Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 15 June 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 140.

Great Britain Presses Allies Against Break In Geneva Conference

GENEVA (UPI) — The United States and France were reported to have yielded today to British pressure not to break off the EastWest negotiations while a Soviet ultimatum still perils West Berlin. The Western powers had been, reported ready to ask for a recess in the deadlocked talks but Britain pressed the West to give the EastWest meeting another chance at making enough progress to warrant a summit meeting. British Foreign Secretary Selwymn Lloyd received instructions from the British cabinet to make a final effort to save the conference but without yielding on Berlin. Lloyd, in an airport statement in London, admitted the talks "cannot be indefinitely protracted." “The weekend will have provided an opportunity for reflection upon the situation by all the parties at Geneva," Lloyd said. “Our purposes are still to preserve the freedom of West Berliners to choose their own way of life and the freedom of access to the outside work! which is necessary for that purpose. Allies Prepare Plan "I still believe that acceptable arrangements can be found to achieve it. Although the talks cannot be definitely protracted, I still hope for agreement and will try to play my part in seeking to achieve it” Secretary of State Christian A. Herter paid a surprise call today on French Foreign Minister Maurcie Couve de Murville at the Frenchman’s villa today while waiting the arrival of Lloyd. It was believed they were bracing for an approach from Lloyd not to be too hasty in ending the Geneva talks. Until today’s developments the Allies were reported ready to recess the talks for four weeks or more should Russia refuse to back down on its new ultimatum to the Allies to get out of West Berlin within a year. > A high Allied official said the West had prepared a formal plan on Berlin they hoped would sidetrack the* Russian ultimatum. It was a proposal that tied in the loose ends of Allied suggestions—and would be useful as a. matter of record should the talks fail.

Governor Long Seeks Release

BULLETIN GALVESTON, Tex. (UPD— Gov. Earl Lonr of Louisiana said in court today that he can’t understand why fils wife is fighting his attempt to get out of a Texas mental hospital since only Sunday she wanted to take him to a hospital in New Orleans. GALVESTON, Tex. (UPD—Louisiana Gov. Earl K. Long went into court today fighting to be released from the mental hospital he claims his family conspired to put him in. The court hearing, on Long’s petition for a write of habeas could develop into a bitter family wrangle. Mrs. Blanche Long, the governor’s wife, late Sunday retained two Galveston attorneys to help her hold the governor in John Sealy Hospital for mental illness. The hearing is being held in District Judge L. D. Goddard’s court. It is supposed to have nothing to do with whether Long is mentally ill or not, but on whether, as he charges, he was drugged, tied hand and foot and brought to the hospital in Galveston against his will. Challenges Texas Jurisdiction The hearing also challenges Texas jurisdiction to have him committed to the University of Texas hospital. If Long wins release in the hearing today, he will beat a fullscale sanity hearing scheduled for Tuesday in Probate Court. The fiery, 63-year-old governor has been held in the hospital since he was flown here in a hush-hush flight in a Louisiana National Guard plane on May 30. He charged in his writ for habeas corpus petition filed Friday that he was drugged, tied hand

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The answer was expected today when the Western foreign ministers meet Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko for a secret meeting at the French villa. So (ar his position has been described as “wholly unacceptable.” Talks at Crucial Stage An Allied spokesman said after Friday’s no progress session that today and Tuesday would be crucial in the East-West talks, and that the world would know this week whether the talks will fail, be recessed or drag on indefinitely. Acting Secretary of State C. Douglas Dillon said in Washington Sunday the United States and the other Western powers were “ready and willing” to continue the talks as long as there is some chance of progress. But he said there was no point in talking indefinitely. Already there was formal talk of calling a recess of four ar five weeks as suggested this week end by West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in an interview with UPI President Frank H. Bartholomew. American officials in Geneva said the West was agreed not to continue negotiations unless Gromyko takes the 12 month deadline off his Berlin plan and agrees to discuss other items in it on a reciprocal instead of one-sided basis. Summit Bargaining Point The chief Allied bargaining point appeared to be the summit conference believed wanted by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. It was dear that there will be no summit conference unless Russia backs down on the Berlin issue. Meanwhile there were new signs of a split in Allied solidarity with Britain wanting to continue the Geneva talks indefinitely and the United States and France anxious to avoid wasting time. French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville, after conferring with Gen. Charles de Gaule, skipped an emergency cabinet meeting today and hurried back for talks with the Americans before British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd returned from Britain.

and foot and brought to the hospital “forcibly, unwittingly and unwillingly.” He signed the petition: “Earl Long, goverabr in exile by force in kidnaping.’\. Sunday Long embellished\his charges in a rambling by telephone with Charley Ray, news editor of KTBS-TV in Shreveport, La. Charges Political Scheme Long charged in the taped interview that his wife and political associates, including Sen. Russell Long, conspired to get him out of Louisiana to further their own political ambitions. Sen. Long replied in Washington that “the governor is not responsible for that statement or any one of. a large number of others he can be expected to make in the next few days. The governor is a sick man.” Mrs. Blanche Long, who returned to Galveston late Sunday -from Baton Rouge, was not available for comment. But Theodore Stubbs, one of two Galvenston attorneys she retained to help her hold Long in the hospital said “Mrs. Long tells me there is absolutely nothing to the statement and that her only purpose is in helping restore her husband to his normal health.” Long charges in the interview that “I was captivated Thursday night but I didn’t realize it until Friday morning. They brought two bone crushers, one weighed 290 and one 180. We had 11 fights Thursday night and Friday.” The governor went on in sometimes repeated phrases to say that “30 people’ put him on the airplane and told him they were going to take him to a clinic in New Orleans but flew him to Galveston instead. . r He claimed somebody put up $250,000 to have him kidnaped.

Take Forward Step On Nuclear Test Ban * , ■» .

GENEVA (UPI) — East-West nuclear test ban negotiations took a major jump forward today when Russia agreed with the United States and Britain to convene a new scientific conference on high altitude explosions. The decision to bring scientists together here on June 22 hurdled another of the technical roadblocks delaying a test suspension agreement at the 8-month-old nuclear conference. The decision came after the Soviets agreed to allow the experts to make recommendations on the tests. Both the United States and the Soviet Union presented separate proposals for such studies last Monday when the conference resumed after a four week recess. The experts will report back to the nuclear conference within one week. The United States and Russia agreed to allow the experts to discuss all information on high altitude tests gathered since the ex-

Committee Studies Fate Oi Dunes Area CHESTERTON, Ind. (UPU — Future of a narrow strip of Indiana dunes land rested with Congress today. A Senate subcommittee toured the embattled area Saturday and Sunday and listened to both sides in a controversy whether the area should become a national park or the site, of new steel mills and a deep-water port. The senators packed the evidence into their briefcases and returned to Washington without indication what their recommendation will be. However, they said they would like to make' a compromise. An estimated 800 persons attended the windup hearing in a lodge after tlie senators spent the weekend touring the dunes area at the southern tip of Lake Michigan in helicopters, jeeps and boats. Sens. Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) and Ernest Dgruening (D-Alaska), members of the Public Lands Sub-

committee of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, heard both the pros and cons of the controversy. The subcommittee is considering a bill sponsored by Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D-Ill.) to turn a- 5,000 acre tract of dunesland into a national park. \Two steel firms have indicated they want to build mills near Ogden Dunes if construction of a harbor is permitted. Mrs. Dorothy Buell of Ogden Dunes, president of the “Save The Dunes Council,” said the council had no argument with industry or with the proposed port but simply doesn't want them in the Ogden Dunes area. Avery O. Craven of Dunes Acres, a history professor at the University of Chicago, said only federal action such as the Douglas bill could save the dunes area. Dr, Lawrence Waters of the Indiana University School of Business, speaking on behalf of indus- ; trialization, said the proposed < mills and port are necessary to i meet northern Indiana’s expanding needs. I John Laughlin, general counsel for the National Steel Corp., which wants to build in the area, said his firm ( proposed to spend $1,000,000,000 Within the next few ; years to construct finishing mills. - * .. 1 Homestead Assn. To Meet Tonight All members of the Homestead : community association are invited to attend the -annual meeting, i which will be held this evening at < 8 o’clock at the Youth and Com- i munity Center. i

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t l perts met last July. i U.S. ambassador James J. WadsI worth proposed this with the api proval of the British nuclear nei gotiating team. The agreement would allow the i experts to study results from the I American Argus shots last year. > data sent back to earth from U. S. • satellites and Russian Sputniks, ■ and from any other source. Wadsworth submitted the pro- • posal to make sure that the exi perts had the latest information • available. Hie Russians agreed. 1 INDIANA WEATHER • Partly cloudy south, cloudy north with Some showers likely extreme north tonight or early • Tuesday morning. Tuesday fair ‘ a and warmer. Low tonight 55 to 62. High Tuesday 76 to 84. Suni set today BM4 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 5:17 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Fair and warm. Lows 60 to 65. Highs 78 to 84.

Flag Day Services Here This Evening The public is invited to attend toe annual Flag Day services, to fee held at 7:30 o’clock this evening " on the lawn of the Elks Some on * North Second street. The service is held annually by the Elks and the veterans organi izations of Decatur. State Sen. Von i A. Eichhorn, of Uniondale, will s deliver the address. i t Swimming Course To Begin Next Monday A swimming course for beginners will begin next Monday at the . city swimming pool. I Classes are scheduled for one . hour on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, for the next four . weeks. Any person eight years of , age or older is eligible to enroll. ’ The fee for three one-hour lessons , is $1.25 per week. ( Interested persons should contact Hubert Zerkel, Jr., supervisor, . at the pool, or at his home, phone 3-3739.

House Debates < _ ■ ' i On Foreign Aid

WASHINGTON (UPD — Debate began* in the House today on President & Eisenhower’s foreign air program, which faced a threat of further cuts. Two Republican congressmen attacked the $£642,600,000 request even before the formal debate began. Rep. Frank T. Bow (R-Ohio), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, urged that the House postpone action on the bill until past accomplishments in the field could be reviewed. Rep. E. Ross Adair (R-Ind.), of ' the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the bill represents “a further abdication of congressional responsibility and control over the foreign aid program despite increasing and incontrovertible evidence of waste, and inefficiency in administration and execution. Adair voted against reporting the bill out of the Foreign Affairs Committee, which .imposed a cut of $266,800,000 before sending the measure to die floor. In a prepared speech. Committee Chairman Thomas E. Morgan (D-Pa.) argued against any further cuts, saying they could lead to loss, of the cold war. He said new provisions would eliminat waste and corruption from the program. ---— The Senate Foreign Relations Committee also was studying foreign aid, and was reported ready to vote substantial cuts in the program Chairman William J. Fui-

Contests Thursday For 130 4-H Girls Thursday will be county contest day for about 130 4-H girls. Although the 4-H fair will not be until July, the girls’ judging and demonstration contests will be Thursday, to decide who will go to the district contests July 9 and 10 at Wabash, where the girls will compete for chances to go on to the state fair. Throughout the morning at the Decatur high school, there will be judging contests and the junior demonstration contests. After the girls in the senior demonstration division perform in the afternoon, there will be a general program, when the winners will be announced. Each of the 16 eligible clubs in the county girls’ clubs or clubs with both girls and boys as members, will be able to send two to the judging and two to the demonstration contests. In the judging, each contestant will take a written test and judge samples of six types of projects. The written test will be 40 truefalse, eight multiple choice, and two essay questions. In judging the samples, the contestant will examine four samples of projects in clothing; neck facing finishes, and accessories for a dress for chOrch wear; home improvement: window treatment for a girl’s room and selection of fabric for a family room or living room; electricity: lamp bulb selection and a reading or study lamp; food preservation, canned tomato juice and frozen broccoli; baking, sugar drop cookies and fruity upside down cake; and food preparation, menu selection and green beans prepared for a family meal. After she classifies the samples excellent, good, fair, and poor, the contestant must also tell why she labeled the samples as she did. The demonstrations, which are classed either junior, senior, or special (which includes frozen > foods, baking, and cherry pie dem-i onstrations), will last a maximum i of 20 minutes.

* 1 bright (D-Ark.) was opposed to j such a move, however. ! Other congressional news: ( Influence: Congressmen them- - selves were blamed for much of 1 the pressure brought to bear on i the Civil Aeronautics Board. Attorneys told the House subcom- ( mittee on legislative oversight 1 that lawmakers have appeared without notice and made unlimit- ' ed arguments in cases under study by the CAB. The subcommittee planned eight days of hearings on the operations of federal regulatory agencies. Fair Trade: Witnesses gave conflicting testimony on “fair trade ’ legislation, designed to prevent price-cutting by chain stores and discount houses. One group of witnesses felt that small merchants would benefit from such a law. Another charged that the bill would legalize price-fixing in violation of antitrust principles. Strauss: Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson said he would put the Senate 1 on an overtime basis if necessary to achieve final artion on the nomination of Lewis L. Strauss to be commerce secretary. He said he hopes the final vote on confirmation can be reached before the end of the week. Pensions: The House appeared ready to approval to a veterans pension reform bill. The bill would c*st an extra 308 million dollars th® first year, but sponsors say it wAdd save money over the long haut

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FOUR GUILTY IN CO-ED ATTACK— Part of the crowd of 300 mill about the Leon County Court House in Tallahassee, Fla., after hearing a twelve-man all-white jury bring in a verdice of guilty with mercy against the four white youths charged with raping a 19-year-old Negro co-ed. The “guilty with mercy” verdict, rendered by the jury after four days of trial,before capacity crowds, saved the defendants from the death sentence but leaves the way open for the court to hand down long prison terms.

County Boy Scouts Al Weekend Outing A group of 40 Boy Scouts and their leaders from three Decatur* troops enjoyed the two-day campout at Crooked Lake this weekend, winning a number of honors for their respective troops. Troops 62, 63, and 65 from Deca- ( tur, 67 from Berne, and 69 from . Geneva, attended the camporee. Troop 67 of Berne won Its area ; competition Saturday in knot tying j and in first aid, under the direc- , tion of scoutmaster Karl Hilty. Troop 62, of DeJatur, with first aid team members Zane Zwick, Allen Bender, Irvin Lengerich, and , Allen Kreisher, won their area competition in first aid, and de- j seated Berne in the semi-finals, losing to Fort Wayne troop 48 in the finals Sunday morning following church services. There were more than 1,000 scouts taking part in the various competitions. A number of scouts in the various troops passed their second class and first class outdoor requirements, and merit badge requirements. Contests in fire by I friction, fire by flint and steel, first I aid, knot-tying and many other outdoor skills were held Saturday afternoon, with finals held on Sunday. At noon Sunday the parents of all the children arrived, and took part in a picnic, with a final award program at 2 p.m., followed by the camp breaking activity. Troop 61 from Decatur spent the weekend at Pokagon park camping out. Only accident that marred the camp program occurred when the emergency brake on Jerry McIntosh’s car failed, and it ran down the hill almost into the lake. It was pulled out by a fire truck. From troop 65, under the direction of leader Herald Hitchcock, were John Eichenauer. Ricky Kelley, Jim Williamson, Gary Barger, Mike Kuhnle, Mark Frauhiger, Larry Merriman, Tim Singleton, Bill Tricker, Steve Schultz, Terry Harner, John Martin, Kenny Hill, Jim Hake, and Ernest Sautbine. Froom troop 63, which came up Saturday morning and camped beside troop 65, were: Jerry Mclntosh, Mike Hart, Daniel Durkin. Robert Webert, Bob McClure, Robert Boch, Tom Whitaker, and Ed Hammond. From troop 62, led by James K. Ehler, Richard Mies and Dick Heller, were Randy Cliffton, Barry Burnett, Allen Kreisher, Zane Zwick,* Dick Anderson, Terry Sieger, Steve Jacobs, Kenneth Birch, Allen Bender, Irvin Lengerich, David Lengerich, D. L. Hawkins, and Jerry Cornish. The troops are sponsored respectively by the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, the American Legion, Post 43, and the Decatur Lions club; Mon Dies As Trailer Is Swept By Fire CAMDEN, Ind. • (UPD-Alfred Lucas, 50, Camden, was killed during the weekend when fire swept the house trailer in which he lived. Authorities said the Carroll County man apparently dozed with a lighted cigarette in his hand. Two Drownings In . . State Over Weekend United Two drownings in Indiana dur- 1 ing die weekend pushed the state’s 1959 water death toll higher. Alton Splawn, 17, Bessemer, Ala., drowned in a gravel pit near Columbus while swimming with friends. Charles Pike, 9, Louisville, Ky., drowned when he slipped into the ; Ohio River while playing near Clarksville Saturday. ‘

Holovachka Quits Lake County Post GARY, Ind. (UPI) — The Gary Crime Commission charged today the resignation of Chief Deputy Prosecutor Metro Holovachka, who was linked by Senate rackets investigators to vice and corruption in this steel city, was a “smoke screen move” by politicians. Crime Commission Chairman Cornelius Verplank said he would press for a further investigation of Holovachka, who announced his resignation on a Chicago television program Sunday, and “all the offices in Lake County.” The crime commission, with the backing of the Lake County Council of Churches, scheduled a mass meeting tonight to discuss what action should be taken on the dis closures made at rackets hearing: in Washington last week. “I have come to the point where I can no longer tolerate the abuse and character assassination upon my person as well as upon the community in which I live,” said Holovachka. “For that reason, I now tender my resignation . . . and I sincerely hope that with my resignation we can all put our shoulders to the wheel and start building the reputation of our community instead of destroying it.” Holovachka charged that the Gary Post - Tribune had “attempted to destroy” him politically and that he was the victim of a ‘‘conspiracy” that included

Four White Youths Convicted By Jury

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. <UPD Negroes and whites alike-•»gener-ally hailed today the conviction of four white youths for the rape of a Negro coed as a victory for justice in the South. The opinion regarding the jury’s recommendation of mercy—saving the youths from the electric chair —was not so unanimous, however. Several prominent leaders of the National Assn, for the Advancement of Colored People were critical of the move. The guilty verdict was returned early Sunday by the all-male, allwhite jury. . 'Only 42 days elapsed between the mass attack on the 19-ear-old-Negro freshman coed and the guilty sentence. The jury left the length of the prison sentences up to Judge W. May Walker. He will not pass sentence for at least two weeks. The sentences could range from a few years to life. Voice Approval Os Verdict Os 10 White Tallahassee residents stopped on the street by tills correspondent Sunday, eight approved the verdict. Two declined to discuss it. Os the eight, three said they thought one or two of the boys should have gotten death. The four, Willon Collinsworth, 23; Patrick Scarborough, 20; David Beagles, 18, and Ollie Soutamire, 16, were whisked off to the state pentitentiary at Raiford, Fla. directly from the courthouse. There was no sign of a demonstration then. The crowd of more than 100 persons waiting on the sidewalk took the verdict in silence. Most of therfi were white. A number of Negroes grinned widely. Penitentiary Warden Dewitt Sinclair said the three younger boys were put in a section with other youths and Collinsworth in

the newspaper, the Women's Citizens Committee of Gary, and the Senate Rackets Committee. During the rackets hearings, X committee chairman Sen. John L. / McClellan (D-Ark.) accused Holo-/ vachka of being “an operating part of the criminal syndicate which conducted vice and gambling” in populous Lake County. Holovachka denied he had ties with gambling interests. “I know of no syndicate in my community now or in my time in office since 1950,” he said. Before the rackets committee the deputy prosecutor balked at 1 telling the source of $327,724 in income he received in the years 1951-58. Holovaphka said Sunday ’ he refused to tell the committee about his income because it was ' a “personal affair” and not a proper matter before the committee. ‘ He said the sum found in his ! checking accounts by committee ' investigators was a special trustee account in which he deposited clients’ money while awaiting B completion of real estate transac- ‘ Hons. He said he had never takes ’ money from any improper source. Prosecutor Floyd Vance accept. * ed Holovachka’s resignation and :s promptly fired three investigators —Walter Conroy, James Dent and e Michael Kampo —- who were hired e by Holovachka in 1952. n “I want to start with a clean ® slate,” Vance said. a r Lewis Smith Named e Deputy Prosecutor e Lewis L. Smith, attornej’-at-law - will act as deputy prosecuting at j torney for Adams county in the absence of prosecuting attorney g Severin H. Schurger. Schurger left this morning for . I two weeks active duty at the comt mand and general staff college, 1 U.S.A.R., at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

with the men. Both Collinsworth, a telephone linesman, and the childish-looking Stoutamire cried during the testimony but all four took the verdict without showing emotion. Judge, Prosecutor Praised The Rev. A. J. Reddick, pastor of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church' and past Florida president of the NAACP, said the judge and prosecutor had copducted the case in an exemplary manner. But Florida has maintained its excellent record of not veering from the precedent that no white man has ever been executed for the rape of a Negro. Had it been V the other way around, Negores would have been given the death penalty," he said. «. Jury foreman A. H. King, a wealthy Florida farmer, told Unit- ___ ed Press International that had the girl been beaten, the jury would have been inclined to inflict the death penalty. King said the jury at no time discussed the racial question w reaching its verdict. The Rev. Daniel Speed, assistant pastor of the Bethel Baptist Negro Church, said his congregation almost unanimously was satisfied with the verdict except a few thought there should have been, a death penalty. “Today we have moved one step closer to justice,” he said in his Sunday morning sermon. Thq girl herself was secluded in \ her home. She \ would not answer through her mother whether she thought the verdict was just The mother declined to comment too, and told reporters she was Concerned about the girl who was still shaken by her experience and the ordeal on the witness stand. .

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