Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 146, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 146.

Her ter Reports To N ation T uesday On Geneva Conference

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Secretary of State Christian A. Herter announced after an hour-long conference with President Eisenhower today that he will make a television report to the American people Tuesday night on the deadlocked Geneva conference. Herter met with Eisenhower and Undersecretary C. Douglas oDillon at an 8 a.m. White House breakfast meeting. He said his first hand report to' Eisenhower was couched ‘‘in general terms” and included an evaluation of “where we are” in the deadlocked foreign ministers negotiations at Geneva. r The secretary said he would make a detailed public report by television Tuesday night. Details of the Herter broadcast will be announced later. The White House announced that Herter will speak Tuesday from 8 to 8:15 p. m. CDT, over all the major radio networks and over the NBC and CBS television networks. His remarks also will be re-telecast at. 9:30 p. m. on the ABC television network. Summit Not Discussed Reporters, asked Herter what he thought of prospects for a summit meeting this summer. The secretary declined to hazard an estimate, but said a summit conference was not discussed with the Russians at all during the Geneva talks. This was In line with Eisenhower’s repeated public position that there must be some masurable progress at the foreign ministers conference as a preliminary to any top-level meeting of the major powers. Herter flew back from Europe Sunday with the firm belief that Russia’s aim is the absorption of West Berlin and West Germany into the Communist orbit. Tough Evaluation Beady 4 He was expected to report later to the House and Senate Foreign Affairs committees. The President in turn scheduled a Cabinet meet-

Demand Action From Congress

WASHINGTON (UPD — Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Wis.) demanded today that Congress “take immediate action” on the nation’s major problems. Wiley charged that lawmakers have been “dawdling on minor matters” and that with Congress past the halfway mark for the session its record on major legislation is “utterly deplorable.” “The American people want constructive action on the major issues confronting us: The political » and economic threats of communism abroad and the problems of inflation, economic stability and effective labor and civil rights laws at home,” he said in a statement. “We want it now,” he added. Something must be done Immediately, Wiley said, about the budget deficit, unnecessary spending, labor legislation, “the challenge of inflation” and a clearer understanding of the country’s defense program. , . Other congressional news: Atom War: Dr. Frank Shelton, director of the Defense Department's defense atomic support agency, told a joint atomic energy subcommittee that a big nuclear war would not necessarily wipe out the human race. The subcommittee is holding hearings on what the results of such a war would be. Nomination: The Senate approved by voice vote the promotion of Lt. Gen. Emmett (Rosie) O'Donnell to the rank of full general and his assignment as commander of the Pacific Air Force. Sen Margaret Chase Smith (RMaine), who had fought the proposal in the Senate Armed Services Committee, was not present and there was no opposition. Food: The House small business subcommittee began an investigation the food industry. One . V member, Rep. Charles H. Brown (D-Mo.) raised the question “Who’s getting the food dollar?" He is sure the farmer is not, he said. Brown also read figures showing that while food prices have shot up, the farmer often is

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ing for early afternoon. Herter was ready with a tough evaluation of Soviet tactics at Geneva. He said the Soviet Union “revealed dearly that its true desire is to absorb West Berlin into East Germany and to keep Germany divided until it can be brought under Soviet influence. Herter pledged, however, that the West would make "no arrangement” with Russia that would undermine the freedom of 'West Berlin *~r. After six weeks of negotiations, with Russia the Western ministers decided on a three-week "cooling off” recess. Talks are scheduled to resume July 13. Herter was expected to tell the Chief Executive that the Western ministers felt their position was a “rock bottom” and were determined that it should not be "chiseled away.” Tries to “Frighten” West Herter was said to feel that Russia’s tactic to bring the West to a summit meeting was to “frighten” the West at the foriegn ministers level instead of negotiating there. The forthcoming visit to Washington of Frol R. Koslov, deputy chairman of the U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers, also was likely to be discussed. Koslov could be the conference was in recess. Koslov is scheduled to meet with both the President and Herter during his visit. Unless Koslov has something new, to offer, U.S. experts felt chances were dim for a break in the deadlock when the conference resumes. The Russians, however, appeared somewhat pleased with the Geneva results. The Soviet government newspaper Izvestia said, the conference succeeded in narrowing down East-West differences over Berlin and had a “definite positive significance.” It said the stalled conference laid a "good basis for agreement.”

getting less for his products, a ’ witness for the food chains, Wal- • lace N. Flint, offered rebuttal > statistics showing that the amount of work required to buy specific ; items is less than in 1925. Civil Rights: The House began : debate on a bill to prevent fed- ■ eral laws from knocking down similar legislation on the state level The measure is opposed by ■ the Eisenhower administration and by northern Democrats, but i southern Democrats strongly support it. It is designed to overturn ’ several recent Supreme Court deI cisions. The House approved a : similar bill last year but it failed in the Senate. Vincent Bell Dies At Fort Wayne Home Vincent D. Bell, 83, a native of Adams county and a resident of Allen county for the past 25 years, died at 11:30 a. m. Saturday at ; Yericks home for men in Fort . Wayne. He had been a resident , of route 4, Fort Wayne. The son of Vincent and Sarah t Bell, he was bom Dec. 25, 1875, in Adams county. Three brothers and six sisters preceded him in . death, one brother, Q. Godfrey Bell, of Indianapolis, surviving. Survivors include three chil- ■ dren, Mrs. Adolph (Edith) Witt- ■ wer, of route 4, Bluffton; Mrs. Ed (Mabel) Schenck, of Craig- • route 4, Fort Wayne; also, five ville, and Truman O. Bell, Sr., of ' grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. A carpenter and painter by ' trade, Mr. Bell was a member ,, of , the Honduras chtnjch. Friends may cal T-et the Thoma t funeral home in Bluffton until the time of the funeral which will be • held at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday, the t Rev. Matthew Worthman officiati ing. Burial will be in the Elm i Grove cemetery at Bluffton.

Seek Two Brothers Carrying Six Bombs

ST. LOUIS (UPI) — Police searched today for two brothers believed to be armed with homemade bombs that, might be rigged to explode if the pair were captured and forced to raise their hands. Broadcasts over police radio circuits warned city, state and county police to get at least 50 feet away from the fygiives if hey were cornered artfl threw up their hands in apparent surrender. .“We believe they are wearing friction rings on their fingers with wires running up their arms to bomb mechanisms on their body,” a police department spokesman said. “We believe that they have the bombs set so that if they put their hands up this will pull the string and the bomb will go off in 20 seconds.” The brothers, James Hecker, 23, and Joseph, 18, were sought for an attempted burglary and bombing of the St. Louis Arena bowling alley o Police Lt. Arthur Sullivan said the brothers were believed to be carrying six bombs in all, including two strapped to their bodies. "The bombs pack a wallop,” Sullivan said, “and they could

Three Are Killed In Crash On Toll Road United Press International A triple-fatality accident Sunday on the toll road killed three Ohio residents and boosted Indiana’s weekend traffic death toll to at least nine. Six other persons were killed in separate accidents Saturday, four of them shortly after Friday midnight. Joseph A. LaVetter, 54, Cleveland; Abe S. Kaufman, 63, and his wife, Esther, about 60, Cleveland Heights, were killed Sunday when their car went out of control on the Northern Indiana Toll Road near Elkhart. State Police said the car, driven by LaVetter, smashed into a guard rail and caromed into a bridge pillar. A pedestrian accident Saturday killed 2-year-old Patrick Cochran of Jeffersonville. The child was struck by a car when he darted into a street in front of his home. Franklin Claxton, 28, Fort Wayne, was killed Saturday when his car went out of control and smashed into a New York Central' Railroad underpass on U.S. 30 north of Fort Wayne. A motorcycle accident killed Donald Fell, 17, South Bend. Saturday. Fell was riding on a motorcycle operated by : Robert Sebens, 19, South Bend, when it skidded into the side of a truck on Ind. 2 in St. Joseph County. Robert Henderson, 37, Indianapolis, was killed when a car in which he wag riding was struck by another vehicle at an Indianapolis street intersection Friday night. Other accidents Saturday killed Patrick O’Malley, 19, East Chicago, and ■ Wayne Burger, 35, North Judson. “O’Malley was killed in Hammond when his car collided headon with a truck. Burger died when his truck swerved to avoid a hog killed by another truck on U.S. 30 in LaPorte County. Burger’s truck smashed into the rear of the other truck. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, chance of scattered showers or thundershowers central and south this afternoon, turning cooler north this afternoon. Fair north, partly cloudy south, cooler to- r night. Chance of scattered showers extreme south tonight. Tuesday fair, cooler central and south. Low tonight 50s north to low 60s in 70s. Sunset today 8:16 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 5:17 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Increasing cloudiness with little temperature change. Lows 56 to 62. Highs in the 70s.

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probably kill if they were thrown at a person or off in a pocket." Police would not say why they feared the brothers had turned themselves into “human bombs.” But they hinted that they had obtained information in questioning a third brother, Gerald, 20, who was seized by police shortly after the robbery attempt. Gerald was quoted as saying his brothers “had other bombs and were prepared to use them.” The boy's mother broadcast an appeal, by tape recording, asking them to give up. “You can not run away from this,” Mrs. Hecker broadcast. “In time you will be caught. Do what I ask before you get into more serious trouble. Please do this for your own sakes, and for the love of family.”. For a time Sunday night, James and Joseph Hecker were believed to have fled St. Louis, but early today police expressed belief they had returned. James called a friend,' William Robertson, 19, by long distance telephone during the evening to seek information about Gerald.

James Hagerty To Undergo Surgery _ WASHINGTON (UPI) — White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty entered Walter Reed Army Hospital today for an appendicitis operation to be performed this afternoon. & Inflation Committee Confers With Ike WASHINGTON (UPI)—A special Cabinet committee on inflation spent an hour with President Eisenhower today discussing an interim report on price’ stability. The findings are to be made public later this week.

Federal Mediator » Meets Steel Heads

WASHINGTON (UPD—Federal Mediation Chief Joseph F. Finnegan meets with steel executives today to discuss stalled industrylabor negotiations. A nationwide strike deadline is 8 days away. Contract talks between a fourman team representing 12 big steel companies and four officials of the United Steelworkers of America went into their eighth week in New York today, with no progress reported toward an agreement. In the mill towns aorund Pittsburgh and elsewhere, steel makers prepared to shut down the hearths; union locals painted picket signs, and civic officials drew up plans to meet the problems of towns on strike. “I still have hope,” said John F. Murray, director of the union’s District 16, in Pittsburgh, “but I don’t know why.” Fact-Finding Session Finnegan met with union President David J. McDonald last Monday, and today’s session with Roger M. Blough, chairman of the board of the United States Steel Corp., and chief industry negotiator, R. Conrad Cooper, was scheduled as a similar fact-finding session. Blough and Cooper will dine tonight with the group of senators who met with McDonald at dinner a week ago. That meeting produced a suggestion from one senatorial participant that President Eisenhower intervene to bring the parties to settlemen before expiraion of contracts next week. The President rejected, the proposal. Although the Federal Mediation Service hqs not yet intervened in the threatening strike picture, It was learned that governmen of-

Welcome Rainfall Throughout County Over a half inch of rain fell throughout the county early this morning, bringing welcome relief to dry fields and lawns, and assuring that late-planted crops would come up in this area. The rains, which averaged .62 inch for the county, began in scattered shoWers early this morning, and continued through the forenoon. Early this afternoon skies were still overcast, giving hope for more rain before a new cool front moves into the area, as predicted for tomorrow, which would bring fair weather. The heaviest showers seemed to cut a strip across the midpart of the county, as the heaviest rains, from readings taken between 7:30 and 9:30 this morning were recorded in St. Mary’s and Blue Creek townships, with both near-inch readings of .9 inch. This rain came in time to freshen both the early and late-planted crops. Early crops, which look good throughout the county, had needed the moisture, although the dry spell had made crops sucjr.as corn extend their roots deep imo the soil to get moisture. Late planted beans and com needl'd the moisture to germinate. In Decatur, heavy showers fell about noon, making the total rainfall since 8 o’clock this morning .39 inch. The St. Mary’s river was rising slightly, having stood at 1.28 feet Sunday at 8 am., it was at 1.50 feet this morning at 8 o’clock. The Wabash, in the southern part of the county, was very low and would not be affected too much by this rain. The county-wide picture, by townships, follows (readings were taken between 7:30 and 9:30 this morning): In Preble township, .1 inch had fallen by 8:30 this morning at the Arthur Koeneman farm. At the Cecil Harvey farm in Root township, .6 inch had fallen by 8 a. m. A heavy forenoon shower fell, leaving the forenoon total there at .9 inch. In Union township, at the Erwin Fuelling farm. .2 inch of rain was recorded. At the Peter J. Spangler farm, jp Kirkland township, .7 inch of rain stood in the rain gaugeat about 7:30 a. m. In Decatur, weather observer Louis Landrum reported .52 inch of rain until 8 a. m., and .39 inch until 1 p. m., making the day’s total so far .91 inch. In St. Mary's township, at the Richard Speakman farm, .9 inch was recorded by 9:15 a. m. Harold Moser, in French township, reported had fallen by.7.30 a. m. In Monroe township, .75 inch had fallen by 8:30 a, m., Ben Mazelin reported. At the Austin Merriman farm, in Blue Creek township, .9 inch fell until 8:30 a. m. Ivan Huser reported .7 inch fell at his Hartford township farm by 8:30 a. m. In Geneva, Wabash town(Continued o* page six)

ficials have made informal suggestions to both union and management for a compromise “noninflationary” wage increase. Suggest Welfare Benefits The suggestion was said to be that any increase agreed to be devoted primarily to welfare-type payments rather than to direct wages. They are understood to believe that allocation of funds for such deferred payment items as pensions, medical services and supplementary unemployment I compensation will have a less inflationary effect on the economy than an immediate increase in takehome pay. Mediators were said to have taken no position as to whether any increase should bq, granted, however. C The industry entered negotiations with a proposal for a pneyear freeze of both wages and prices as a move in keeping with President Eisenhower’s request that both sides exercise restraint to avoid inflationary increases. Industry negotiators later offered to talk money with the union if the union would accept a group of contract changes the steelmakers said would increase efficiency. -McDonald flatly rejected the ondittons, saying they would undermine gains made in years of contract negotiations. Steel Magazine said today that the industry has already shut off shipments of raw materials to its plants and is prepared to bank furnaces “within a few days.” Production began tapering off last week, the magazine said, with mills operating at 92.5 per cent of capacity, 1.5 per cent below the previous week.

Four Florida Youths Handed Life Sentences TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UPI) — Four white youths convicted of the rape of a Negro college co-ed were sentenced today to life imprisonment. The youths, ranging in age from 16 to 24, were convicted of taking the girl from her Negro date on the night of her college spring formal dance and raping her seven times. The jury recommended mercy, without which the judge would have been required to give them the death penalty. Circuit Judge W. May Walker pronounced sentence at 9:44 a.m. and the youths were immediately whisked off to the state prison at Raiford. They are Patrick Scarborough, 20, Willon T. Collinsworth, 23, "Ollie Stoutamire, 16 t and David Beagles, 18. The youths were’convicted June 15 after a four day trial. Under terms of the jury’s conviction, the judge could have imposed sentences anywhere from a few years to life. No white person ever has been sent to the chair for raping a Negri) in Florida, but 37 Negroes have paid that price for assaulting white women during the past 25. years. The courtroom was nearly empty. No advance word had been given of the sentencing and only the lawyers and relatives of the four youths were on hand, along with a few news men. The four youths admitted in signed confessions that they abducted the 19-year-old Negro coed at gunpoint May 2, and raped her. The name of the rape victim is protected from publication by Florida law. The youths showed no emotion ■ i as the judge told each he must l 1 spend the rest of his natural life ■| in prison, although Collinsworth . I cried like a baby earlier when his wife and child rushed up to him. There was not a sound in the f courtroom as Judge Walker, who t t has two teen-age sons of his own, asked each of the defendants in i turn “Have you ever heard of the j Supreme Ruler of the universe?” “No sir,” each replied. “The Supreme Ruler is God,” L the judge told them. “Hs is the ( One to whom you should direct your appeal. May He offer you comfort.” ~ Attorneys in the case had until . June 29 to file a motion for a new , trial. However, the youths and their i families decided not to appeal in I order to get started as soon aS i possible on the sentence. Fort Wayne Bandit Given Prison Term FORT WAYNE. Ind. (UPI) —A 2rtyear-old expectant father was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for holding up a bank and taking’ nearly $5,000. David L. Lynch. Fort Wayne, who pleaded guilty recently, was sentenced in Federal Court by Judge Robert A. Grant. 4 Grant rejected defense attorney Barrie Tremper’s plea for a rehabilitation program for Lynch and said he could not be lenient because of Lynch's previous record. Lynch was arrested after a filling station attendant jotted down the car license number of a bandit who held up the station twice. When police arrested Lynch on the basis of the license number. Lynch • not only admitted five station robberies but confessed the March 31 holdup of the Grabill bank near Fort Wayne. Lynch was on probation from a Detroit car' theft charge and previously was discharged dishonorably from the Navy. His wife, an expectant mother, ’ showed no emotion when sentence ' was passed on Lynch. Hoosier Girls State i Underway At I.U. ‘ BLOOMINGTON. Ind. (UPD—- , Delegates to Hoosier Girls’ State, ' took over the Indiana University , campus during the weekend for a t week-long primer in politics. The American Legion sponsored i event began Saturday, and the f girls-all high school juniors were i assigned tp make-believe national- : isf and federalist parties. The del- ’ egates were also placed in four i mythical counties and 16 cities, i ' The girls will have their state ; conventions and' primary elections r Tuesday, with a general election scheduled for Wednesday.

23 Missing In Freak Storm

MONCTON, New Brunswick —■ (UPI) — Storm-weary fishermen put out at dawn today to search of 23 comrades still missing from a freak h u r r i ca n e-force wind which wrecked a salmon fleet in Northumberland Strait on Saturday. r -- Twelve men were known detad, and little hope was held that any of the missing wduld be found alive. i “There’s hardly a family along the coast that hasn’t been affected,” said Red Cross Rescue Coordinator F- B. Fowlie. Perley Chapman, of Bay de Vin, N. 8., said he had seen nothing), strait between New Brunswick storm in 25 year? of fishing the strait between New Brunskick and Prince Edward island. Flung Against Boat “That’s the way it was.” he said. “My son wasn’t drowned, he was killed. His lungs were dry. The waves killed him. They picked him up and flung him against the boat. They perished him.” The winds Churned Waves that tore some fishing boats apart like match boxes. High tides smashed homes on both shores of the straits and littered the beaches with lobster pots, salmon nets and the debris Os smashed boats and houses. Edwin Cook, 27, said bis father, Fraser Cook, lashed him to the mast of their boat as the storm blew up. He said he watched helplessly a few minutes later as a giant wave swept over the boat and carried his father off with it. The younger Cook was eventually washed ashore. Father, Sons Overboard Jack Ducette and his sons, Eve and Alphonse, were washed overboard from their boat and were in the watqr 25 minutes before they were picked up by fellow fishermen. “How they lived, we don’t know,", Fowlie said. Their boat, carrying the body of the fourth crewman, was washed ashore. Yvon Durelle, fisherman turned boxer, came home to Bay Ste. Anne for the week end from the! camp where he is training for a' scheduled fight with Archie Moore.' “He Wanted to go fishing,” his wife said. “He even walked down to the wharf and I thought I wouldn't see him until tomorrow. But he was back in a half an hour, a bit sheepishly. He said he didn’t feel like it. He thought he would stay home and play with the children. “I'm glad he did." South Bend Boy Is Drowned In Lake LAPORTE, Ind. (UPD-Richard Darr, 10, South Bend, drowned Saturday while swimming jn Stone Lake in LaPorte County. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Darr. His body was recovered by lifeguard Herman Rand, but efforts to revive the boy failed.

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Violent Ms Hit Midwest Areas Sunday United Press International Violent winds and thunderstorms swept the nation's midsection and drownings took a (heavy toll across the country as Isumrrrer made its debut. A twister ripped through the little town of Walcott, lowa, Sunday night and thunderstorms ranged from Texas to the upper Great Lakes as the new season, arrived at 10:50 p.m. c.d.t. The tornado tore the roof off a grain elevator, flattened a bam, killed four cattle and felled trees in the Walcott vicinity. No deaths or injuries were .reported. Tornado alerts were issued earlier for parts of Nebraska after a funnel cloud was spotted near Kimball and Sidney, in the western part of the state. Heaviest rain reported was nearly two inches at Wichita Falls. Tex. An inch and a half fell at Burlington, lowa, and, nearly an inch at North Platte, Neb. Warm weather brought out swimmers in droves, and several multiple drownings marred the start of summer. Two young sisters, Evelyn Reyer, 13, and Evon, 8, drowned at Poplarville, Miss., when they stepped into a 25-foot-deep hole while wading in a creek. Buddy Smith, 15, tried to save, them and drowned in the effort, At San Antonio, Tex., Mary Jo Morton,* 7, and her brother, Randy, 4, drowned when they walked out of a wading pool into a deep pool while spending Father's Day with their dad. Two Chicago girls — Dorothy Neely, 14, and an unidentified companion—drowned in Lake Michigan when they chased a bobbing beach ball into deep water. Four persons were killed in a I head-on collision during a heavy ; rain storm near Oakwood. Okla. Two young children suffered critical injuries .in the crash. On a farm near Newton, lowa, a lightning bolt killed John Clifford Pink, 41, Sunday night. Strike Authorized At Fort Wayne Plant FORT WAYNE. Ind. (UPD—The bargaining committee for Local 903 of the Allied Industrial Workers union was armed with a strike vote today in its negotiations with the Fort Wayne Division of the Dana Corp. Union members authorized a strike Saturdifr by an 812-182 vote after negotiations over piece work rates bogged down, a union spokesman said. No strike date was set, but the vote empowers the bargaining committee to call a strike at its discretion.

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