “time to consider the several problems in making an appeal.” Quill said he would not advise her to sign the bond unless she definitely decides to appeal. “I think it would make it more difficult for her,” he explained. Mrs. Nicholas had been imimprisoned only 24 hours when a chance at freedom came.

Fidel Castro Fails To Reveal Position

By JOSEPH U. HINSHAW United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD—American officials said today Fidel Castro has scored a personal triumph during the first days of his current U.S. visit, but has failed to state clearly his position on a number of issues, including alleged Communist infiltration in his Cuban government. The beareded rebel leader, they said, seemed to create a favorable impression during a two-hour, five-minute earnest explanation of the Cuban situation before the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE). Despite his sincereity, these officials said, he avoided committing himself on a number of issues. Typical, they said, was Castro’s answer to the question of Communist infiltration in Cuba. Great Popular Success The 32-year-old prime minister denied he or his “26th of July movement” was Communistic but he declined to state flatly whether he would take sides in case of a war between the United States and the Soviet Union. From the popular standpoint, Castro’s unofficial visit to Washington was a great success. His campaign hat, beard and open-neck green army fatigue uniform were a leading tourist attraction. Friday more than 500 persons milled around the hotel where Castro spoke to the editors. Scores of tourists gathered around him at the Cuban Embassy and on Capitol HiU when he met for 90 minutes with the 'Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Pickets Appeared Castro’s appearance before the ASNE convention also, brought out about 250 pickets. There were three groups—two for Castro and one against him. Castro said his regime was right in executing "war criminals." He said public opinion in Cuba overwhelmingly supported the 549 executions of cohorts of ousted former Cuban president Fulgencio Batista.

f DEER LODGE, Mont. (UPD—- • A 35-hour mutiny at Montana State Prison was broken today when National Guardsmen formed the walls behind bazooka and machinegun fire to free 16 guards held as hostage. The National Guard, 200 strong supported by more than 100 police and vigilantes, attacked the con-vict-held prison at 3:45 a.m. m.s.t. (5:45 a.m. e.s.t.) behind a barrage of bazooka shells, machineguns, rifle fire and tear gas shells. Eight minutes later it was reported the 16 guards has been released unharmed. Minutes before the attack police clos.ed off all communications out , of Deer Lodge. Police with drawn , guns ordered Jack Bacon of United Press International to close i down the telephone circuit to San ’ (Francisco, “or else!” Raced Down Tunnel The captives, freed after nearly 36 hours of terror-stricken cap- ‘ tivity in a cell block, raced down the long tunnel to freedom. A re- . porter yelled from the corner of the the prison, “Are you the , hostages?” ’ “Yes, thank God,” came the answer, “We made it man.” ‘ Die attack on the stone-grey walls lasted only a minute. Then i the hostages were released. But some 30 mutineers who had J held the prison since 4 p.m. Thurs- ; day refused to give up. At 4:10 p.m., about 15 minutes 1 after the attack, sporadic firing . began again. J , . Spearheaded By Guards <•»,.' F Guardsmen firing bazookas were j the spearhead of the attack. They L rushed through the main gate and, . once inside, blew a hole in the [ wall of‘’the cell block where the ■ guards were being held hostage. , Before the rioters could gather their wits the hostages were streaming to safety. With the sound of firing, herald- . ing the long awaited attack. Bacon slipped back into the adrkened private residence where United Press International had made its

. Storm Front Moves 1 ; Toward East Coast i i United Press International A border-to-border storm front i that brought thunderstorms and tornados to the nation’s mid-sec- ( tion moved eastward Saturday - and was expected to near the . eastern coast by evening, f The brief, heavy thunderstorms ! struck throughout northern Texas, ' eastern Oklahoma, Missouri and southern Illinois Friday night, ■ with some areas reporting up to • IM inches of rain and hailstones • up to 2 inches in diameter. ( i A tornado funnel was reported ' to have touched ground near White Oak, Okla., and a second ! • twister was sighted near nearby > Vinita Friday night. No damage i was reported. The storm area stretched from the Canadian border through the Great Lakes and into the lower Mississippi Valley. Light snow fell in northern Minnesota, but most areas reported only light showers. The U.S. Weather Bureau said cool air pushing southwardthrough the Midwest caused the rains and dropped nighttime temperatures into the 30s from the ndrthern Rockies into the northern Great Lstkes. Light showers were also re- » ported over the Rockies and in 1 die far northwest, but the rest of I the nation enjoyed fair or partly i cloudy skies Friday. ; 1 1 The band of showers was to . J stretch from eastern Texas to the [ Great Lakes Saturday, reaching , the western Atlantic coast states . by evening. Other showers mixed j with snow were predicted over the , Rockies and the far northwest, j ' . . 1 ’ 4 • - • . i irri ■ ( NOON EDITION

headquarters and placed a call to San Francisco—in direct defiance of the authorities. “The family here is frightened out of its wits,” he whispered into the telephone. “Cops with drawn guns and guardsmen with bayonettes ordered us all out of the area.” “Shortly after we were hereded into the street,” Bacon said. “I heard a ‘boom-boom’ that could only mean bazookas. Then the machine guns opened up followed by the rifle fire. I raced back into the house and put through the call.” Lady Driver Hurt As Car Leaves Road A lady driver, Bertha M. Hunt, 41, of Toledo, O.,»was injured slightly in a one-vehicle accident that occurred late last evening on U.S. 224 about 2tj miles east of the city. The Adams county sheriff's department reported today that a property damage accident occurred earlier Friday night, and the city police were called early this morning to investigate a minor mishap. Bertha Hunt, of Toledo, 0., received back and hip injuries Friday at 10:40 p.m. when the car she was driving struck a telephone, pole near, the truck stop ia, Union-, town after leaving the roadway. The driver stated to Merle Affolder, Adams county sheriff, called to investigate the mishap, that she apparently fell asleep while headed west on U.S, 224. The auto ran off the road on the south side, continued west and struck the telephone pole, and continued until coming to rest in the truck stop yard, according to the field report made by the investigating officer. The injured driver was transferred to Portland from the Adams county memorial hospital. Sheriff Affolder estimated approximately SI,OOO damage to the auto and SIOO to the telephone pole. The accident occurring earlier Friday aftemaon, involved autos driven by Caroline E. Thieme, 59, Decatur, and James E. Grotrian, 19. route one, Hoagland. The mishap occurred when the Thieme ve- , hide attempted to pass a semitruck on U. S. 27 about two miles' , north of Decatur at 5 p.m. The car , driven by Grotrian was unable to stop in time to avoid the collision, and both cars collided in the north- j bound lane. The Thieme vehicle j was headed south and the Grotrian | auto was northbound when the ca- < cident occurred. 1 Damage to each vehicle was es- ’ timated at S3OO by the investigat- 1 ing officer. The minor mishap investigated by the city police occurred at 1:05 , a.m. today at 254 N. Second street, j A motorcycle owned by John W. , Lough, 21, of Decatur, received $5 t damage when struck by a car driv- ] en by George Wayne Ruble, 38, of < route two, Monroeville. The Lough f motorcycle was parked when the 5 accident occurred and the Ruble auto was attempting to back into j a parking position. No damage re- < suited to the Ruble auto. 1

Herter A Tough Negotiator

bulletin AUGUSTA. Ga. (UPI) —President Eisenhower today announced his selection of Christian A. Herter as the new secretary of state. WASHINGTON (UPI)-High officials predicted today the Russians, and U.S. Allies as well, would find Christian A. Herter just as tough a cold war negotiator as his predecessor, cancerstricken John Foster Dulles. The assessment came in the wake of a State Department blakt Friday night against some segments of the British Press. These newspapers allegedly pictured Herter, 64-year-dld Massachusetts politician-diplomat, as a man who could be bossed by U.S. admirals < and generals. President Eisenhower is expectL .- - —

Graduate Exercises At Geneva, Hartford The commencement exercises at Geneva and Hartford Center were announced Friday by their respective principals. The Geneva graduation will be May 18, with the baccalaurate service Sunday, May 17 at 3 p.m., while Hartford’s graduation will be May 5, with the baccalaurate May 3 at 8 p:m; In the school gym. Jerry Mosser is Geneva’s valedictorian and Marvin Biery will be salutatorian, while Carl Zuercher and Carol Wheeler will be Hartford’s valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. Geneva will graduate 37 seniors, while Hartford will graduate 17. Dr. Leo Hauptman, registrar at Ball State will be the commencement speaker at Geneva. The Rev. Paul Temple of the Geneva E.U.B. church, will deliver the baccalaurate sermon. Parker Is Foiled In Jail Break Attempt FORT WAYNE. Ind. (UPD — Dari Dee Parker, a slippery prisoner accused of the $50,104 holdup of a Fort Wayne bank in 1957, slashed his wrist Friday night in what authorities said was an attempt to make g second break from Allen County Jail. Parker was found bleeding in his ceil, his left wrist cut by a fragment from his broken eyeglasses. The deputy sheriff who found him in a regular cell block called for help and police cars sped to the jail. Parker was shackled and taken to a hospital for emergency treatment of superficial wounds. Then he was taken back behind bars. Sheriff Custer Dunifon said it was obviously an attempt to escape jail. Dunifon said he believed Parker hoped that whoever found him bleeding would enter the cell alone and that Parker would then overpower him and flee. But Deputy Sheriff Tom Meehan called for another deputy. Bud Schaefer, and the two waited until police arrived before they entered the cell. Dunifon immediately clamped tight security on the jail and said Parker would be allowed no visitors during the remainder of his stay. Parker escaped from the same jail last June 10 with a smuggled gun. He donned a sheriff's uniform, shot the locks off doors on his way out, commandeered a car on a Fort Wayne street and forced the driver to roam the countryside until the car was halted at a roadblock near Hicksville, Ohio. An Ohio police trooper felled Parker as he fled on foot. Parker has been in two hospitals since, recovering from a leg wound. He was returned to Fort Wayne only two days ago pending arraignment next Thursday on kidnap charges in Federal Court. His trial on bank robbery charges was set for May 18. Parker was charged with holding up a branch bank of the Lincoln National Bank & Trust Co. here Oct. 18, 1957.

ed to appoint Herter secretary of state shortly possibly today. Operates More Slowly Top U.S. officials said they expect Herter to prove skillful and firm in dealing with the Soviet Union during the forthcoming foreign ministers’ talk#. They conceded the secretaryapparent operates more slowly and less spectacularly than does Dulles — but only because he checks with his experts more frequently. These sources said this trait should not be interpreted as a weakness. State Department spokesman Lincoln White Friday night sharply criticized "certain British papers” for asserting there is a I “split” between Herter and the Pentagon over the wisdom of high-altitude U.S. aircraft flights

Safely Contest In Decatur April 25 Ninety-seven junior high and high school students from the northern Adams county high schools will compete for cash awards that will be presented in the "Safety First” contest, that will be sponsored by the Decatur Business and Professional Women’s club. Saturday, April 25. Schools represented are. Decatur, Decatur Catholic, Monmouth, Pleasant Mills and Adams Central. Slogans concerning safety will be pamted on 50 store windows In the business district by individuals, or in groups of two or three. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winning entries. Judges in the contest include: Roderick Liechty, of Berne, representing the Adams county art association; James Borders, chief of police for the Decatur department; and George Auer, president of the „ Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Paint and supplies, furnished by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, will be available to the students at 9:30 a.m. the day o 4 the contest. All slogans are to be completed by 12 o’clock noon and judging of the contest will be held during the afternoon. All contestants will place their names on the i store windows designating his slo- > gan after the judging is completed. In case of heavy rain, the contest win be held on the following ’ Saturday, May 2. ‘ Names of the the 50 business establishments are the following I Decatur Chamber of Commerce [ members: Holthouse Furniture > store; E. F. Gass Ready-To-Wear; I Stewart’s Bakery; Chamber of ■ Commerce; Niblick’s; Ehinger & Kortenberg; Holthouse Drug ; MurI phy’s Dime store; Equity Dairy store; Smith Drug store; New- ; berry’s Dime store: Haflich & Morrissey Shoe store; Teen Togs; Jani-Lynn; Model Dept, store; Schmitt Meats; Price’s Men’s Wear; Sears-Roebuck; Corah Insurane; L. A. Cowens Insurance; Sheets Furniture store; Briede Studio; Suttles Insurance; Fager Appliances; Kroger; Gamble’s; Kiddie shop. Bierly Inc.; Decatur Daily Democrat; Schafer’s; Sutton’s Jewelry store; Decatur Music House; Miller & Jones; Gas company; I.G.A. store; Western Auto; Kayes Shoe store; Kohne Drug store; Wertzberger confectionary; Uh ri c k Brothers furniture store: Decatur Hatchey; A. & P.; Heller Insurance; Ashbaucher’s Tin Shop; Bower’s Jewelry store; Brecht Jewelry store; Sherman-Williams; Holthouse on the Highway; Gerber’s market, and Haugk’s Heating and Appliances. Theft From Truck Reported By Driver A theft was reported, to the city police department by a truck from Trafalgar, Friday night. The trucker, Lloyd Hall, reported to the police that 10 log chains and 10 bomers were stolen from his flat bed truck sometime Friday. The truck was parked on Fourth street near the, Catholic church when the incident occured. The stolen articles were valued at S3OO.

1 — > — _ f into and opt of Red-encircled Beri lih. jJLs Official "Dismay” . White emphatically declared (there was' “government-wide approval” for the flights and said - they would continue. Other officials said President Eisenhower 1 had approved the flights/ ’ He said there was “dismay” in ; official circles here at the “timid- > ity” displayed by the British news- - papers whenever the American I government does anything “in i maintenance of our rights in Berlin.” i Officials said White’s unusual - blast at the press of America’s ■ principal ally stemmed from groWi ing resentment here of stories in • the British press which gave the f impression of Herter as weak and > indecisive. , »

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