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. “A Slippery Place” “The top is A slippery place. The company that loses its ability to compete is soon finished. All the human hopes, the family plans, and personal security that rests on its success are doomed to fail.” This was the substance of the warning that accompanied GE president Robert Paxton’s statements last week that General Electric has become one of the most productive and socially beneficial businesses in the world. Increasing competition from the 5,600 competing domestic firms, and many foreign firms, underscore the hard facts of economic life, he continued. > GE, he pointed out, has ranked among the 100 largest American companies for more than 50 years. Its stock has paid cash dividends every year for 60 years. It paid $l.B billion to 45,000 suppliers for raw materials. The payroll last year was more than $1.6 billion, seven times greater than net profits. The average employe received $6,568, including company benefits, a 300% increase in the past 20 years. Decentralization of decision-making authority by the company will allow the creation of increasingly dignified and rewarding jobs, he explained. Decatur has one of the 166 plants in 132 cities in 29 states, two provinces of Canada, and the Commonwealth of Pureto Rico. Os the company’s 250,000 employes, Decatur has approximately 800. It has a number of the 400,000 share owners, too. It is interesting to note that more than half of the share owners of GE stock are women, and'two-thirds have less than 100 shares. No one share owner has as much as one-half of one percent of the stock outstanding. About 90% of those employes eligible are participating in the new savings and security program on a national basis. In Congress An unemployment study* co-sponsored by Sen. Vance Hartke of Indiana, has passed congress. The purpose of the study is to recommend legislation that will help reduce the number of unemployed in the United States—estimated at million.Sen. Hartke also supported the Kennedy labor bill, which will reduce gansterism in labor unions. He strongly opposed the amendment, supported by Sen. Capehart, the other Hoosier senator, which if passed would prevent unions from keeping out Communist members, or keeping Reds from getting complete lists of membership. Sen. Kennedy has done a careful, complete and extremely valuable study of the labor problem before proposing the present legislation, and his position is backed by Sen. Hartke. Sen. Hartke, who is a member of the “District of Columbia committee,’’ the ruling body of'’Washington, D. C., is now preparing to introduce a home-rule measure for that city. Residents of Washington, D. C„ are actua'ly disfranchised—they cannot vote for elected officials, as the rest of the country does. They cannot even vote in the presidential elections. Sen. Hartke hopes to see legislation passed that will remedy this.

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SEIZE BOMBER AT BIG CASTRO RALLY— John G. Feller (right), 23, plays peek-aboo with the photographer after he was seized as he allegedly was about to touch off a homemade explosive device near the platform from which Premier Fidel Castro (bottom, left), of Cuba, was addressing a throng of 35,000 in Central Park, New York. Police said Feller, a former U.S. Air Force set-

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COURT NEWS Marriage Applications Karen Kay Gronau, 16, Ossian, and Floyd Gene Baumgartner, 18, route five, Decatur. Lorena Witte, 20, route one, Decatur, and Marvin Frederick Hockemeyer, 22, Logansport. Complaint Case Henry B. Heller and Severin H. Schurger, local attorneys, withdrew their appearance for the defendant in the case of Fruehaiif Employee’s Federal Credit Union vs Dickinson Alverson. - —— Divorce Case — By agreement of both parties the case of June - Baker vs Adrian L. Baker was continued until May 2 at 9 o’clock.

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WHAT HAS HAPPENED .■Ralph Harlingen, attorney for the accused man. had difficulty persuading Murray Kirk to become involved in a case somewhat different from those the Conmy-Klrk detective agency has made Its business. It obligates Kirk to find evidence that Arnold Lundeen, a New York City policeman, isn t guilty of bribery. Lundeen arrested an Eddie Schrade for bookmaking. When a grand lury began Investigating the operations of a gambling syndicate and called Schrade as ■ witness. Eddie declared his arrest was a fake: that he was just a stand-in for the real culprit, an Ira Miller, one of Bos* Wykoff’s big shota Miller, in turn, told the grand jury that he had paid Lundeen SI,OOO to arrest Schrade in hi* place. Lundeen told the jury these charges were untrue, and was Indicted for perjury. His fiancee. Ruth Vincent, hired Ralph Harlingen to defend him and Harlingen has turned to Kirk for aid. Murray doubt* that Lundeen is innocent and was tn no mood to help Harlingen until Ruth Vincent came to his office to persuadt- Mm to change his mind. Smitten with Ruth, he agreed to take the case—and to prove to her that Lundeen is guilty of bribe-taking. Murray is now reading Hie bill of particulars on Lundeen's indictment . . . CHAPTER 5 M/HNUTES of the Hearing, Sep--IVJ tetnber 15. For the District Attorney: Felix LoScalzo. For the Grand Jury: Thomas L Price, foreman. Testimony of: Patrolman Arnold Lundeen, 32C720 (sworn). Reference: page 1281. Q (by Mr. LoScalzo): You say you are familiar with the duties of a plainclothes man attached to the Vice Squad. A (by Patrolman Lundeen): That Is right. Q: Then please tell this jury what those duties are. A: You mean, what the job is, or how we work on it? Q: You seem to be a normally Intelligent man, officer. You’re not usually this slow on the trigger, are you? A: All I— Q: Just tell me what you think your duties are. A: Well, we function against vice, gambling, and violations of the ABC. That is Che Alcoholic Beverage Control. Q: Thank you. Now let’s hear how you work on a case. A: What kind of case? There’s all different kinds. Q: Any kind of case. Just a case to general. No wait. Is it your impression, officer, that I’m trying to trick you into something? That can’t be done, if , you're telling the truth: AS- I A: Yes, sir. I am telling the truth. Q: AU right Go ahead and Keep telling it A: Well, the way we work is to ' patrol an area, and when we ■ma suspect we keep him O Copyright 1968, by Stanley 1

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Heavy Fire Damage At New Albany Toddy NEW ALBANY, Ind. (UPD— Fire swept a storage building at the Lone Star Lumber Co. early today, destroying property and materials worth SIOO,OOO. The blaze broke out shortly after: midnight in a building known as a’ New Albany landmark. An alarm i to the fire department was delayed because the fire cut telephone lines in the area. Electrical lines also were- severed by the flames, and large section of the city was without power for several hours until service was [ restored;. * ‘

under observation until we catch him with the goods. Q: And then? A: Well, then we arrest him and seize the evidence. After we book him at the precinct house we take him to court Q: And that’s it? A: Yes. sir. My record — Q: Never mind your record, officer; it’s been duly entered. What interests me right now is the way you’ve been using that editorial “we." I take it that this includes you as well as all the other men on your squad ? A: Sure. Q: That wasn’t intended to be funny. It was intended to point up that while I asked you how you worked on a case, you answered with some glittering generalities about your squad in phrases drawn from the departmental Instruction book. Are you—you, personally—always so careful to follow departmental Instructions ? A: I guess so. Q: You guess so. Do your instructions allow you to consort with known criminals? A: Well there might be some assignment— Q: I am not talking about special assignments. A: In that case, no, sir. Q: Good. Do your instructions allow you to make a deal with any suspect, so that you will be paid to arrest someone in his place? A: Os course not You know that, Mr. LoScalzo. Q: I know it, yes. But do you? A: If you’re saying— Q: Let me finish. Have you ever made any such deal? Have you eyer taken money—graft , is the word for it, officer—to arrest someone to a suspect’s place? A: No, 1 did not. Reference: page 1289 Q (by Mr. LoScalzo): So that is your story of the Schrade arrest? ' A (by Patrolman Lundeen): Yes, sir. Q: You say you arrested him at ( Forty-fifth and Eighth? A: Yes, sir. Q: Do you know that section well? A: Pretty well. Q: Did you ever hear of the Songster Corporation? It is right around the comer from therje. A: No, sir. ’u Q: Do you know the owner of thht company? His name is 1 Ira Miller. A: No, sir. I’ve heard of him, but Ellin; reprinted by permission of the not distributed by King Feature* Syndicate

geant, was ready to ignite an 11-inch bomb—an aluminum tube crammed with powder, sulphur, zinc and live match heads. Feller, who admitted having set off a small bomb near the Central Park carousel two weeks ago and another last year, emphatically denied any intention to kill Castro. Earlier, Castro visited the Bronz Zoo (top, left). “This is like prison," Dr. Castro said.

W| juMCMgay/ MIf A < « City suckers The Decatur Qty Slickers 4-H club met at the home of Dr. Harry Hebble April 22 with David Vanhorn in charge. David Swickard and David Collier will give the demonstrations at the next meeting, May 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hebble home. Merry Maids Monmouth Merry Maids will meet Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.rp. at Monmouth high school. Kirkland Kut Ups The Kirkland Kut Ups met April 26 at the home of Mrs. Lores Steury, planning for a summer tour. The next meeting will be May 4 at the Steury home at 7 p.m. Miriani Yager told “Why I joined the 4-H-,” and Joan Brown demonstrated on making salads. Linda Conrad and Wanda Adler led the pledges and Joan Brown the group singing.

I don’t know him. Q: Did you know that the Eddie Schrade you arrested was an employee of that company, and a long-time associate of Ira Miller? A: No, sir. Q: Do you know that Ira Miller is a notorious bookie, an associate of George Wykoff, and that he uses the Songster Corporation only as a front? A: Well, I told you, Mr. LoScalzo. I know about Ira Miller now, but 1 didn’t know then. Q: When? A: When 1 arrested Schrade. I didn’t know about Miller then. Q: You didn’t? How do you know who he is now? A: I—do I have to answer that? Q: You do. A: Well, 1 asked around. Mr. Price (jury): Mr. LoScalzo, could you ask the witness to speak a little louder, please? Some of us back here cannot hear him. Q: Officer, let’s have that answer again, and make it a little lodder this time. * A: I said, I asked around. Q; You mean to sit there and tell me under oath that you had to ask around, as you put it, to find out who the biggest bookie in your district was? Who did you ask ? A: Just some people. Q: What people? Please speak louder. 1 can hardly hear you myself. A: Just people. I don’t remember who, Q: People in the Police Department, by any chance? A: I don’t remember. Q: I see you don't. And these mysterious people told you who Miller was? A: Yea Q: But when you arrested Schrade you didn't know anything about Miller? A: That is right Q: There’s an old saying, officer, that a plainclothes man can’t be in a district for more than a day without knowing who operates all the rackets in it Do you agree with that? A: It’s jifct a saying. Q: Then you don’t agree with that? A: 1 don’t know. 1 just know I never heard of. Ira Miller until after I was in your office that day. Q: That was—wait I want to check this. That was September U? A: Yea. Q: And you say this under oath? A: Yes, sir. I do. (Continued Tomorrow) vel’s pub Halier, Random Houm;

Consider Reopening Strike-Bound Mines HAZARD, Ky. (UPD—Coalmen considered reopening strike-bound eastern Kentucky mine operations today under the watchful eyes of reinforced state troopers and 2,000 National Guardsmen. The coal strike entered its eighth week after a relatively quiet weekend marked by the' discovery of a large cache of explosives and the arson burning of a wooden tipple at Combs Saturday. The weekend was otherwise peaceful with Nation al .Guards men patrolling the roads of Letcher and Perry counties Sunday. Marvin Caudill, 23, Bulan, Ky., was arrested by neighboring Leslie County Sheriff Onzie Sizemore early Sunday on a charge of illegal possession of explosives. Sizemore found 19 cases of high explosive powder, a package of Hasting caps and 100 feet of wire in the car driven by Caudill. Gov. A. B. Chandler ordered the National Guard troops in to the strike area after many violent incidents including two strike-con-nected slayings. The victims were a non-union mine operator in Knox County and a truck driver hauling coal to a non-union ramp in Letcher County.

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It’s a fair question to ask me why I have asked you for a second term as Mayor of Decatur. My reply is: I have arrived at a time in hfe when I realize I can never repay my debt to my town m money for the gift of citizenship, for my education and for the opportunity afforded my children to prepare themselves for a brighter future. In place of money I have offered my services in making Decatur a little better than it was before. I also want to thank you on behalf ot my family for a wonderful life-time in Decatur. > I believe it necessary to express my appreciation to our hard-working city councilmen and the members of my administration, who, working with you, have made it possible for our city council to reduce its own civil city tax from the four-year average of $1.52 of the previous administration to our three-year average of $1.37 on the hundred dollar valuation. We are winning our own battle against inflation. I have the greatest confidence Decatur can solve all its problems as it has in the past. Let’s review them. * STREETS— Thirty-three blocks of streets have been resurfaced and many more repaired without recourse to property tax money in the last three years. * GARBAGE COLLECTIONS — Three years ago complaints on our garbage collection program averaged 14 a day. There has been only one complaint in the first three and a half months of 1959. * TRASH COLLECTIONS — Without additional men, equipment or money our city has been kept cleaner by increasing the free trash collection from twice a year to monthly. * PARKS AND RECREATION — Without reducing any of the facilities or services of our city parks, the contribution to the Decatur Youth and Community Center has been more than doubled. With a balance of $6,657.72 it is operating in the black for the first time since its construction. This has been done without changing the 20 cent recreation tax. * WATER— lncreased mains, repairs to old lines and better facilities at the water softener plant have reduced difficulties from pressure and hardness. Your city now, for the first time has 435,000 gallons excess daily capacity, sufficient for all present needs and with a margin for some future expansion of usage. When the renovation of the water plant is completed in the very near future, it will be possible for your city to petition the Public Service Commission for a reduced water rate. * SEWERS—Following the orders of the Indiana State Board of Health and the mandate of the courts, a modern sewerage disposal plant has been built and is now operating economically. However, there remains the necessity of additional sanitary and storm sewers to some of the resi- , dential and industrial areas. Plans for their improvement are now on the drawing boards. * SCHOOLS — I believe it will be possible for our city to extend the facilities needed by our school board to begin the construction very soon of a new elementary school in the southwest part of our city and the improvement, according to plan, of the older buildings. * INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT— For the first time since the War, two new industrial plants fiave been established in Decatur by local citizens. I believe one of the best ways to continue our industrial expansion is to continue our efforts to improve services to our present industries. * GROWING PAINS — Every live city occasionally must experience “growing pains.” I have done my best to keep you informed on every event affecting our city. When our electricial situation became critical 1 expressed my opinion and the city council asked your advice in the only democratic method available, a city election. Your mandate has been accepted without question. Your city officials have begun the first steps of a a program, which upon the advice of the best authorities available, will give you the kind of service you deserve at the lowest rates possible under eg the rules of the Indiana Public Servic Commission. Your elected officials will defend both the rights of the city of Decatur and its customers. dObi Because of emergencies which have come about, it may not be possible J '•' for me to see each of you personally as I had hoped. Therefore, I take this < opportunity pf both thanking you and hoping that all of us can unite inß the same spirit of confidence which has made Decatur great.

ROBERT D. COLE - CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR 9> Subject to the Democratic Primary, May 5, 1959 Pol. Advt. » ‘I "" . " . ''

REPRIEVED TO ZOO ▼ Dorothy, th* man-killing elephant, trumpets a greeting in her new home, the Tulsa, Okla., zoo. She had to be taken out of the Carson and , Hugo, Okla., because She confused her trainer with a barrel and sat on him. Earlier She killed a handler. Right, Tena. Men are trainer Fred Logan (left) and Curator Hugh Davis. I

My Vote of Thanks And An Expression of Confidence In Our City

MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1959