Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1959 — Page 1

Vbl. LVII. No. 123.

Hero’s Burial Awaits John Foster Dulles In Capital On Wednesday

WASHINGTON (UPI) — A funeral of high stale ceremony and a hero’s burial await John Foster Dulles Wednesday in the nation’s final tribute to the man who guided U. S. foreign policy through six years of cold war. A bereaved* President Eisenhower personally directed that a first-of-its-kind “official” funeral be held for the former secretary of state. An official funeral is just short of the state funeral reserved for presidents and vice presidents, and presidents-elect and vice-presi-dents-elect. Dulles succumbed quietly in his sleep at 7:49 a. m. e.d..t Sunday after a three-month battle against cancer. His death at Walter Reed —Army Medical Center brought, expressions of sympathy pouring into Washington from the Free World’s leaders. Hie President, openly showing ''his grief, declared a period of national mourning. He ordered all flags flown at half staff until the 71-year-old statesman is buried. President Cancels Plans The chief executive, who had a close personal as well as official relationship with Dulles, also canceed most of his engagements through Wednesday. At Geneva, the Pig Four for- •> eign ministers agreed to recess their tasks for two days. Dulles’ last days at the State Department were devoted to helping lay the groundwork for their meeting. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter will fly home Tuesday for the funeral services. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville also will attend and West German Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano probably will. There was even a possibility, an American spokesman said, that Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyo, an implaceable diplomatic foe of Dulles, would be present. The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. e.d.t. Wednesday in Washington’s hugh National Cathedral with burial in Arlington National Cemetery, the hallowed resting place of the nation’s heroes. To Lie In State Hie body will lie in state at the cathedral’s Bethlehem Chape)

Urges Secret Berlin Talks 6

GENEVA (UPI) — The West launched a two-front drive today to get a settlement of the Berlin crisis started before the Big Four foreign ministers’ conference recesses for the funeral of John Foster Dulles. At the same time, informed sources reported the East German Communists may try to send a delegate to the Dulles funeral in a backdoor attempt to secure diplomatic recognition. The sources said the Reds were unlikely to succeed, since the United States would firmly resist such a move. One drive to get a Berlin settlement underway eg me at a private lunch given in his villa by French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murvlile for Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gomyko. Acting as spokesman for the West, Couve urged Gromyko to begin secret bargaining sessions aimed at least at an “interim” Berlin agreement. The other came in the conference room of the Palais des Nations. There, Secretary of State Christian Herter was scheduled to explain in detail the Western plan under which Berlin would be united through free elections to set the pattern for the future reunification of Germany. I Gromyko Might Attepd The conference Is scheduled to recess after Tuesday’s session to permit all three of the Westrn ministers — Herter, Couve and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn TJoyd—to attend the Dulles funeral. Gromyko also might attend, but he was keeping his plans to himself. He simply shook his headin away that could mean anything—when asked by newsmen if he would attend. Soviet delegation spokesmen refused to say ••yes” or “no.” Some sources

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a I - v . ■ ■•> ■ ■ r DEATH CALLS JOHN FOSTER DULLES—John Foster Belles, 71, * former U. S. Secretary of State, died quietly in his sleep Sunday I morning at 7:49 (E.D.T.) at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in ? Washington, ending his long and courageous fight-against cancer. Present at his bedside were his wife, Janet, his sons John and Avery, his brother Allen, and sister Eleanor. Funeral services are i scheduled for Wednesday as the nation mourns the passing of the 1 energetic Secretary of the Cold War.

5 from noon Tuesday until noon Wednesday. An honor military - guard will be posted. * s Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of bfew ’ York, a secretary of the Work! tj Council of Churches, will lead » those officiating at the services, along with Dr. Paul Wolfe of the . Brick Presbyterian Church of New r York, and Dr. Edward L. R. Elson -of the National Presbyterian 1 Church sis Washington. e Like the President, Dulles at--1 tended the National Presbyterian - Church. He served the church as - an elder. The fuenral will be held at the National Cathedral, an i Episcopal church, however, bet cause of space limitations at the i Presbyterian church. : The President, in addition to «- directing that Dulles be given an i official funeral, also ordered milii tary honors. Dulles served as - major with the general staff of - the Army in World War I. 1 At graveside ceremonies, Dulles > will be given a 19-gyi salute honoring his former cabinet rank. A bugler will play taps. Life Waned Gradually > Dulles’ life had been gradually

thought Moscow might order Gromyko to Washington as a good will gesture to balance off the tensions of Geneva. In another development, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Albania by plane from Moscow on a mystery trip. Some diplomatic observers here thought the journey might indicate more cold war trouble, this time in the Middle East again. But the Russians were saying nothing. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano will fly to Washington for the funeral. American officials said it was 'possible Gromyko himself might go to Washington to represent the Soviet Union. Gromyko Sunday night quickly agreed to a request from Secretary of State Christian A. Herter for a funeral recess Wednesday and Thursday. Gromyko offered his “deep condolences” on the death of the man he had fought so hard and so long. Leave Geneva Tuesday Herter, British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville planned to leave Geneva late Tuesday and return to the conference city Friday. They will fly in Herter's special U.S. Air Force plane. Western delegates expected today’s session to be a muted replay of East-West arguments on German reunification and European security to round out the public record. The pall of gloom cast over this city by the death of Dulles made acrimonious debate seem almost indecent. It was ceratin to dampen East-West epithets during today's formal session and an abbreviated meeting Tuesday—if the latter actually is held.

waning for weeks as cancer complicated by pneumonia sapped his once rugged strength. The President said that Dulles was “brave in dying,” as he was in living. With Dulles when the end came in the medical center’s executive suite were his wife of 47 years, Janet; his sems, John and Avery; his brother, Allen, head of the Central Intelligence Agency, and his sister Eleanor, a state department official. Eisenhower was notified at Gettysburg!!, Pa. He walked sadly to the sun porch of his farm home and wrote in long hand on a pad a simple and moving tribute to his friend and counselor. Then he and Mrs. Eisenhower motored back to Washington and visited Dulles’ widow for 20 minutes. She was reported by friends to be bearing up well. In his four-paragraph tribute, Eisenhower called Dulles “one of the truly great men of our time” who devoted “a lifetime of labor for world peace.” “He was a foe only to tyranny,’ the President said of the former secretary.

World Eulogises Dulles Similar expressions of admiration for Dulles as a man and for his service to freedom came from leaders around the world. “We’ve lost a good public servant.” former President Truman said. “A great American has passed,” said Sir Winston Churchill, who visited Dulles only three weeks ago. Vice President Richard M. Nix- • on said Dulles lived long enough Ito see history vindicate his • policies, some of which seemed 1 unpopular at the time he advoca- ; ted them. In Russia Radio Moscow reported Dulles’ death routinely and , ■ without commnet as the 14th item ; in a news program of 17 items. Only in Communist East Ger- ■ many and Czechoslovakia were bitter words spoken even in death of Dulles. The East German radio compared his policies with those ( of Hitler. j As the chief foreign policy arc- ; hitect for the United States, Dul- i les exercised profound influence i over the whole course of the West- ; ern response to the Soviet challenge. He was responsible for a ( vast expansion of pact# and al- 1 liances that bound the free world . together against Soviet imperial- < ism. l ‘ 1 As secretary .at state he exer- i cised a special brand of personal ■ > deplomancy, logging more than half ] a million miles of travel in ob- < serving listening and negotiating. He pursued this viorous course j i until close to his 71st birthday i i last Feb. 25, A few days earlier ] —on Feb. 10—he checked into the , • hospital for' a hernia operation ; and doctors discovered he was j abdominal cancer for which he j underwent surgery in 1956. , On April 15 the President, va- • cationing in Augusta, Ga., walked i into a hastily-called news confer- j ■ ence and announced with moisten- • ed eyes that his foreign policy chief had resigned. i i Herter was named Dulles’ sue- ; t cessor. i The President, in a gesture of . ■ deep devotion, later swore in . • Dulles as a special foreign policy ■ consultant. But he never was able • • to function in that capacity to any , extent.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 25,1959.

Judge Denies New Trial For Mrs. Nicholas INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — A motion for a new trial for Mrs. Connie Nicholas was overruled today by Judge Thomas J. Faulconer. . _ ■ Faulconer, who sentenced Mrs. Nicholas to 2 to 21 years imprisonment last month in the slaying of wealthy drug executive Forrest Teel, ruled that the 46 contentions of trial error contained in her 39page motion were no* grounds for a new trial. Mrs. Nicholas, 45, a divorcee who was Teel’s mistress for 15 years until he made friends with a young secretary last summer, was not in the courtroom when Faulconer ruled. Mrs. Nicholas has been free on appeal bond since two days after she went to Indiana Women’s Prison to begin her sentence. She has 90 days from today to effect an appeal. The deadline is late in August. Mrs. Nicholas told United Press International by telephone from the home of a sister where she has been living in New Whiteland, that she is “still thinking about an appeal” of her conviction but has not definitely made up her mind. High School Yearbooks Will Be Distributed Miss Cheryl Ashbaucher, editor of the 1959 Ravelings, Decatur high school yearbook, announced today that the yearbooks have arrived and may be picked up at the school, beginning Tuesday. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Scattered thunder- , showers likely west tonight and entire state Tuesday, mostly , north. Low tonight in the 50s. High Tuesday low 80s. Sunset today 8:01 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 5:22 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Generally warm and humid with scattered showers and thundershowers mostly in afternoon and evening. Lows 55 to 65. Highs 78 to 85.

Khrushchev Makes Visit To Albania

LONDON (UPI) - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev left Moscow today by jet plane for a 12day visit to Communist Albania. Diplomatic sources Said the trip may mark the start of a new Communist drive to split NATO allies in the Mediterranean. A United Press International dispatch from Moscow said Khrushchev was accompanied by Marshal Rodin Malinovsky, the Soviet defense minister, and by N. A. Mukhitdinov, a member of the Communist Party Presidium. They were seen off by other members of the Presidium and the diplomatic corps. Nothing was said in Moscow about the purpose of Khrushchev’s trip—his first to Albania although he has been to the other satellite countries. The Communist Party newspaper Pravda carried a twocolumn dispatch from the Albanian capital, of Tirana on preparations for his visit. Flies Over Yugoslavia Khrushchev’s TU-104 jet was taking him over Yugoslavia but it was a non-stop flight. Diplomatic sources in London summed up the Khrushchev trip as a calculated propaganda move aimed at whipping dissension among Italy, Greece and Yugoslavia. They also said his first visit to the Mediterranean nation might cap the current Kremlin propaganda campaign against the in-’

— Three Students To Attend Institutes Carol Norquest, Ronald J. Kiess, and Lois Gerke, all juniors at Decatur high school, have been selected to attend special science institutes this summer at midwestern colleges and. universities, according to an announcement from Harry Dailey, science instructor at the local high school. Miss Norquest, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Norquest, received two invitations, one from Indiana University and the other-from Colorado College as an alternate. She will attend, however, the I. U. . high school science institute, June 14-27, as one of the 60 selected throughout the state. More than 250 applications were received for this clinic. Room and board expenses at the I. U. institute will be paid by a grant from the national science foundation, while are paid by the individtW. Candidates for a research project will be chosen at the institute for work June 28-August 8. Those selected ( will receive travel expenses, room, and board, plus a modest weekly stipend to cover incidental expenses. Kiess, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed- . gar Kiess. will attend the second pre-college science institute at Michigan College, at t Marquette, Mich., June 28-July 24. • All expenses will be paid by the American science foundation. All applicants were required to write an autobiography and take the Ohio Psychological examination. Those recording the highest scores and writing the best histories were accepted for the clinic. Miss Gerke will attend the Purdue University science institute, June 8-August 3, to study basic biological sciences. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gerke, she is one of 40 pupils in Indiana selected for this clinic. More than 200 top scholars applied for the honor. Msgr. Seimetz In Critical Condition The condition of the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church, was reported as “much worse” today. Msgr. Seimetz has been a patieni at St. Joseph's hospital, Fort Wayne, since suffering a stroke Jan. 24 at the church rectory.

stallation of U. S. missile bases in NATO countries. For this purpose Khrushchev might stop off in Yugoslavia and visit Marshal' Tito, the sources said. Tito has been loud in his denunciation of Allied missile bases in Greece. Look For Sensationalism Greek leaders already have said they were expecting a “sensation a1 ” announcement from Khrushchev’s visit and said there were indications Khrushchev may be attending g, Communist “summit” meeting in Albania. Diplomatic sources in ’ London and Rome reported a buildup of Soviet troops and arms in Albania for some time along with a steady increase in Russian submarine activity from Albanian bases on the Adriatic Sea. Albania, cut off from the rest of the Russian satellites, is sandwiched between Yugoslavia and Greece on the Adriatic opposite Italy. An increase in Soviet activity there would give the Kremlin a stronger bridgehead in the Allied rear. Observers noted the Russians already have begun a propaganda campaign against Greece, Italy and Turkey, warning them of the consequences of installing American 'missile bases. Bulgaria and Albania seconded the Russian notes of protest.

Rev. Hazen Sparks Returns To Decatur Hie Rev. F. Hazen Sparks was returned for his second year as pastor of the First Methodist church of Decatur at the closing session of North Indiana conference, which concluded at Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon. Rev. Sparks was also appointed as secretary of evangelism for the conference. Three new district superintendents were appointed and there were also a number of changes in pastoral appointments. The Rev. A. Wesley Pugh, of First Methodist church, Marion, was named head of the Richmond district,'the, Rev. Clarence C. Collins, Simpson Methodist in Fort Wayne, will head the Wabash district, and the Rev. B. Brooks Shake, St. Paul’s Methodist in Elkhart, is superintendent of the Muncie district. The Rev. Evan Bergwall, president of Taylor University since 1951, was named pastor of Simpson in Fort Wayne. The Rev. Billy J. Springfield, . pastor of the Pleasant Mills and Salem Methodist churches, was transferred to Morris Chapel. He will be succeeded in the Adams ■ county charge by the Rev. Leon ■ Lacoax. from Poneto-Reiffsburg. ' _ The Rev. Robert D. Bickel was changed from Geneva to Mt. Hope at Andersen, and the Rev. Lloyd 1 D. Wyatt, of Summittville, will serve at Geneva. The Rev. Edison 1 Beihold, is a new appointee to the Geneva parish, replacing the Rev. Riley B. Case, who goes to the Claypool parish. The Rev. Robert Ochsenrider, , son of Mr. and Mrs. Niland Ochsenrider, of Decatur, was transferred from Monson Chapel to Trinity-Home Park at Marion. The Rev. Willis Gierhart was rei turned for his fourth year at the i Monroe Methodist church, and the , Rev. George D. Christian returns . for the third year to the Mt. Pleas-ant-Mt. Tabor charge. 1 Mrs. Chas. Fetters >ls Taken By Death i > Mrs. Charles Fetters, 82, life- > long resident x of Adams county, . died at 1:25 o’clock Saturday aftert 'noon at her home, 932 High street, . following an illness of six years of complications. She was born at Monmouth Dec. 17, 1876, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Eyanson, and was married to Charles Fetters Feb. 22, 1896. They lived on a farm in the Irish settlement near Geneva until moving to Decatur 17 years ago. Mrs. Fetters was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church and the Rosary society. Surviving in addition to her husband are three sons, William of Tbledo, 0., and Vincent and Richard of Crestline, O.; three daughters, Mrs. Alice Dietchel of Falls Chuch, Va., Mrs. Opal Bacon of Chicago, and Mrs. Isabel Fuelling of Decatur: six grandchildren: 10 : great-grandchildren: two brothers, 1 Charles and Frank Eyanson of Decatur, and one sister, Mrs. Jessie ' Kenny of Decatur. One daughter preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary’s Catholic church east of Geneva, the Rev. Leo Landoil officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Gillig & Doan funeral home until time of the services. The rosary will be recited at 8 o’clock this evening. 14-Year-Old Boy Is Accidentally Slain LAPORTE, Ind. (UPD—Tyrone Smith, 14, LaPorte. was shot to death Saturday night while watering television with two teen-aged companions. City police said the boy was killed by a slug from a revolver held by William Unger, 14, LaPorte, which discharged accidentally. Dunbar And Union To Meet Friday A meeting has been called by representatives of Dunbar Furniture Corp., with members of the UIU local 222 union, in Berne, to discuss the resumption of negotiations concerning the strike at Berne. Arthur Pierson, federal mediator from Indianapolis, authorized the meeting set for Friday at 10 a. m. in the Dunbar office. Workers of the Dunbar Corp., went out on strike last Monday night at 12 o'clock midnight when a contract dispute over wages failed between management and union. *

House Committee Imposes New Cut

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The • House Appropriations Committee 1 today imposed another cut on 1 domestic spending. The committee approved appro- ! priations of $674,687,300 for the Commerce Department, the Panama Canal, the St. Lawrence Seaway development fund, the Small ! Business Administration and the 1 Tariff Commission. The money, for use in the new , fiscal year beginning June 1, was ' $57,5037,00 less than the adminis- 1 tration asked. A 50-million-dollar ' appropriation for the Small Busi- ‘ ness Administration was rejected in its entirety. I The committee approved without change, however, a request that $2,840,000,000 be earmarked for the federal-aid highway program, which is financed from a special trust fund. A boost was recommended in the administration’s budget 'for merchant ship construction aid. The committee said the appropriations should be $130,250,000. or $1,250,000 mpre than Eisenhower asked. Other congressional news: Foreign Aid: Sen. J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told the administration that its proposed expansion of foreign aid loans will fail unless administration agencies get together on how it should be financed. Fulbright’s statement followed testimony by Undersecretary of State C. Douglas Dillon that the administration favors such an expansion—but not yet. Missiles: .A« House appropriations subcommittee released Navy testimony that adeed heat to the three-service feud about the role of missiles in national defense. Hie Navy criticized, both the Army and the Air Force missile system and said 25 billion dollars had been spent on Army and Air Force networks that soon would be obsolete. The Army also issued a statement today criticizing Air Force weapons systems and plugging the Army’s role in air defense. Racketeering: Atty- Gen. William P. Rogers urged Congress to pass laws designed to wipe out racketeering. 1 Rogers called for amendments to the Hobbs Act and Taft-Hartley Law which wquld compel witnesses to testify in extortion and racketeering cases by granting

Dulles’Death Blow For Ike WASHINGTON (UPD — Presi- sometimes hourly, basis as the dent Eisenhower took the illness doctors reported from Walter and death of John Foster Dulles Reed Army Hospital. Several as one of the major emotional times a week, the President went blows of his life. . / to the hospital to do what he could Out of personal sorrow as much to cheer his friend. as formal respect he put aside Eisenhower did not want his most official engagements today most valued adviser in govemand invited the country to join ment to succumb to the idea that him in national mourning for the his usefulness was at an end. former secretary of state. Even when !>>Ues was numbed by The President showed his sad- pain-killing drugs, the President ness in other ways—his dejected patiently outlined. world events expression when he called at the an d asked the failing statesman Dulles home late Sunday; his hand- his views. written public tribute to his old For at least the past 10 days, friend; his resentment at the in- the President checked first thing evitable publicity given Dulles in in the morning to learn how Dul- \ his last days of suffering life. les had passed the night. Sunday, In a formal proclamation to the Eisenhower was up early at his nation, the President said: farm preparing to attend 8:30 "From the example of John a.m. services at the Gettysburg Foster Dulles, brave in living, Presbyterian Church where he brave in dying, let us each hold had prayed on other Sundays for with all fervor so the verities Dulles’ recovery, which inspired him.” Doctor Telephonies News Pencils Personal Feelings Shortly before 8 oclock, the Sunday morning, while the town- telephone rang. Jt was Maj. Gen. folk of Gettysburg, Pa., streamed Howard McC. Snyder, the Presitoward their churches, the Presi- dents physician, in Washington, dent sat alone on the sunporch of Dulles was dead. Press Secretary his farm home, scribbling in pen- James C. Hagerty called a rnocil on a long yellow pad a ment later with the same sad statement of his personal feelings tidings, and the President told at the passing of Dulles. him to come to Gettysburg. The President jotted down that The saddened President th6n Dulles in his opinion was “one of reached Deputy Secretary of State the truly great men of our time.” C. Douglas Dillon and asked that "He was a foe only to tyranny,” he telephone the news at once to Eisenhower wrote. “Because he Secretary Christian A. Herter in believed in the dignity of men and Geneva. He also told the Secret in their brotherhood under God, Service to call the church and tell he was an ardent supporter of the pastor he was not coming to their deepest hopes and aspira- services. He looked out the wintions.s - dow and asked that his flag be “From his life and his work, lowered to half-staff. < humanity will, in the years to Then the pensive Eisenhower come, gain renewed inspiration to picked up a pencil and note pad work ever harder for the attain- and walked out on his porch ment of the goal of peace with where a late spring sun poured justice. In the pursuit of that goal, through the glass panels, he ignored every personal cost Hagerty reached the farm and and - sacrifice, however great." the President turned over to him President’s Emotions Heavy the penciled draft. Hagerty typed The drugged, painful end of the it, himself, then read the stateman Eisenhower called “cham- ment to White House reporters pion of freedom” colored the waiting in Gettysburg. Si President’s emotions heavily for The President told Hagerty that days before he received the death both he and Mrs. Eisenhower news by telephone early Sunday would attehd the funeral in the at his Pennsylvania farm. National Cathedral. The President, The President had followed Dul- at least, will go on to the ceirie- v les’ battle with cancer on a daily, tery for the interment.

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them immunity from self-incrimi-nation. He also proposed that tax deductions allowed to legitimate businessmen be denied to gamblers and bookies and that the ban on interstate shipment of gambling devices be broadened to include equipment other than slot machines. / Rogers wrote the House and. Senate that these steps were urgently needed. He said they would deal a “servere blow to the organized racketeer by hitting him where it hurts most—in his pocketbook.” Elderly Woman Is Robbed On Saturday A strong arm robbery occurred at 3:45 p. m. Saturday at 504 Elm street, when a local woman, 95 years of age, reported to the city police that she was robbed of $Bl by a Mexican woman. Mrs. Ida Wolfe, who resides at 504 Elm street, reported to investigating officers that a woman, believed to be a Mexican, came to her home and stole $Bl in currency after pushing her into the bedroom. Mrs. Wolfe stated that the woman knocked at the front door, and as she opened the door to see who was there, a woman walked into the house, said she was going to heal her and wanted her money. A black leather handbag containing the currency was taken by the Mexican woman from the bedroom. A man stayed in a car parked in front of the Wolfe home while his partner stole the money. He was also believed to be a Mexican. Neighbors in the area who saw the Mexican woman leave the Wolfe home, described her as follows: 5.3” tall, 120 lbs., about 40 years of age, and that she was ; wearing a light blue coat. Her ; partner, who stayed in the ear; was described as a big man. Both left the scene in a dark colored car. City police are continuing their investigation of the robbery.