Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 133.

Allied Commander In Europe Serves Notice To Nikita On Threats

LONDON (UPD — Gen. Lauris Norstad served notice on Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev today that the West would not be frightened by his rocket-rattling threats from Albania. The supreme allied commander in Europe, addressing the Atlantic Congress, said Khrushchev devoted his recent tour of Albania to engaging in the “not very subtle game of brandishing the Soviet threat of long range weapons.” “These efforts to bring pressure on our staunch NATO members will, I am confident, only reinforce the will of their people to decide for themselves, in the light of their own national interest, what they must do about their self defense," the American Air Force general said. Norstad told the 14-nation congress that Khrushchev had directed similar missile threats aginst the Atlantic Pact’s northern region a short time ago. He told the delegates that pact forces must be equipped with “the best and most modern weapons available.” He said these weapons should include atomic warheads. He said Europe remains the prime target of Soviet ambitions, and added that the current Berlin crisis “rendnds us of the continuing threat.” “In the event of an incident, a dash, whether intentional or unintentional, we must be able to force a pause, to compel a break,” in the action to give the aggressor 1 a moment of “conscious decision/’ he said. Earlier, two top American delegates to the congress had joined a growing drive to pit the pact’s economic might against world communism. Sens. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) and Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) told United Press International that the pact must be reshaped into more than a military alliance. Their statements followed introduction of a petition proposing a larger economic role for the pa<t and stronger political ties between its members. Both senators supported plans for pooling the resources of the pact nations to help under-devel-oped countries withstand Communism’s economic offensive. “The original NATO (pact) charter had more than military cooperation in mind. It included economic and political goals.

Military Fund Bill Approved By House

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The House overwhelmingly approved a $38,800,000,000 military money ■ bill this week which would boost President Eisenhower’s missile and defense programs. I The total was about 400 million 1 dollars below what Eisenhower ‘ requested to run the armed services during the fiscal year starting July 1. It was about one bil- ; lion dollars less than the sum . Congress voted for the current fiscal year. The House was able to beef tip I long-range missile programs and i bolster defenses against Soviet 1 rockets and submarines but still ’ trim the President’s budget by i cutting other Eisenhower propos- ! als. The biggest slash was the "elimination of a 260 million dollar ! super aircraft carrier. i Amendments to add 30,000 men : to the Army and to deny any ; money for the Air Force’s Bomarc anti-aircraft missile were voted down. 1 The measure now goes to the < Senate. ' The Senate began debate on the i bitterly-contested appointment of Commerce Secretary Lewis L. Strauss. A vote was not expected tor a week or more. The outcome was in doubt 1 The Senate approved Ogden R. Reid to be U. S. ambassador to . Israel. On money matters: —The Senate and House approved and sent to the White House their first regular money bill for the new fiscal year. It contained $4,643,000,000 to run the Treasury and Post Office departments and tax courts. —The Senate voted a four billion dollar farm money bill including a $50,000 ceiling on the price supports a farmer may re-

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5 These goals have not been met,” 1 Kefauver said. ' The lanky Tennessee senator • said the establishment of the in- ’ temational monetary fund and the Organization for European ’ Economic... Cooperation failed to ■ meet the economic challenge sac- • ing the>West. 1 “I don’t want to underestimate r the importance of the military al- - liance, but I believe the countries ■ of NATO must have better economic direction,” Kefauver said. New Bus Stop For l j Brownie Day Camp j One more stop is to be added to - the list of stops for transportation t to Brownie Day camp: Gay’s fill- - ing station, at the corner of Thirteenth and Monroe streets. t Girls entering the second grade 1 in the fall will attend the week- ’ long Brownie Day camp. Transpor- ! tation will be provided for 50 cents, ■ in addition to the 53 fees, and children needing transportation will be ! picked up at the ten stips listed in ’ yesterday’s newspaper, plus the ’ filling station at the corner of Thir- ‘ teenth and Monroe streets. Beginning Monday, the day i camp will continue until Friday, • when it will end with a swim at the > city pool. 1 Beginning Monday, June 15, the ! Girl Scout day camp will be in • session. All Brownie fly-ups, girls who will .be Girl Scouts in the fall, - will attend this camp, which will i end June 19. i I Mrs. Foley Renamed i Attendance Officer t > Mrs. Mildred Foley, Adams county attendance officer for the • past seven years, was reappointed i this morning by the county board t of education. i The board, consisting of the 12 township trustees, met in its office > at the court house, and appointed s Mrs. Foley for an eighh year. The ■ attendance officer’s office is in the • sheriff’s office at the court house. In addition to checking on absent students, she also keeps attendance ’ records and statistics, and works I closely with the parents of children who have an attendance problem.

ceive for his 1960 crops. The President asked an additional 33 million dollars. —The House tentatively voted $1,177,252,000 for public works projects. This is $575,000 more than Eisenhower requested. ’Die lawmakers trimmed a number of the President’s proposals but included 50 projects which the Chief Executive did not recommend. Other congressional news: Rackets: Witnesses told the Senate Rackets Committee that Lake County, Ind., public officials took payoffs io help two operators set up a pinball machine monopoly that netted them 12 million dollars in five years. Taxes: The House Ways & Means Committee approved a one-year extension of the high tax rates on autos, liquor, cigarettes and corporations imposed during the Korean war. Aid: The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a $3,642,600,000 foreign aid program. This is $266,800,000 less than the President asked. Wheat: The House Rules Committee cleared for floor action a Democratic wheat bill which would cut planting allotments 25 per cent and boost price supports from 75 to 90 per ent of parity. A presidential veto seemed likely if approved the measure. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and continued warm today, tonight and Sunday. High today in low 80s, low tonight near 60, high Sunday in mid 80s. Outlook for Monday: Partly cloudy and somewhat warmer.

Zwick Is Reelected TB Chapter Head Robert J. Zwick was reelected president of the Adams county tuberculosis association at its annual meeting at the Decatur high school Friday night. The association also reelected all other officers, the executive board members, and the 24 directors, and heard the executive secretary’s annual report. Charles Fuhrman was reelected vice-president; John B. Stults, secretary; and Tom H. Allwein, treasurer. On the executive board for the coming year are Mrs. W. Guy Brown, executive secretary; and the Rev. Robert Content, Dr. James Burk, Mrs. Ernest Reicheldeffer John B. Stults and Hugh J. Andrews. Directors reelected are; Mrs. J. Ward Calland, Charles Fuhrman, Mrs. Nellia Coppess, Helen Kenney, E. M. Webb, Mrs. Xariffa Walters, Mary Schlagenhauf, John B. Stults, Hugh Andrews, Dr. James Burk. Mrs. Ernest Reicheldeffer, Mrs. Lloyd Byerly, Mrs. Eli Graber. Mrs, Carl J. Kuhn, the Rev. Robert Contant, Dr. Norman E. Beaver, Robert J. Zwick, Gail M. £-rabiil, Theodore Grotrian, Harvey Haggard. Mrs. Murray Holloway, Bernard Schultz, Tom H. Allwein, and Robert Huebner. In he? annual report, Mrs. Brown, executive secretary, said, “We consider the seal sale for 195859 to have been a most successful campaign.” The sales were $5,435.19. which is a gain of $114.24 over last year’s sales, a two per cent increase. During the 1958-59 school year, 1,417 persons, including five adults, received the patch tests for tuberculosis. Eleven reactors were found, were X-rayed in followup treatment, and now are under doctors’ supervision. Eight children and six adults were taken to Irene Byron hospital. Fort Wayne, for X-rays. In another phase of the association’s work, the X-ray mobile units, 2,141 took advantage of the free X-rays. Three suspected cases were found, and are now hospitalized. To date, Adams county has nine hospitalized cases of tuberculosis with three cases pending. One person remains on rehabilitation. In the health education program, literature for all phases of health education, including posters, were distributed to all schools in the county. Teachers received the health abstracts. - Reporting on the Mississippi Valley conference at Dayton, 0., last year, Mrs. Brown said that the program investigating the effects of radiation on the human body was unusually interesting. The program resulted in a division of opinion among the experts in this field. A great amount of research was still needed, it was concluded. Myron Lehman Hurt In Accident Friday Myron Lehman, 1021 West Monroe street, is being held in Murphy Medical Center, Warsaw, for further examination of injuries suffered in an accident near Warsaw Friday night. He sustained chest bruises and a severe cut on the upper lip when his car went over an embankment on U. S. 15, about five miles east of Warsaw, about 10:30 last night. Called to Warsaw early this morning, his son, Ray Lehman, said that X-rays were scheduled for this morning to determine the extent of the chest injuries. He was returning home for the weekend to Decatur from Gary, where he teaches school. It appeared that a car approaching id the opposite direction crossed the road to a small parking area on. his side of the road, Lehman told his son. To avoid a head-on collision, Lehman said, he veered to the side of the road and went over an embankment.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 6,1959.

May Make Thorough Probe Os Caribbean

WASHINGTON (UPD—The Organization of American State s (OAS) may use the Nicaraguan revolt as justification for a sweeping investigation of the entire ten-sion-torn Caribbean. long and thorough inquiry was indicated When the OAS asked 13 nations in the Caribbean area whether the trouble in Nicaragua constituted a threat to the peace of the hemisphere. In asking the foreign ministers of the 13 nations to send all pertinent infor.ziation “in all urgency,” die organization appeared to leave the door open for an investigation of much more than just the Nicaraguan situation. The request for information was made by telegram Friday night by Julio A. Lacarte, Uruguay’s ambassador to the United States and chairman of a four-nation committee appointed by the OAS to look into the invasion of NicaSteam Generator In Service Next Week The condensate pump at the steam plant has been reassembled, and the generator crew is awaiting the Arrival of the repaired boiler feed motor, now at the G.E. repair shop in Fort Wayne, before starting the generation of power again early next week, L. C. Pettibone, superintendent, said today. The condensate pump ana boiler motor were found to be out of order when the steam generator was put back in service May 29, and it was closed down for repairs June 1. Previously the 5,000 KWH generator had been out of service from noon Wednesday, March 18, until the stator was repaired May 29. March 19 the city council had authorized expenditures estimated at $37,000 to repair the stator, part of which is to be paid by the insurance company. March 21 the mayor and city council moved to provide standby power, which was installed by Indiana - Michigan March 24-26. This equipment was called into use May 15, when a cyl-* inder liner in the diesel engine at the other plant cracked, causing a fire within the intake manifold. The diesel, which is also under repair, should be back in service in a week or two, Pettibone estimated. Four pistons have been processed at the Baldwin-Lima-Ham-ilton plant, and four more are

Geneva Talks At Standstill

GENEVA (UPl)—The foreign ministers! conference ground to a standstill today, and Western delegates said it is up to Premier Nikita Khrushchev to break the stalemate if he still wants a summit meeting. High allied officials said Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko obviously is marking time while he waits for orders from the Kremlin regarding Western proposals for an interim Berlin agreement. Western delegates believe the new instructions may be delayed until Khrushchev has had time to put on a propaganda show with the 17 German Communist leaders who arrive ip Moscow Monday. ■ Might Boast About Stature The Soviet Premier is expected to use the occasion to boast about the “increased stat u r e” the Communists say the Red regime in East Germany has gained through the qualified admission of its representatives to the meet- ’ tag here. Such a claim Os Soviet “triumph” at the foreign ministers’ conference might be followed by Russian “concessions” on Berlin, Western officials said, if Khrush-

ragua last week end. Lacarte said the committee felt the broad query was “the most comprehensive way of going about the investigation.” The request was sent to the United States, Cuba, the Dominica n Republic, Hai ti, Colombia. Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. The committee, composed of representtives of the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and Uruguay, decided against an immediate on-the-spot investigation of the airborne invasion of Nicaragua. Nicaragua has charged that the Invaders came frbm the neighboring Central American nation of Costa Rica. It was reported that most of the rebels were Nicaraguan exiles. NOON EDITION there now. While the two generators are out of order, the city is buying its power from Indiana-Michigan trough the temporary standby transformers installed here this spring. Strike Ihreal Ended : At Fort Wayne 6.E. FORT WAYNE. Ind. (UPD— Company and union negotiators ' settled grievances Friday night, ■ ending the threat of a strike at i General Electric Co f plants here. The strike was scheduled for Monday morning. Agreement was reached between company negotiators headed by Charles E. Slater, manager of employe and community relations, and union bargainers headed by Cecil R. Onion, president of Local I , 901 of the International Union of, Electrical Workers. In a joint statement, labor and! , management officials said em- , ployes were expected to report for i work Monday as usual. Leonard Hutson entered the ne- « gotiations Friday as a representative of IUE president James B. ; Carey. Negotiations broke off at about 4 p.m. but resumed in the evening and the settlement was announced a few hours later. Nature of the grievances was never made public. Management had said there were six grievances while the union, representing 4,500 said there were eight.

chev is still interested in a summit meeting. Western officials did not rule out the possibility that Khrushchev might torpedo the Geneva to sign a seperate peace treaty to sign a separaet peace treaty with East Germany, but they said it now seems unlikely. Has Warned The Premier President Eisenhower has warned Khrushchev that he will not take part in any summit confeVfence held in the shadow of such threats. Secretary of State* Christian A. Herter, British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville plan to try at a secret session today to get some specific reaction from Gromyko to the West’s five-potat plan for an interim Berlin settlement. The Western plat offers to put a ceiling on the number of Allied troops in Berlin if Russia will guarantee if. S., British and French rights in the divided city. It also calls for reciprocal reduction of propaganda and other activities which inrease tension in Communist-enircled Berlin.

Catholic Graduate 1 Rites Held Friday The Rev. Edmund Moore, OFM, principal of Bishop Luers - high school in Fort Wayne, told the 1959 graduating class of Decatur Catholic high school that, “the ■ greatest lesson you can learn is to make a masterpiece of your I life, modeled in a true Christian | manner.’’ The commencement address was delivered Friday I night at the DCHS auditorium be- | fore a near capacity crowd of more than 600 persons. After the Rev. Robert Contant, > pastor pro tern at St. Mary's ( Catholic church, and the Rev. , Robert Jaeger, assistant, present- ( ed the 20 seniors with their di- ( plomas, the awards and scholar- < ships for the year were announc- j ed. ■ Dolores Kohne received a scholarship to Marian College in Indi- ( anapolis; Judith Koors received : a scholarship to St. Francis College in Fort Wayne," and Steve , Sutton received the Knights of Columbus scholarship to St. Joseph College in Rensselaer. Murphy Wins Three Honors Robert Murphy won two awards outright and shared the award for the highest scholastic record for 4 years with Miss Kohne. He also was presented with an award for excellence in religion and one for excellence and achievement in music. Theresa Laurent received the award for cooperation and service, while Gerald Baker took attendance honors for not missing a day of school throughout the 12 years. Kathleen Kohne received an honorable mention for the 4year scholastic achievement award. ( The Holy Name society and C. L. C. scholarship for highest scholastic honors in the St. Joseph’s elementary school went to eighth graders Agnes Theresa Hain and Thomas Wiseman. Honorable mention in this category went tq Hebble, Ruth LaFontaine, Sarah Sutton, and Louise Wilder. The award for diligent effort was pre-1 sented to Margaret Rickord of the! St. - Joseph’s graduating class, which had 46 members. Rev. Moore paralleled the guilds of the Middle Ages to qpe’s experience in life as the basis for his stirring commencement speech. The Franciscan teacher told the graduates that the guild started all workers in the crafts and trades as an apprentice, similar to the practice in actual life. The apprentice studied under a master, who guided the efforts of the young worker. After serving his apprenticeship, the youth became a journeyman, just as a person I becomes a journeyman of life after high school graduation. “The goal,” Rev. Moore con- | tinned, “of the journeyman is to make a masterpiece that must meet a test and the approval of the master.” He linked this concept to a person in life, who presents his own manner of living to “the Greatest Master” as his project while on earth. Adhere to Christian Doctrine He pointed out that the imperfection or flaws in the masterpiece, or the way of living, can be avoided by adhering to the rules that “the Master” provides. “The doctrine of Christian life, if followed, will be the tools used to shape the masterpiece into a model of life that gains the individual eternal acceptance,” he concluded. Rev. Contant Introduced the guest of honor, the Very Rev. Simeon Schmitt, the newly appointed pastor of St. Mary's, who was greeted with an ovation from the audience. After the 1959 graduates posted roses at the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary and sang the “Ave Maria.” they left for the K. of C. hall, where they were guests at a buffet supper and dance. Power Line Worker Is Killed By Foil MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (UPI) — Harry Gilland, 25, Osgood, fell to his death from a pole Friday while working on a power line project here. Authorities said Gilland fell when his head touched a power line, but death was believed caused by the fall. Mother. Young Son Are Killed By Car TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (UPI) — A mother and her three-year-ol A mother and her three-year-old son were killed Friday night when they were struck by -an automobile seconds after they stepped from a church In nearby Riley. The dead were identified as Mrs. Constance Meyers, 44, Riley, and her son, Joe.

Threaten To Block Berlin

Exceed Blood Quota In Donations Friday A total of 134 pints of blood were recieved Friday at the Decatur Youth and Community Center for the American Red Cross, exceeding the quota of 125 pints of blood by nine pints, Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, executive secretary for the Adams county chapter said today. Ten persons are how one-gallon donors, three have reached the two-gallon mark, and one person was admitted to the three-gallon class. One-gallon donors include: Ralph Conrad, Ted Hahnert, Mrs. Eva Brewster, Ben Eichenauer, Cletus Gillman, Harold J. Hoffman, Thomas J. Eichhorn, Mrs. Howard Habegger, Rufus Kirchhofer and Richard D. Gehrig. Two-gallon donorsare: Omer Merriman, David Macklin, and Claude E. Deitsch. In the threegallon class is Gerhard A. Schultz. Included in the following list of names, are .17 new donors listed to the Adams county chapter. Friday's donors include: Clarence Fishbaugh, Marion Yoder. Mrs. Luther Burry, Ralph Habegger, L. R. Miller, Mrs. Lawrence Andrews, Clarence E. Smith, Howard Habegger, Mrs. Elmer Bultemeier, Melvin Tinkham, Mrs. George C. Thomas, Mrs. Gerald Schlickman, Richard Sheets. Earl Sheets, Don Raudenbush,

Don Gage, Mrs. Eva Brewster, Kenneth Roop, Robert Krueckebcrg, Dorothy Schnepf, Cephus Jackson, Connie Baxter, Wilber Petrie, Jay Martin, Chet Kleinknight, A. A. Luben, Mrs. A. A. i Luben, Mrs. Albert Bieberick, I Don Gerber, Leo Kirsch, Gail Grabill, Victor Bieberick, Mrs. Victor Bieberick, Arthur Foltz, Donald Heiman, Mts. Otto Boerger, Ben Eichenauer, Roy Kalver, David Macklin, Harry Dailey, Mrs. Charles Busse, Cletus J. Gillman,. Mrs. Harold Sapp, James Goodin, Mrs. Herman Sautbine, Mrs. William Boerger, Mrs. William Lose, Jr., Mrs. Anita Fisher. Victor Strickler, Mrs. Henry Krueckeberg, Morton Railing, Mrs' Donald Reinking, Joe Trentadue, Mrs. Rufus Kirchhofer, Rev. Carroll Meyers, William Howell, Bernard Myers, Lois Sharp, Mrs. Burl Fuhrman, Mrs. Bernice Gray, Harold Hitchcock, Mrs. Mary Jane Miller, Harold White, Mrs. Bill Snyder, Bill Snyder, Paul W. Johnson, Mrs. Lowell Smith, Harold Hoffman, Mrs. Hilda Aumann, Mrs. Woodson Ogg, Mrs. Lester Sheets, Rev. Willis Gerhart, Carl Gerber, Mrs. Lena Baker, Dick Wertzberger, Gerhart Schultz, John J. Brunton, Dick Heller, Jr., Mrs. Arthur Bischoff, Jethro B. Sprunger. Don Myers, Frank Sardella, Raymond Walters, Forrest Liestner, Donald Deaton, Raymond Thieme, Mrs. Alvin Schroeder, Doris Garboden, Chancy Betz, Amos Ketchum, Claude Deitsch, Rufus Kirschhoffer, Charles Cook, Harry Massonne, Wilmer Harmon, John W. Ladd, Leo Feasel, Charles Slonestreet, Mildred Powell, Austin Merriman, Omer Merriman, William Grant, Ivan Stuckey, Mrs. Evelyn Ostermeyer, Richard Goh-

™FM’ ' ijr*lr\!ffM^^^y^^^i‘^.-->r^” > * BOMB THAT FAILED—This suitcase, crammed with dynamite and properly fused as a bomb, failed in its purpose as a Rock Island train bearing 200 passengers passed over it near Des Mbines, lowa, cutting the fuse. Although pronounced the “work of an expert,” Police Chief George Schuck of West Des Moines, said, that the 90 sticks bomb failed to detonate when re-fused after its removal from the tracks. ‘

BERLIN (UPI) — The East German Communists threatened today to clamp a total blockade on West. Berlin if West Germany goes ahead with plans for Parliament to meet in this Red encircled city and elect a new president. The Reds also hinted that they might increase the already heavy tolls on trucks and barges plying between Berlin and the West. This suggested that they may mean to attempt economic strangulation of the city without resorting to an outright blockade. 9 Propaganda Chief Gerhart Eisler, a bail-jumping fugitive from U. S. justice, made the threat i» an editorial published by the Communist Berliner Zeitung. He said workers in East Germany are demanding the blockade as a retaliation for West Germany's planned “provocation” —• the presidential election scheduled July 1. The new president was to be elected at a special meeting -of Parliament in West Berlin. However, reports circulating in Geneva today said the election may be postponed because of Konrad Adenauer’s decision to continue as chancellor instead of seeking the presidency. “If, despite all attempts in Geneva to reach a peaceful agreement, the Adenauer government lets the Bundestag (Parliament) mobilize in West Berlin, then so long as the Bundestag meets in West Berlin, not a single transport should be permitted through to West Berlin, these workers say,” Eisler wrote. e

rig, Ted Hahnert, Mrs. Doris Affolder, Mrs. Jack Holthouse, Thomas F. Eichhorn, Ralph G. Conrad. Mrs. Lavon Clarf? Wendell Seaman, Mrs. Arnofti Scheumann, Gene C. Myers, Jtuth Christen, Ralph Bollinger, Lois Johnson, 1 Franklin Lybarger. Walter Kukelhan, Richard McMahon, Mrs. ’ Harmon Kraft, Stanley BrenneJ man, Carl Stuckey, Phyllis Fel--5 ton. Donald Smith, Kenneth Cote. Elisha Merriman, Richard Andrews, Mrs. Marie Hill. Larry Merriman, and Marjorie Warner. Walk-ins include: * Edmund Thieme, Phillip Barger, Carl Badenhop, Marvin Stucky, James A. Smith, Thomas E. Lambert, Frank L. Brunner, Larry E. Marker, Mrs. Albert Selking, Mrs. Guy L. Koos, Mary C. Winteregg, .; Rev. Robert Welch. Delores Ellen-, berger, Mrs. Leona Krick, Kenneth Nyffeler, Helen M. Johnson, / Richard K. Schnitz and James Merriman. 4 Food was donated by the Home Dairy, Wall Bakery, and Roop’s grocery. Bill Hill Is Named Jackson Principal Bill Hill, Berne, has resigned his teaching position at Hartford high school, to become principal at Jackson Center school in Wells county. Hill and his family plan to move to Warren this summer. He has taught commercial subjects at Hartford for six years. A graduate of Ball State Teachers College. Muncie, he plans to return to Ball State this summer to complete work for his master’s degree.

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