Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 23 April 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 96.

n I '' ’ '-' HfiraPcj I ’ "■:■■'■"> -T' ■ ■ Ek.. s _au_. WEST POINTS OLDEST— Maj. Gen. Henry Clay Hodges, oldest living graduate of West Point, cuts his 99-candle birthday cake at West Point as Cadet Pete Dawkins, Army's star halfback, assists. Hodges is from Stamford, Conn., Dawkins from Royal Oak, Mich. Some 2,400 cadets attended party.

Crush Mutiny At Reformatory

CONCORD, Mass. (UPI) — A mutiny in Concord Reformatory led by a drink-crazed convict was crushed in four hours by uncompromising state police and prison authorities. A force of 125 gas-masKed helmeted troopers armed with riot guns stormed the prison dining room and a cell block behind a barrage of tear gas shells Wednesday, subdued the convicts and rescued 15 hostages. It was the second revolt in Massachusetts prisons in six weeks. Fifty-one prisoners among the 440 inmates were involved in the uprising, officials said. Five were named as ringleaders. Authorities today planned to question all involved. The revolt, termed by officials an escape attempt, was touched .iff by Charles (Bull) Martin, 38, in often-convicted robber. Leader Has Pistol A prison official told United Press International the whole uprising apparently began because* Martin was “crazy drunk.” The official said the convict repeatedly stole small quantities of lemon extract, which has a high alcohol content, from the prison kitchen, saved it up and went on a spree Wednesday. Martin was the only mutineer who was armed. Where he got the .22 caliber pistol he carried was not known. The other four ringleaders were identified as Thomas Carlino, Peter Markarewicz, Lawrence Wood and Russell (Red) Halliday. Authorities said there was apparently a vague plan to reach the main entrance of the reformatory. At one point Martin told Supt. Edward S. Grennan bluntly, “I want out.” Taken By Force “They had no grievances > This was purely and simply an escape attempt. I told them to surrender or we will come in and get j?ou,” Grennan said. Authorities said every one of the ring leaders “had to be taken by force.” But the other prisoners appeared glad it was over and offered no resistance. The convicts had locked the

Striker Shot, At Henderson

HENDERSON, N.C. (UPD— Shots were exchanged between strikers and non-strikers at the Harriet-Henderson Mills Wednesday night when mill workers ended their second shift. One striker was wounded and two non-strikers were arrested. A small fire broke out at the firm’s South Henderson Mill. Gov. Luther M. Hodges, who has been attempting to mediate the strife-torn strike, asked the company to halt night shift operations and cancel a proposed third shift, thereby confining work to daylight hours. The second shift Jias been the focal point of stepped-up violence since a proposed strike settlement broke down Monday over the issue of the number of jobs available for returning strikers. Hodges said Wednesday that new negotiations toward a settlement had ended in failure. In a strongly-worded statement, Hodges criticized both sides in

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hostages in cells. All were freed unharmed. They included Assistant Deputy Warden Edward P. O'Neil, 12 guards and two civilian emptoyes, It was at first believed that Martin F. Feeney, 43, veteran bank robber and eight-time jail breaker who led a March 7 uprising at Walpole State Prison, was again a ringleader. But this was later found to be untrue and was officially denied by prison spokesmen. Dulles Is Appointed Special Consultant WASHINGTON (UPD—An ailing but "grateful” John Foster Dulles personally accepted from President Eisenhower today appointment as special foreign policy consultant and pledged to do all he can to help the nation attain a "just and honorable peace.” ~ At a poignant swearing in ceremony in the former secretary of state’s hospital suite, Eisenhower told Dulles that his acceptance of the special post “is but one more exampl of your magnificnt spirt it and devotion to the nation's welfare.” The President, Vice President Richard M. Nixon, new Secretary of State Christian A. Herter and other administration officials made a special trip to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for the private ceremony. Dulles, who had to return to the hospital 12 days ago after an apparent new outbreak of cancer, dressed in street clothes to greet Eisenhower and other guests at the oath-taking. Dulles will have Cabinet status in his new advisory position which pays $20,000 a year. He resigned last week as secretary of state because of his illness, but Eisenhower asked him to remain on as a consultant both to the White House and State Department.

the dispute and asked officials of the Textile Workers Union of America (AFL-CIO) for a written guarantee against further violence. Fred Bowes, a striker, was wounded in the right shoulderblade Wednesday night as he stood on a railroad track near the entrance to the North Henderson Mill. He told police he thought the shot came from a worker’s car on the street; behind him. Two workers returning to their homes in Virginia were arrested after thev exchanged shots with an unidentified gunman at a highway intersection near here. For the second straight night, cars of workers leaving the South Henderson .Mill were peppered with bullets fired from a nearby residential area. Highway patrolmen, harrassed by about 200 jeering strikers, searched the area but found no trace of any rifleman.

Suggestions Given On Utility Problem

Seven suggestions were submitted by the citizens committee favoring retention of the city-owned electric utility to the Decatur city council Wednesday night, “so that all Customers may receive satisfactory service at the lowest possible rate.” * The meeting was closed to the general public, but included the city council, the citizens committee, Mayor Robert D.- Cole, clerktreasurer Mrs. Miriam Hall, city attorney John DeVoss, the indusi trial committee, including Clark Mayclin, George Auer, Cletus Miller, Lowell Harper, and Noah Steury, and Mrs. Mary K. Morgan, one of three Democratic candidates for mayor, who also asked to be present. — The meeting lasted only 20 minutes, according to Harper, who added that not much was accomplished otherwise. Robert J. Gage, chairman of the citizens committee, stated that his committee submitted a letter, which would be available rfom the city council, and had no additional statement to make. Gage insisted, however, that none of the names of his committee, except his own, be made public. Five members of the committee appeared before the council. Ideas Submitted t The ideas submitted by the citizens committee were as follows: “We the citizens committee offer our help and assistance to the mayor and the city council, that the city power system may be put on a business and profitable basis, so that aU customers may receive satisfactory service at the lowest possible rate. “Suggestion No. 1: For the consideration of the city council, to hire a competent electrical engineer (full time) with aU around experience and emphasis on distribution. “After hiring a man with these qualifications give him sufficient time to study our system and turn in his recommendations as to what and how our problems can be corrected. Then start work from this point, with the first project to give our rural customers satisfactory service at the lowest rate possible.” Mayor Cole pointed out that the city council had already acted on this point. “Suggestion No. 2: There is a very strong possibility which the city council could investigate, that I&M would build a substation for Decatur if and when needed, as was done at Richmond, Ind., which could be paid off over a period of time and would help keep the financing down to a minimum.” Mayor Cole stated that I&M was approached on that question two or three weks ago by himself and the council and that an answer was expected soon. “Suggestion No. 3: That the revamping of rural lines be taken care of one at a time, starting with the most troublesome first and so on, with approximate completion date of five years. This work to be done by the city line men.” Mayor Cole pointed out that this was the exact plan that ConsoerTownsend, the city’s consultant engineers, had recommended last August, and was undoubtedly the one that would be followed, and completed just as quickly as economically possible. “Suggestion No. 4: That the present transformers which are now being used should be rewound which will host approximately % of a new transformer, thus saving 30% of transformer cost.” Mayor Cole pointed cut that the consulting engineers hired by the city had figured aU salvageable transformers and other equipment in their original estimate of cost, and that the city would certainly salvage anything that was possible. City Lines Last “Suggestion No. 5: As no great problem exists on the city lines, that this can wait until the last project to be completed.” Mayor Cole stated that the city lines would be the last repaired j according to the plan published J last August, but that far more ■ will be necessary than the Gage j committee indicates; preliminary j estimates were $215,000. This was i a qualified engineer's estimate, Cole stressed, not just talk. i “Suggestion No. 6: For the con- ’ sideration of the city council that , all monies received and belong- , ing to the light department be < kept intact in the treasury of the i city light department, to be used only to pay all the expenses accurred by the light- department i

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and for improvements of same." Mayor Cole explained that no money had been transferred from the department since 1951, and specifically none by the present city council, which came into office in 1956. He added that the council before that had also not spent a cent from the light department. Before that time, however, amounts ranging from $4,000 t 0523,695.59 $23,695.59 had been transferred. City annual reports back to 1936 are available showing the exact amount transferred, he added. Survey Needs “Suggestion No. 7: Have service personnel make an immediate survey of all rural customers to determine their power needs. Any customer having unusual trouble check transformer and use instruments to check out completely, both on his side of meter and ours. Show customer any trouble that exists and make recommendations.” The city presently owns two voltage meters that record the voltage every second for 24 hours, Mayor Cole said. These are rotated from place to place daily, whereever complaints are made. To completely check all of the more than 900 rural patrons on both ends would require considerable time and work by the line crews, which will be working at repairing the present lines. Otherwise it is a very good suggestion. Mayer Cole added that he felt that if the Gage committee had investigated these possibilities before the election, rather than afterwards, it would J'have been better for the city in the long run. He added that he -felt that under the present conditions, even if the city improves lines and lowers rates, which will be impossible in the foreseeable future, the ill will stirred up between the city and industrial, commercial and rural users cannot help but hurt the growth, stability and future of Decatur. He called for immediate action to help heal the wounds caused by the recent election.

Senate Approval Os Amendment Scored

• WASHINGTON (UPD—Surprise Senate approval of a “bill of rights” amendment to its labor reform bill aroused union opposition today and brought a warning that final passage may be jeopardized. Sen. John F. Kennedy (DMass.l, chief sponsor of the bill, said ultimate approval was made “more difficult” by the Senate’s 47-46 acceptance Wednesday of the “rights” proposal of Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.). Vice President Richard M. Nixon sealed McClellan’s victory by casting a tie-breaking vote against reconsidering the action. McClellan was backed on his amendment by an almost-s olid lineup of Republicans and southern Democrats, plus three Democrats from other areas. Other Amendments Similar support, give or take a few crucial votes, was expected on his other amendments, including bans on: —Secondary boycotts, by which unions apply indirect pressure on employers through others not in* volved in labor disputes. —Picketing aimedat forcing employers to sign union contracts by strikes in which their own workers are not involved. Kennedy, who suffered his first setback on the bill, said the “rights” amendment “was poorly drafted and adds little to the protections already available under state law.” The McClellan amendment would provide for fines of up to SIO,OOO, prison terms of up to two years, or both for labor leaders convicted of depriving union members of their rights. Labor Fears Harm These would include equal voting rights, equal protection under union rules and regulations, freedom of assembly, freedom against arbitrary dues hikes and excessive initiation fees, freedom to sue the unions or their officers, protection against improper disciplinary action and the right to inspect membership lists when running for office. AFL-CIO spokesmen said the amendment could subject unions to a flood of lawsuits by dissident members. They said the disciplinary provision could open the door for irresponsible minorities to stage wildcat strikes without fear of union discipline. Other congressional news: Space: A Senate space subcommittee questioned Maj. Gen. Ber-

Jones Resigns As Monmouth Principal ! Monmouth principal Loren S. Jones has resigned his position at the school effective the next school term, to accept the principality at Leo high school in Allen county. Jones, principal at Monmouth for six years, said he was sorry, to end his pleasant association here, but felt the new position was a major promotion. The 41-year-old father of six children formerly had taught at Akron for one year and six at Hoagland. It was after this assignment that Monmouth officials and Gail Grabill, county school Superintendent, offered him the here. slones, a former Army captain who rose from the rank of private, tnarried Ruth B. Fielder of Logansport. They now have three boys and three girls. He received his BS in 1940 at Ball State and his MS at Purdue, besides doing further graduate work at Indiana University. He is a member of the local, state, and national teachers organizations, being a life member of the national group. His church affiliation is Methodist. The native of Cass county, near Logansport, expressed a deep interest in his new assignment at the Leo school and its community. He also said that he was grateful for the cooperation he received from all concerned while at Monmouth. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and not so cool tonight. Friday partly cloudy south, mostly cloudy north with chance of some scattered, light showers extreme north. Cooler extreme north Friday. Low tonight mostly in the 40s. High Friday ranging from the low 60s extreme north to the 70s south. Sunset today 7:31 p.m. CDT. Sunrise Friday 5:55 a. m. CDT. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and cool. Low 30s north to high 40s south. Highs mid 4W north to upper 50s south.

nard A. Schriever, Air Force ballistic missile chief, to determine if the creation of new agencies has slowed the nation’s space program. It has been reported that Schriever believes the Defense Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency has served its purpose and should be abolished. Prices: The steelworkers union criticized a measure which would require large firms to give 30 days notice of price hikes on grounds it might undermine collective bargaining. The U. S. Chamber of Commerce also opposed the bill at a hearing before the Senate anti-monopoly subcommittee. Thor Capsule Is Recovered After Firing J CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) — A Thor intermediate range ballistic missile with a tape recorder in its nose cone made a 1,500-miles flight early today, and a recovery team picked up the ejected instrument package. The Air Force said the data capsule was the fourth recovered from Thor nose cones. About six Thors have carried the packages on test flights. The data capsules float on the ocean’s surface, and a light on the top attracts the recovery team to its location. "Good telemetry was received on all stages of the flight, which was programmed for less than full IRBM range,” the Air Force said. “The missile carried flashing lights to permit optical ballistic camera tracking and the re-entry vehicle nose cone was visually sighted by an aircraft and two ships in the downrange area as it re-entered the earth’s atmosphere.” The last data* capsule recovery was on March 27. A Thor fired that night was equipped with a tracking light identical to. the one fired Wednesday night.

Three Killed, Five Injured In Plant Blast

Cheese Reds Claim Victory Over Tibetans TOKYO (UPD— Peiping Radio today claimed “tremendous victories” in a Red Chinese army offensive against anti-Communist Tibetan forces and said the rebellion in Lhasa itself had been completely quelled. At the same time Peiping bitterly attacked India for the second straight day and suggested it keep out of Tibetan affairs. The Communist New China News Agency said that when the rebellion was crushed in Lhasa Chinese troops were “ordered to take punitive military action against the Tibetan clique of traitors.” - It said the Red army swept across hundreds of miles in 10 days of action and wiped out the rebel nests at one stroke.. It claimed 2,000 Tibetans wounded or captured in the drive. Peiping said the anti-Communist forces ‘ constantly received arms from abroad and supplies airdropped. from unidentified foreign planes.” The broadcast said the Chinese army “sped southward on April 8 from Lhasa and mopped up the hard-pressed rebels” in a threepronged drive. Peiping indicated the big battle ended only a few days. ago. and that the Red army now controls all the key points in southern Tibet. But it indicated the rebels are still operating outside towns and villages. The Peiping People’s Daily, official Communist newspaper, said in an editorial broadcast by Peiping Radio that some Indians were destroying the friendly relations between China and India.

Labor's Jobless Pay Bill Facing Defeat WASHINGTON (UPI) — Organized labor’s No. 1 proposal for jobless pay legislation appeared today to be destined for rejection by the House Ways & Means Committee. Signs also pointed to a turndown by the committee of the Eisenhower administration’s bid to broaden the unemployment compensation program to cover 3,200,000 more workers. These were understood to be views of a majority of the committee after it recessed closeddoor sessions on the legislation Wednesday and instructed its staff to draft a bill reflecting its sentiments. • No formal votes will be taken until the committee acts on the staff draft'iq about 10 days. That draft could be altered considers bly, but members said it appeared the committee would: —Refuse to approve a federal standard for the amount arid duration of benefits which must be paid by the states, the main goal or organized labor in this field. —Provide only a token extension of coverage to several thousand more workers, compared with the 3,200,000 sought by the administration. —Boost the share of the tax on employers which is earmarked for the federal fund, which finances administrative casts and loans to states, from 0.3 per cent of the payroll to 0.4 per cent. Pre-School Clinic At Pleasant Mills The Pleasant Mills annual preschool clinic is to be held next Wednesday at the school under the direction of the Pleasant Mills PTA. Beginning at 8 a.m. the local doctors will give physical examinations to the children from Bobo, Blue Creek, Union, and St. Mary’s townships. Any person having a child entering school this fall and who has not been contacted is asked to phone Mrs. Clarence Black at 7-7284.

Officials Discuss Bids For Building Members of the Adams county council and the county board of commissioners will meet this afternoon at 4 o’clock in the commissioners room at the court house, to discuss the problem concerning the acceptance of bids for the new proposed county building planned at Monroe. Originally, the county officials had planned to meet yesterday afternoon at 4 p.m., but were unable to do so when it was learned that Henry Dehner, chairman of the county council, was out of town and could not attend the meeting. This forenoon, it was sa;d that it is not certain how many of the county officials will be able to attend today’s meeting, but several are expected to discuss the matter about the bids. Although several members of the county council are to attend todays discussion, it is not considered a special session, and the council members will not be paid as such. Wednesday, bids wgre opened by the board of commissioners, but all five submitted were in excess of the appropriated $42,000 believed sufficient on construct the new building. As a result of the high bids, none could be awarded to the construction companies. The bid nearest to the appropriated amount of $42,000, was the bid of $43400-by Yost Construction Co., Inc., of Decatur. The county board of commissioners has only two alternatives concerning the acceptance and awarding of the bids submitted: to recall the county council in special session to appropriate an additional $l,lOO needed to meet the low bid by oYst Construction company; or to re-advertise for new bids.

Pre-School Medical Exams Here Tuesday The annual pre-school medical examination for children who will be five years old by the 15th of September, and who expect to enroll in kindergarten at the Lincoln or Northwest schools next fall will be held in the Lincoln School gym Tuesday. Boys should report for their examination at 8 a.m. and girls at 9 a.m. Examinations will be given free by the local doctors, with the co-operation of parents and teachers.

83 Candidates For Graduation At DHS

The largest list of candidates for graduation from Decatur high school since 1941, when 98 students received diplomas, was released today by Hugh J. Andrews, principal. Graduation exercises are slated for Thursday, May 21, with the last day of school the following day when final report cards are distributed. Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday, May 17, in the Decatur High school gymnasium auditorium. The following names comprise the 83 candidates for the 1959 graduating class: Rex Edwin Allison, Cheryl Kay Ashbaucher, Janice Mae Badenhop, Gerald Jerome Bauman, Ned Baumgartner, Constance Louise Baxter, Emila Jane Bedwell, Michael L. Beery, William Frederick Bischoff, Barbara Jean Bleeke, -James Morris Bleeke, Leonard Otto Bleeke, Marlene Ann Bleeke, William Harold Bond, Elisabeth Ann Burk, James Thomas Burk. Jacqueline Jean Burke, Richard Canales, Nicholas Dean Conrad, James Ernest Corah, Karen Mae Corey, William Joseph Courtney, Francile Gayle Custer, Larry David Daniels, Richard Steven Dellinger, Anna Elizabeth Dyer, James Stephen Edwards. Sara Ann Eichenauer, Ronald William Feller, Jon H. Foor, Patrick Lee

KANSJ® CITY, Kan. (UPI) — ThrejS Hen were killed and five injured today when an ear-shatter-ing, rumbling explosion that sent flames belching high into the air ripped the Thompson - Hayward Chemical Co. and left it-a smoking ruin. Company President R. F. Thompson said the damage would approach one million dollars. Some 10 chemical tanks, one large concrete block building with a metal roof and several smaller buildings were involved in the blast. It apparently occurred in a mixing center where a weed killer, 2,4-D, is made. One of the steel tanks 15 feet high and 10 feet around was blown three-quarters of a block away. Wood splinters dug three-feet holes in the earth as they fell. Firemen could not recover the bodies of three victims until 2% hours after the blast. As they carried out the badly charred bodies burned beyond recognition, they said they thought they had found four men. However, a closer investigation showed only three bodies. Thompson said he didn’t know what caused the blast at the plant which covers a two-square blbtk area in the Rosedale industrial district between Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. The victims were identified as: James M. Lewis, Negro, 28. Kansas City, Kan.; Walter L. Evans, 25, Kansas City, Mo.. and Otis J. Young, Liberty, Mo. Lewis and Evans were working on the balcony of the main building where pressure vessels were kept. Young was last seen driving into the plant as he reported to work on a shift change.

Mitchel Resigns As Chief Engineer Lester Mitchel, chief engineer at the Decatur steam plant since 1950, and a city electric utility employe for 22*4 years, told the city council Tuesday night that he was resigning, effective May 15, to take a better job elsewhere. Mitchel joined the city plant Oct. 25. 1936, on the maintenance gang, doing repair work, and was promoted to his present position after years of experience. Mitchel will become maintenance supervisor at the new breed plant of IndianaMichigan at Sullivan, on the Wabash river. The Mitchels plan to move to Sullivan as soon as school is closed. *

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