Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 137, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1959 — Page 6

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Bud Abbott Teaming With Eddie Foy, Jr. HOLLYWOOD (UPD-Comedian Bud Abbott, broke but too proud to declare bankruptcy, said today he and oldtimer Eddie Foy Jr. were teaming up as a new comedy act. The 63-year-old straight man of the famed Abbott and Costello comedy team told United Press International that he and Foy. 54. Were trying to work out a routine for the’ nightclub and television circuit. Foy is one of vaudeville’s “seven little Foys." Abbott, when he announced recently that he was deeply in debt, said there was “no use trying to work. They < the government! don't split the salary. They take

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out. But he’s a fine dancer and has wonderful pathos as a com-.-dian. “I know 1 said I didn’t sec the sense of teaming with another partner after Lou died (last March 31, but the letters from all the people who read about my money troubles convinced me the public would accept me with someone else." Former Hoosiers Die When Hit By Auto MUNCIE. Ind. <UPI> — Harry Bradbury, 47, and his wife, Roberta, formerly of Muncie, were killed in a traffic accident at San Francisco. their new home, The Bradburys were struck by a car while crossing a downtown street. They were survived by three girls and one boy from Mrs. Bradbury's forrrter marriage. „ ..

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Berne Church Will Dedicate Addition Sunday afternoon a new addition, an educational unit, will be dedicated at the First Mennonite church, Berne, and in the evening the 150 voices of the Mennonite choral society will present Mendelssohn’s oratprio, “The Elijah.” At 2 p. m. Sunday, Dr. Erland Waltner, Elkhaft, president of the general conference Mennonite church in North America, will deliver the dedicatory sermon for the unit, added to the southwest part of the church. The new addition, providing approximately 36.000 square feet of floor space, contains 47 classrooms, offices, and radio facilities. for the church's radio ministry, “Songs of

Praise.” At 7:30 p. m., the choral society, which presents the oratorio, “The Messiah,” at Christmas, will present "The Elijah.” The local choir will take the recitative and aria roles, supporting the soloists, among them Mrs. Julia Lehman Beitler, Berne, contralto, and Mrs. Christine H. Purves, Bluffton, 0., soprano. The day’s special activities will begin at 10 a. m., when, at the regular worship hour, there will be ordination services for Howard J. Habegger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Habegger. Open house will follow the afternoon and evening services. The main past of church, which the new addition joins on South Harrison and West Franklin streets, is the sanctuary, 158 feet long and with a seating capacity of 2,000. The building project was begun

in July, 1957, and is designed to provide classrooms, and worship, fellowship, and recreational facilities for all age groups, for children an- young people in particular. Holthouse Furniture Expands Facilities Holthouse furniture store, located at 239 N. Second street, has expanded its show room facilities on the second floor. The new display section is devoted to room settings in Early American, Amerian -traditional and contemporary furniture for the entire home. Famous brands of furniture are being shown in the store’s grand opening of its new rooms which is scheduled for Friday and Saturday of this week, it was announced by Everett Shauver, store manager.

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Steel Union Rejects Easing j Os Wage Freeze NEW YORK (UPD—Steel industry and union leaders resumed negotiations toward a new contract today, apparently more bitterly split than before as a result of the industry’s first offer to relax its no-money stand. United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald said the strings on the industry’s offer to relax its wage-freeze policy were “blackmail” which would repeal the union’s gains in previous contracts and render*' it a company pawn. ■ ... The parties were further split over the steel companies' refusal j to bargain individually with the! unibn, as proposed by McDonald on Tuesday. f The two sides have reported no j progress since four - man teams of j negotiators began talks on May 11. Contracts covering 500,000 bas-| ic steel workers expire at midnight June 30. and the union has traditionally gone on strike in absence of a contract. Chief industry negotiator R. j Conrad Cooper announced Wednesday that the companies were willing to make a offer to the union in exchange for a program he said would provide “improvement in the efficiency of our operations and the elimina-: tion of waste.” United Press International last week quoted a' top industry official as saying the industry might! modify its wage freeze stand be-. fore the contract deadline The statement was denied by industry | spokesmen at the time, but con-i firmed by Cooper’s announcement. The contingent proposals dealt with wildcat strikes, slowdowns | and picketing;, incentives and standards; the companies’ rights to change work schedules; elimination of overlapping or duplicating benefits; seniority determina-! tion. and changes in certain contract language. McDonald said acceptance of the offer “would force the sur-: render of hard-earned protections, for workers as a price for future, unspecified economic consideations.” *. Officers Elected By Decatur Camera Club The Decatur Camera club members and their families gathered at the Saddle Lake park shelter: house Monday evening for their annual picnic. A business meeting . and election of officers was held; later in the evening. The newly elected officers are Robert S. Workinger, president and Miss Dorothy Schnepf seceretary-trea-surer. Plans were made for a field trip to the rose gardens in Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon. Anyone wanting to go on this trip is asked to meet at the home of Vernon Ginter, 1412 W. Madison, by 2:30 p.m. Persons interested in joining the club may contact Miss Dorothy Schnepf. Lamb Club Members Meet On Wednesday About 35 4-H lamb club members gathered Wednesday at the Homer Winteregg farm to talk about and to see some of the techniques of fitting sheep for showing. Ken MacDonald, extension specialist in animal science from Purdue, showed how to shear, clip, and block a sheep and trim its feet, discussing the techniques and answering questions as he went along. Bill Foley, also from Purdue, assisted him. Four-H lamb club members brought about 20 of their sheep to be worked on. Several were sheared, as their wool will grow out again before the 4-H fair, slateci for the latter part of July. The next meeting tor 4-H’ers in livestock projects will be the dairy tour,, scheduled for June 30.

THURSDAY. JUNE 11, 1959

Rivalry In Armed Services Scored WASHINGTON (UPD—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said today Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy has virtually ignored his authority to halt "unhealthy and intolerable” rivalry between the armed services over missiles. The Chamber urged Congress to “insist upon full and prompt use of McElroy’s power "to curtail multiple development of the same or similar weapons and to eliminate unnecessary overlapping and duplication in a dozen or more support-type activities!” The organization made the recommendation in an 18-page statement to a Senate defense appropriat io n s subcommittee. The Chamber asked the subcommittee to go along with House cuts in : President Eisenhower’s defense ; budget and to make any further i reductions which would not harm defense. j “Congress has barely scratched i the surface insofar as savings op- ■ portunitjes are concerned.” the statement said. The chamber did not cite spe- ! cific inter-service rivalries it said stemmed from competition "for domination of the major missile and anti-missile programs and the budgets that go with them," I 'But presumably the organization referred to such incidents as the current feud between the Army and Air Force over their rival Nike-Hercules and Bomarc anti-aircraft missiles. , The chamber said McElroy had I not used a portion of last year’s defense reorganization act which gave him power "to place under J one service or one agency any of j the many activities; that are comI mon to two or more military departments.” Outside the missile field, the (statement said. "long-standing 1 proposals’ for partial or complete ! consolidation of management responsibility for medical services, communications, fi n a nee and other common-type services are no closer to acomplishment” than they were when the armed services were “unified” 12 years ago. Slight Damage Done To Auto By Fire The Decatur fire department answered a call at Madison street opposite the court house today at 11 a.m. to extinguish a fire in the car of Mrs. Robert Yost, route 4, Decatur. A short in the ignition wires caused an estimated $25 damage. A call at 7:43 p.m. Wedj nesday was a false alarm. . « Moral Sr ‘ .' W& i A ■ ASYLUM FROM CUBA — Cuban Army Capt. Francisco Rodriguez, arriving in Miami, Fla., on a purchasing mission, looks solemn as he asks political asylsm. He says Cuba’s government is dominated by Communists, and that they set off the Nicaraguan revolt. He said they systematically indoctrinate the Cuban army with Marxist ideas, and use Russian officers as military instructors.