Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 134.

Eisenhower Proposes Three-Point Program To Bolster Economy

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower asked Congress today to allow higher interest rates on U.S. savings bonds, abolish the interest ceiling on longterm Treasury bonds, and boost the public debt limit. Eisenhower said his three-part program is "designed to improve significantly tire government's ability to manage its debt in the interest of the nation" and to "safeguard the public credit."" In a special message to Congress, Eisenhower asked that: —The present interest ceiling of 3.26 per cent on savings bonds be rescinded so the rate can be raised to 3.75 per cent on bonds bought on or after June 1. He also promised an improved interest rate for all Series E and H, bonds bought before that date.Raise Debt Ceiling —The 414 per cent interest rate limit on new Issues of long-term Treasury securities be abolished so the Treasury can pay higher "realistic" rates. There is no ceiling on interest rates on shortterm securities — five years or less. —The legal national debt ceiling be increased to 288 billion dollars on a permanent basis and to 295 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year. Under present law, the permanent debt limit is 283 billion dolars; the temporary ceiling due to expire June 30 is 288 billions. I He told Congress that the higher savings bond rates will strengthen the nation’s “habits of thrift" and contribute “to a better structure of the public debt.” Os the need for allowing the Treasury to pay higher interest on new long-term bond issues, Eisenhower said the present "artificial ceiling . . . makes it virtually impossible to sell bonds ir toe competitive market.” in other words, non - federal sources of bonds are presently Pble to offer better interest rates to investors. Start Hearings Wednesday Although the President’s message did not say so explicitly, it was understood the proposed legislation would give the secretary of the Treasury discretionary authority to adjust savings bonds interest rates without further congressional approval. . ’ TgeHouse WaS's anTKfeans

Manned Space Vehicle Lands

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (UPD—The rocket ship Xls, America’s first manned space vehicle, was dropped “dry”—without fuel—from the sky over the Mojave Desert today to glide back to earth on its own stubby wings. The experimental craft rolled to a landing on the Rogers dry lake runway of this base four minutes after it was dropped from the 852 jet bomber “mother ship.” Test pilot Scott Crossfield, 37, of North American Aviation, sat at the controls of the multi-mil-lion-dollar Xls as it was carried above 38,000 feet in clear, crisp weather to set one of the mileposts of the National Advisory and Space Administration’s program to get man to the fringe of space. The first “drop” without the space craft’s own rocket power being ignited was accomplished at 10:45 a.m. c.d..t , Tour"*times previously the Xls was carry-tested by its mother ship, a giant, eight-jet 852 bomber which again today lifted its heavily instrumented burden to the sky some 65 miles northeast of Los Angeles but this time made the long-planned powerless drop. The 852 carried the Xls, slung to a pylon beneath the bomber’s right wing, as high as possible to give Crossfield a brief but maximum chance to etst the 50-foot little bird’s controls. At first the Xls fell vertically away from the mother ship and then began moving into its glide pattern at something over 270 miles an hour indicated—about v4OO miles an hour actual ground speed. ; | i According to plan, Crossfield had about two minutes to test responses of the XIS to its complex controls. ' n one of those minutes the pilot

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Committee tentatively scheduled public hearings on the controversial legislation for Wednesday. The proposed increase in the debt ceiling, the least controversial of the President’s three recommendations, must be enacted by midnight June 30 to prevent the temporary ceiling from lapsing. As of June 3, the national debt amounted to $286,053,008,358 70. Charged With Murder Os Estranged Wife INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) —Robert Henry, 36, a mail carrier, was in custody on a preliminary charge of murder today in the death of his estranged wife. State Police said Henry admitted strangling his wife, Margaret, 36, in a near-downtown hotel early Sunday to climax an argument. The woman’s body was found shortly after midnight in a room at" the "Rooster hotel.

had to bring the space ship to a pre-determined spot over Edwards Air Force Base’s sprawling dry lake bed at about 20,000 feet. Then, after making one complete circle, the Xls was guided into its landing sweep. This was the critical moment for the Xls and Crossfield, who had practiced countless similar dead-stick landings in conventional jet aircraft. North American experts had cautioned that the first landing of the ship would be “like driving a racing car toward a brick wall at 100 miles an hour, slamming on the brakes and stopping two feet from the wall—only harder—because If the pilot ‘lands’ too high the Xls will drop the rest of the way “into the ground.” Although the most precise instruments ever put into an aircraft have bden built for the Xld, North American said the landing phase was “clofee to the old-time seat-of-the-pantsVflying. ’ ’ As a result, Crossfield had to use sheet judgment and depth perception to get safely down on the lake bed. The Xls touched down on its ski-type landing gear, sliding to a bait. j. i Late Bulletin JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI) —A missile loomed across international waters to a nearby Navy port today with what may have been the first “missile mail” delivery in history. WASHINGTON (UPI) —Witnesses urged a Senate agriculture subcommittee today to approve legislation to feed the nation’s hungry with its surplus foods. !

Call Latest Soviet Offer Merely Trap

k GENEVA (UPI) — The Soviet Union hinted today it would drop its demand that West Berlin be turned into a defenseless "free city,*’ but Western diplomats ’ called the offer a “trap” that would wreck the Western position t there. i The diplomats said it was a , “trap” because the Russians, in f planting “feelers” on the scheme, really weren't giving up their ideas on Berlin at all. They said the plan was attached to a series ; of "totally unacceptable” condition. The fifth week of East-West, ne- ' gotiations began here in complete 1 deadlock, and it appeared any break would have to come from Moscow where Premier Nikita Khrushchev was meeting today with the top officials of Communist East Germany. Geneva Outcome in Balance Western diplomats said the Moscow meeting could decide the success or failure of the foreign ministers conference here and whether there will be a summer summit conference. It also could decide the fate of Germany as well if Khrushchev goes ahead with his plans to write a separate peace treaty wtih East Germany—A treaty the West believes would seal the division of Germany. Soviet diplomats planted their feelers on a new deal for Berlin during the week end and this t Profit Is Shown By Hospital For Month The Adams county memorial hospital made a profit of $220.67 during the month of May, and received an additional $2,352.95 from the spring tax distribution, to put the operating cash fund at $10,486.39, Thurman I. Drew, hospital manager, said this morning. On May 1 the operating fund was at $7,912.77. Deposits for the month were $29,715.32, plus the tax distribution. Bills for the month were $11,303.58, and the payroll was $18,191.07, for total expenses of $29,494.65. During the month 190 patients were admitted. Hiere were 48 adults and four babies in the hospital May 1. Eight patients and one baby died, and 194 patients and 41 babies were dismissed, leaving 34 patients and five babies in the hospital June 1. Os the 43 babies bom during the month, there were 22 boys and 21 girls. There were no twins bom here during the month. A total of 243 persons were treated as outpatients in the x-ray, laboratory, and emergency surgery rooms at the hospital.

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t * , morning. The bait appeared at- > tractive but the Western diplomats \ were not biting. They called it a \ new wrapping on an old package. t Coupled with this. were diplo- , matic reports Russia intended to hand over control of West Bert lin's lifelines to the East Germans , regardless es any Geneva negor tiations. Khrushchev Move Hinted I There was speculation Khrush- . chev might make some move of . this sort during his talks with East German Premier Otto Grotewohl and Communist Party Boss , Waites Ulbricht. Western officials were not panicked Bytoints the East Germans might soon take over checkpoints controlling Western travel along the 110-miles of East Germany j leading to West Berlin. They already had decided to deal with j the East Germans as "agents” of i the Soviet. A few months ago such a move] would have been regarded as a j new effort to blockade Berlin. Three Persons Hurt In One-Car Wreck Three persons were injured in a one-car accident Saturday in Hartford township, 4% miles west of Geneva on county road 23(4, causing S7OO damage to the automobile. All were released after treatment at the Adams county memorial hospital. J Robert Wagley, 20, of route 2. Geneva, the driver of the car. said that while driving home Saturday at 11 a.m., he waved to his father, Leonard Wagley, who was culti- ' vating a field, and lost control of the ear. The car veered across a ditch and crashed into a tree ' stump. Deputy county sheriff Robert Meyer and state trooper Dan Kwasneski said that the car left more than 120 feet of skid marks. Wagley, and his two cousins visiting from Houston, Texas, were almost home when the mishap occurred. Wagley’s facial lacerations required about 100 stitches to close the wounds. He also suffered bruises in the abdominal region, abrasions to both knees, and shock. Arlene Keng, 15, of Houston, Texas, suffered a broken forearm, abrasions to the chin and knees, and a sprain in the collar bone area. Her sister,'Derwanna, 11, received abrasions on both knees, and possible fracture of the zygoma, 9 or cheek bone. Wagley’s head broke through the car’s windshield on impact, causing the multiple Macerations. Investigating officers said that the car was travelling west on the road when the accident occurred. -

Civil Defense Unit To Be Reorganized INDIANAPQUS 'UPI) —Governor Handley today announced he has ordered a major reorganization of the Indiana jCivil Defense organization, including replacement of the present director by the state adjutant general. Handley «aip -Maj. Gen. -John W. McConnell will become state director of ‘ the ’civil defense organization in addition to his present duties as adjutant general. Roland F. Knox, now civilian state director, will remain as Staff coordinator over the three major divisions of the new organization. „ Handley said nine area control. Centers will be organized to coordinate survival efforts between counties and direct use of equipment and facilities from the state level. Staff officers of the 38th National Guard Infantry Division will aid county civil defense organizations as advisors “where needed and desired," the governor said. Handley said appointment of !\fcConnell and the extra aid by the state military personnel “does not mean that the military is taking over.” “Civil defense is actually emergency government, with the full responsibility directly on the shoulders of elected and appointed government officials,” he sit id. Aretired Army colonel. Charles Hutchings Jr., wilf become operations officer under the new setup. He will organize the nine area control centers and assist with further development of county organizations. Handley said “the impending dangers of an atomic attack on this, country and the horrible effect it could have on our citizens warrant drastic and immediate action to prepare not only the private" citizen, but our governmental officials for their responsibilities in such a crisis.” Indianapolis Man Killed By Blast ! SHELB YVILLE, Ind. (UPI)— ! Richard L. Carter, 27, Indianapo- ! lis. was killed Saturday when a ! paint thinner barrel exploded when he touched it with a welding torch. Carter was working on a sewage disposal plant near here when the accident occurred. Induct Two Today Into Armed Forces* Two Adams county young men wore sent to Indianapolis this morning for active induction into the armed forces under selective service, and three others were sent for physical examinations. Those inducted were Jerome Henry Ellenberger and Carl Wayne Hackenjos. Sent for exams were Wayne Franklin Kruse, Donald Lawrence Gase and Harlen Eugene Shaffer. In addition, Harold Earl Call has been transferred to a draft board at Charleston, S.C. Ordained Sunday -y s Sfcjwßafg , .■ *<* I m , 4 /r * R! The Rev. William Bertsch, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bertsch, Decatur route 4, was ordained to the Christian ministry in services Sunday evening at the St. Luke Evangelical and Reformed church at Honduras.

Resume Steel Talks Today In New York NEW YORK (UPI) — Steel negotiators resumed today their efforts to avert a mid-year steel strike. Today’s session was held in the shadow of a major meet ing of union chiefs scheduled for Friday. The negotiators, starting their fourth week of joint contract talks, have made no progress on a new contract for 500,000 Steelworkers to replace the one that expires at midnight June 30. Their negotiations this week will be held against a speculative background of what David J. McDonald, president of the United Steelworkers Union, will do on Friday when he meets with the union’s top policy-making group, the 'l7l-man Wage Policy Committee. Economic . Head-Bumping Industry and the union have bumped heads over basic economic issues. The industry has said it will give nothing this year and the union has promised to win contract improvements. The four-man bargaining teams have only three weeks left in which to close one of the widest gajjs that has ever separated negotiators in this basic industry. Steel Magazine said today that the economy could take a onemonth strike without any serious 'effects. It predicted that after six weeks many users will be in trouble and after eight weeks many companies would have /to shut down. Steel Inventories Dwindle Although steel consumers have been, building inventories, for months, they are not in as good shape as many had hoped to be because increased economic activity has forced them to use some of the steel acquired as strike insurance. Steel Magazine said consumers will have about 21 million tons of steel on hand at the strike deadline, which is some four million tons less than they had just before the start of the 34-day strike in 1956. Buying of steel as a strike insurance has been a key factor behind the steel industry’s terrific operating pace since the start of the year. It also has boisted earnings to record levels which has been an embarrassing problem to the companies in the negotiations. 14-Year-Old Boy Is Drowned Sunday MILLERSBURG, Ind. (UPI)— James Earl Coomes, Elberfeld. 14, drowned while swimming in Terdido Lake near his Warrick County home Sunday. Authorities said Coomes developed cramps and sank before help could arrive.

Khrushchev Meets East German Reds

MOSCOW (UPl)—Premier Nikita Khrushchev and a delegation of East German Communist leaders meet here today in a session that could decide the fate of the Geneva foreign ministers’ conference and seal the division of Germany. East German Premier Otto Grotewohl, Communist Party Leader Walter Ulbricht and 16 other high-ranking East German officials flew here to the praise of the Communist newspaper Pravda wheih called East Germany a “bulwark of peace-loving forces.” The Germans were bringing economic, chemical, military and other experts with them but all indications were the Geneva conference and the Communist demand the West leave West Berlin were the main topic of discussion. Pravda called the meeting “an important event in the history of our people and our countries.” Observers said the main outlines of a Soviet-East German peace treaty probably will be considered and drafted here this week—and that possibly the treaty itself would be written up. But no publication was expected because of the effect it would have on Geneva. Johannes Koening, East German ambassador to the Soviet Union and a member of the delegation. wrote today in the official East German' Communist paper “Neues Deutschland” that deliberations on a separate peace treaty already have taken place. The. Koening statement, made, public as the East Germans left Berlin by air, showed no willingness to compromise. He said “liquidation of the occupation regime In West Berlin” and conclusion of a peace treaty are the most 1m-

Green Light To Jenner’s Firm

INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—Former Sen. William E. Jenner’s land speculating firm received the green light today to sell three million dollars worth of stock. Indiana Secretary of State John Walsh, a Democrat, granted a petition by the Republican ally of Governor Handley and at the same time waived any requirement that Jenner and his associates be forced to disclose location of their firm’s options. The announcement was made three days after a public statehouse hearing at which Jenner and two other top officers of their St. Lawrence Seaway Corp. testified. Jenner is president of the firm which plans to sell one million shares at $3 each. “I don’t know it the waiver (to disclose options) was wise or not,” said Walsh. "I may be setting a precedent. “But because of his (Jenner’s) position and the fact his testimony was under oath, I decided not to force him to disclose the options.” Jenner was in Washington when the announcement was made. Jack C. Brown, former U. S. District Attorney and Jenner’s law

16 Men Killed As Truck Hits Tree And Burns PHOENIX, Ariz. (UPl'—Sixteen men were killed today when a truck hauling farm laborers crashed into a tree and caught fire. .. Thirty-two others were injured. The death toll was raised to 16 when five more bodies were found in the smouldering truck. Before that the toll was 11. Officials investigating the accident said the job of identifying the dead would be a long and most difficult task because the workers were Mexican nationals imported to do farm work. The driver, Nato Manuel Glorian Jr., Mesa, Ariz., told Phoenix radio station newsman Bob Scott of KRIZ he fell asleep at the wheel. Glorian said the truck was on fire when he awoke. He suffered multiple injuries, serious but not critical. Glorian was one of the few not burned. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Burris, residents of the area, were first at the scene. Burris, a rural fireman, unsuccessfully battled the blaze with a garden hose. He said | two explosions occurred while he I was there. I He and his wife, a hospital tech-

portant international problems. Other leaders of the German delegation began talking tough before they left Berlin. East Berlin Communist Party Chief Paul Verner said the Soviet Union and East Germany would sign a separate peace treaty within two years unless the West quits West Berlin. Hermann Matern, a Politburo member and vies resident of the East German Parliament, again demanded that Western troops leave West Berlin. He said “the Berlin problem must be solved” and b" made it clear he meant the West must leave the divided citv A key statement came from Ulbricht in a speech released Sunday. He called agsu for a peace treaty with both East and West Germany. The West at Geneva is resisting such a move in belief it would perpetuate the division of the country. Diplomatic reports in Geneva sadi the East Germans also were unhappy at the prospect of a Moscow-dictated peace treaty that would give Poland permanent rights to the disputed territories east of the Oder-Neisse Rivers. The former’German territory was given to Poland by Russia after the war'. j i INDIANA WEATHER Generally fajr and continued warm this afternoon, tonight and Tuesday with some chance of scattered late afternoon thundershowers southwest portion. Sunset 8:12 p.m. Low tonight 64-70. Sunrise Tuesday 5:17 a.m. High Tuesday 86 to 92. Outlook for Wednesday — GeneraUy fair and warm.

firm partner here and secretary of the firm, was not available immediately for comment. Jenner testified Friday his firm has options on 721 acres of “choice land”, some of it in Portage Twp. of Porter County, proposed site of a deep-water seaport Handley and other state officials are pushing. Jenner had insisted that Walsh had no right to ask that the options be made public. Today, Walsh said he had no desire to “injure” Jenner’s firm. He sadi he decided not to accept Jenner’s offer for the information on a confidential basis because “I would be passing judgment as an individual, and I don’t want to do that.” “Whatever comes into this office should be public,” added Walsh. Walsh, who announced his decision after a conference with Indiana Securities Commissioner Lehman Sadler, said St. Lawrence Seaway Corp. could start selling stock Tuesday, after the final order is written today and signed by Walsh.

nician, gave first aid. Robert Camp, another nearby resident, said he heard what he thought was thunder, then returned to sleep until he heard screams. . .. ■■ Camp said he and his wifekhtlrried outside to see men fleeing in all directions from the truck, some with their clothes on fire, many "apparently “out —of their heads.” Victims stopped two truck drivers. who gave first aid. Their names were not learned. The truck belonged to Garin Co. of Mesa. The men were Mexican contract laborers on their way to the garlic harvest in Tolleson, near Phoenix. Try New Effort To Ban Hudear Tests GENEVA (lfh>—The United States, Britain and Russia launched a fresh attempt today to outlaw nuclear weapons tests. The British were optimistic an agreement could be reached. U.S. Ambassador James . Wadsworth and British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs David Ormsby-Gore were scheduled to meet with Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin for the first formal session of the nuclear- conference in four weeks. The three recessed their talks May 12 so they would not conflict with the beginning of the foreign ministers conference here. Wadsworth and Ormsby - Gore hoped to find out from Tsarapkin today whether the Russians had reconsidered several Western points during the adjournment. When they recessed last month the West was seeking agreement from Russia for a new study of means of detecting underground and high altitude explosions. Wadsworth and Ormsby-Gore also were pressing the Russians to give up their insistence on retaining a veto over questions of inspection procedure.

Heart Attack Fatal To Martin Affolder Martin Affolder, 70, a native.of Adams county, died at 9:25 a. m. Sunday at his home north of Chattanooga, 0., following a heart attack. A native of Adams county, he was born near Berne. He was a resident of Mercer county, 0., most of his life, and was a crane operator for R. J. Leininger and Sons. He also farmed on route one, Rockford, O. He was a member of the Bethel Brethren church, near Berne. Surviving are the wid ow , Mayme; a daughter, Mrs. Leuella Schaadt, near Rockford, O.; four grandchildren; six brothers, William Affolder, 1004 Mercer Avenue, Decatur; Edwin and Elmer Affolder, near Berne; Tillman Affolder, near Wolcottcille. One brother preceded him in death. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home, Berne, after 7 p.m. today. Services will be conducted at 10 a. m. Wednesday in the Bethel Brethren Church east of Berne, the Rev. Irvin Miller officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery, Berne.

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