Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1959 — Page 2

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J fcL Y ’ \ J ? y£ < > iff iffißß RPR Industrial 49°a higher than 1947-49. _ ’Ggß’air Employment — «> V up 1,184,000. i-9 * BUSINESS LOOKING WAY UP— Business reports give this cheery look at the country, and a new estimate of the gross national product at maybe $l9O billion. A couple of months ago, GNP was estimated at $483 billion. That job rise over the last couple of months means 65,012,000 persons are employed. (But the rolls still list 3,627,000 out of work, 5.3 per cent of the labor force.) At 149, the industrial production index is up 2 points from March and 23 points higher than ths recession low of 1058. • (Central frees)

Held For Poisoning Children And Self LOS ANGELES <UPD - A 42year -old mother was arrested early todaj’ after she allegedly poured liquid ant poison in chocolate milk and fed it to her three children and herself because she “felt depressed.” > Mrs. Ruth Porter ’and her children, Donald, 13; Janet, 8, and Douglas, 6. were found ill in their Lennox area home by sheriff's deputies responding to a “sick persons" call. The children were taken to Centinella Hospital for observation and Mrs. Porter was lodged in the prison ward of General Hospital. All were reported in fair condition. Trade in « good ’own — Lecatui.

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20 YEARS AT 16— John Jayne, 16, is led from court in Auburn, N. Y„ after receiving .concurrent 20-years-to-life sentences on each of four second degree murder counts. He was found guilty of the shotgun • slaying of |iis father, mother, f sistei* dWother in Kelloggsville.

New Owner Os Buick And Chevrolet Sales Bob Catt, a 34-year-old veteran ,of new and used car sales all of his working life, is the new owner of Quality Chevrolet and Buick Sales and Service Co. at the location formerly operated by Saylors Motor Sales on 13th street. The Indianapolis native will move to Decatur with his wife, Virginia, and three children, Stephen, 9 Marion 6. and Barbara, 5, about June 15, after procuring suitable housing. Catt, who has owned agencies in Indianapolis and Shelbyville, plans to expand facilities in the service and parts departments, besides adding more sales personnel. Currently on the staff are James Webb, sales; Vaughn Hilyard, service, and James Murphy, parts. A member of the Methodist church, Catt said that he will offer Decatur car buyers the lowest price possible for both new cars and service. The new owner will continue to operate the service station located immediately north of the new car salesroom. Catt said that his plans call for a volume trade which induces low prices. An announcement of a grand opening is forthcoming, inviting all area residents to view the operation. ‘ '' Indiana Newsman Is Named Director INDIANAPOLIS <UPI) — Bruce Hunt, Indianapolis, an Indiana newspaperman and public relations executive, was named today as director of the Indiana Department of Commerce and Industry’. “The position Mr. Hunt fills is, at this time, of vital importance to the citizens of Indiana since many industries are contemplating building facilities in the State of Indiana,” Lt. Gov. Crawford F. Parker said in announcing the appointment. "We have been averaging almost 12 new industries a month and we will continue to do everything possible to keep these industries coming in order that employment can be given to our citizens.” Hunt, public relations director for an Indianapolis meat packing firm, will take a leave of absence to assume ‘the SIO.OOO-a-year post June 1. Hunt replaces William Shepler, Indianapolis, who took a post with state prison industries. A native of Fort Wayne, Hunt was a reporter for the Indianapolis Star and Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

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Annual 4-H Roundup At Purdue In June LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Hoosier 4-H boys and girls -will visit the Purdue University campus, June 2-4. for their 41st annual roundup. Purdue’s 4-H club staff reports that 2,500 are expected from Indiana's 92 counties for the three-day event. ’ Registration and assignment to housing units will take place Tuesday morning, June 2, from 9 o’clock until noon; the first general session will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the hall of music with Bowen Akers, Putnam county 4-H club member, presiding. Harold B. Taylor. state 4-H club leader, will welcome the group. A panel discussion led by Maurice L. Williamson, Purdue ag alumni field secretary, on “Choosing a Career,” # and introduction of state achievement winners in baking, clothing, dairy, food’preparation, food preservation, garden home improvement, swine beef, poultry, and tractor will highlight the afternoon session. Janice Bteirier, Posey county 4-H club member, will preside, at the Wednesday morning session. State winners in citizenship, community relations, field crops, frozen foods, health, safety and public speaking will be presented; then follows a talk on “Youth Around the World,” by Robert Sprunger, Decatur, an international farm youth exchange delegate. Dr. Herbert True, former University of Notre Dame economist. will conclude the morning 1 session with a discussion of “Citizenship.” Wednesday afternoon’s session, with W. T. Newsom, Bartholomew county 4-H club member, presiding will feature a talk by Dr. True on “Leadership and You,” and the introduction of state winners in leadership, electric, forestry, entomology, recreation, soil conservation and beautification of home grounds. A chicken barbecue will be held that night. Dr. Earl L. Butz, dean of agriculture at Purdue, will address delegates Thursday morning on “The Future “’’Belongs To Those ' Who Prepare for It.” Barbara WilI son Marion county 4-H member, I will preside. Thursday morning’s session will also feature the introduction of state winners in alumni recogni- ■ tion, achievement, boy’s agriculj tural record, girl's home economics record, Camp Miniwanca and national conference. The Alpha Gamma Rho and Prairie Farmer WLS awards will be presented, and entertainment by WLS radio artists will conclude the 3-day program. No Reported Change In Dulles Condition WASHINGTON (UPD — There was no reported change today in the condition of John Foster Dulles, who is gravely ill in Walter Reed Army Medical Center. State Department Press Officer Lincoln White told newsmen Thursday that he had nothing to add to his announcement Tuesday when he said Dulles was growing weaker and receiving heavy doses of pain -killing drugs. The 71-year-old former secretary of state has been losing ground in his fight against cancer since his condition was complicated by pneumonia a week ago Saturday.

~Sb St * WIHj I Wk. x I i \zX * ' " 'MRS. PENNSYLVANIA' -Mrs. Blaine Purnell, 27, ia radiant in Wilkes-Barre as her husband gives her a kiss on her triumph In the “Mrs. Pennsylvania" contest. The West Wyoming mother of one child will represent her state in the “Mrs. America” contest in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., June 11 to 23.

1 19 i* 5 1950 1955 1957 1958 JAN ‘ I9S9 VALUE OF/f \ < \ /A DOLLAR ( $10 °) ( 78c ) ( 58 «) ( 52c ) ( 50c ) ( 49c ) ( 48c ) rice /7\ f \ r \ “A / A GOODS I slo ° ) ( sl ’ 2B ) ( * 172 ) ( sl-91 1 ( $2.01 ) ( $2.06 )I k $2.07 ) * \_y yy y_y TAIL CHASING—SteeI Industry-United Steelworkers wage negotiations point up these figures issued by the American Iron & Steel Institute to illustrate the tail-chasing inflationary spiral. Starting with the wage dollar and the buying-power of the dollar even in 1940, the buying power I of the dollar has decreased a bit more than half as average wages have! a bit more than doubled. So where is anyone getting 7 Figures are from Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Central Frees)

Fail In Effort To Obtain Red Study Os Plan GENEVA (UPD—American and British nuclear negotiators failed today to get the soviets to join in setting Up an expert study of methods to detect nuclear explosions. U.S. Ambassador James J. Wadsworth and British Ambassador Sir Michael Wright spent 90 minutes at the residence of Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin trying to get him to accept study of new technical information the west deems essential to any nuclear ban treaty. A U.S. spokesman announced “no other meeting” at the diplo-mat-expert level was expected, in what had been billed originally as a continuing series of informal tn lies. The Western negotiators thus tossed the key issue of considering the new technical information back to their foreign ministers. (In Moscow, Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev indicated today that he did not look for a quick end to the East-West talks on cessation of nuclear tests. “We should be very glad if by the end of the year it would be possible to reach agreement in Geneva on the cessation of nuclear tests,” Khrushchev was quoted by Tass news agency, which said he made the statement Wednesday.) The Soviets were reportd today to hav put down in writing, for the first time, their conditions for calling a new meeting of experts. : No details of their written plan were available but in the past the i russians have shown interest in discussing only information on 'high altitude (above 31 miles > 1 blasts, The Western powers today presented the Soviets a new written plan they hoped would be to the Russians' taste. I ■: * ' Anti-Red Rioting In German Village - BERLIN (UPD— East German Communists rushed police reinforcements to a small village outside Berlin to put down an antiCommunist riot and seal off the area, it was reported today. Reports by two West German newspapers and a private intelligence organization said a large group of farmers rioted Wednesday at Ploetzin, about eight miles south of Berlin in the Soviet zone? They destroyed busts of Communist heroes, broke every window in the town hall and threatened to hang the Communist puppet mayor. The intelligence organization, Information Bureau West, said there also was unrest among farmers around Neu Bradenburg, 70 miles north of Berlin. But it said the situation did not appear to be developing into a general protest of the kind that broke out in the workers' riots in East Berlin in 1953. Police arrested two farmers ringleaders. The reports said the farmers were protesting high delivery quotas set by the state on their crops.

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Authorities Hunt Six Gang Figures WASHINGTON - Six gangland figures were hunted by state and federal authorities today on charges they conspired to hinder the government’s investigation of the 1957 underworld convention at Apalachin, N. Y. Twenty - one of their fellows, some said to be top members of the Mafia "Black Hand” crime society, were arrested in coast-to-coast raids Thursday. Bail was set at $15,000 to SIOO,OOO. All 27 were charged with conspiring to obstruct justice and defraud the United States in an indictment'handed down by a New York federal grand jury. Three faced additional charges of perjury. Thirty-six other Apalachin delegates were named as coconspirators but not defendants. The six men being sought are John T. Scalish, Cleveland, Ohio; Frank Cucchriara, Watertown, Mass.; Salvatore Falcone, Utica, N. Y.; Joseph Ida, Highland Park, N. J.; James C. Laduca, Buffalo, N. Y.; and Antonio Magaddino, Niagara Falls. N. Y. Among those named as co-con-spirators but not indicted were Joseph Barbara Sr., host of the gangland meeting, and Vtio Genovese, and alleged “don” or leader of the Mafia.

Two Minor Accidents Reported By Police Two minor accidents, one occurring Thursday evening and the other early this morning, were reported to the city police department. Both mishaps occurred on 12th street. At 6:30 o'clock last night, a car driven by John J. Brecht, 34. of Decatur, was struck by a car driven by Wayne Robert Gibson, 19, of Fort Wayne, as the latter auto attempted to drive frory the Irwin used car lot onto the City street. The investigating officer estimated damage to the Brecht auto at $35 and only $2 damage to the Gibson vehicle. Early today at 1:10 a m. a truck driven by F. C. Danner, 53. Clemton, New Jersey, backed from a parking position at the Fairway restaurant onto 12th street and struck a no parking sign located on the opposite side of the street. No damage resulted to the truck, but sls damage was caused to the fixed object. Two Coses Are Tried In Justice Court Two cases were heard in justice of the peace court Thursday night with-a fine being assessed against one motorist while the case against another person was continued. A fine of $18.75 was received from Coontz Hatakeyama. 33 of Fort Wayne, on a guilty plea for improper passing. Hatakeyama was arrested by the state police Wednesday on U. S. 27 about 2M> miles north of Decatur for the offense. John R. Meshberger, 17, Linn Grove, appeared in court in answer to a charge of speeding. Meshberger was arrested by the Indiana state police in Geneva Sunday for driving 44 miles per hour in a posted zone of 30 miles per hour. A charge of $1.75 was assessed for the bureau of motor vehicles.

MWSi mini A ' W ■- .4 II Um. • - h 4- 1 “V W .HPTWT ■. *II I HT i.& 4 UNDERSEA MISSILE SUE— Workmen give final touches to the nuclear submarine The George Washington in General Dynamics’ drydock in Groton, Conn. The Washington s maiden plunge is scheduled June 9. The Washington will be able to fire the 1,500-mile Polaris missile from under the surface.

Rural Youth To Tour Gene Stratton Home A tour of the Gene Stratton Porter memorial home in Geneva and a hamburger fry will be the special activity of the Adams county rural youth Monday night. The guided tour of the home in Geneva will begin at 8 p.m. Following the tour, the group will go to the home of one of the rural lyouth advisors from Farm Bureau, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Kuhn of Wabash township, for a hamburger fry. Everyone will fry his own hamburgers on tin cans and is asked to bring along a spatula and flashlight. Sports clothes will be the style for . the evening. Ron Gerber is in charge of the arangements for the tour and Jean a'nd Jane Wass are making arrangements for the hamburger fry. All rural young people are invited to attend the special rural youth activity. Legion's Memorial Services On Sunday Members of the American Legion, Adams post 43, will meet at the Legion home Sunday morning | at Ip o’clock to march in a group to the Decatur Baptist church for memorial services at 10:30'a.m. Legion commander Robert G. Smith said today that all members are urged to attend the services, which will be the first phase of the commemorating 1 service to Americans who gave their lives fighting for their country. The second and third phases will take place Memorial Day. with an address at the Peace Monument in Decatur and a parade with members of many military and civic organizations participating.

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Grand Jury Called For Probe In Death FRANKFORT, Ind. (UPD—A Clinton County grand jury will meet Monday to investigate the traffic death of a 12-year-old bicyclist last Saturday. Circuit Judge Everett N. Lucas ordered the jury to ’investigate the death of young Carl David Moore who was struck by a car driven by Judith Ann Hankins, 19, Colfax.

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