Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 161.

■ .... .. • Top Negotiator Meets With Steel Executives On New Contract T alks t ' J,-

. ';OHfiLgß^Kgsß®||Lp. SJMK T '< fl B fl j- 7 ?: 5 , . \ , ■ ACCUSE HOFFA OF “DEALS”—Kirkwood Yockey (left), Indianapo * lis, Ind., attorney, tells the Senate Rackets Committee that Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa received a “kick-back” from a Detroit freight line for settling grievances at half-price. He said a union business agent informed him of the deal. Scott Pickett (right), once a driver for the company, described his difficulties in adjusting wage claims, and Yockey said he was told that Hoffa and the trucking firm agreed to pigeonhole wage claims until a cut-rate settlement could be made.

lowa Health Leaders Fear Spread Os Polio

DES MOINES, lowa (UPI) —I Health officials feared today that Des Moines’ polio epidemic, the! first in the nation this year, would spread throughout the state because of public apathy toward inoculation. Des Moines, lowa’s capital city, and surrounding Polk County have had 69 polio cases this year. Three of the patients have died. One hundred chapters of the Natoinal Foundation in lowa were alerted to battle the disease and Salk polio vaccine was shipped to all but three of fate state’s 99 counties. Doctors pleaded with residents to get inoculations but said people in general, and teen-agers in particular, were not responding well. Dr. James F. Speers, the citycounty health director here, said he “wouldn’t be a Mt surprised if the epidemic sweeps across the state.” “lowa has a very poor vaccination record," he said. Speers said Des Moines, with about one-tenth of the state’s population, has used half the public health-dispensed vaccine in the last few years. Health officials Tuesday officially termed the outbreak an epidemic, and tne U. S. Public Health Sendee’s communicable diseases laboratory at Atlantff, Ga„ said the epidemic here was the first “real outbreak” in file nation this year. Fifteen iron lungs were sent to the city by the National Foundation. The organization asked the Red Cross to provide 16 special nurses to handle the patients in the crowded polio wards. ’ Thursday a National Guard truck, converted into a “hospital on wheels,” sped a Des Moines patient confined to an iron lung to lowa City under police escort. Officials said university hospitals in lowa City had better facilities to care for the patient, Mrs. Betty Wesley, 27. The spread of the disease slackened this week, but Speers said “it’s too early to predict that we may have hit our peak.” Fairly Sharp Quake Detected Thursday NEW YORK (UPI)— A “fairly sharp” earthquake about 4,000 miles from here was detected Thursday by seisfographs at Fordham University, the university said today. v INDIANA WEATHER Fair this afternoon. Fair ■oath, partly cloudy with chance of a few light showers north tonight. Saturday partly cloudy, slightly cooler north. Low tonight 58 to 66. High Saturday 79 to 84 north. 85 to 89 south. Sunset today 8:14 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 5:26 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Fair and pleasant Lours 55 to 63. Highs 75 to 85. ..

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Local Woman Flyer Is 26th In Derby Mrs. Josephine Ivetich Richardson, manager of the Decatur HiWay Airport, finished 26th . with co-pilot Helen Hine of Gary in the 13th annual cross-counfty Powder Puff* derby. Mrs. Aileen Saunders-, an El Cajon, Calif., brunette, won the title in her third attempt. Mrs. Saunders finished 22nd and 23rd in two previous races. Mrs. Richardson, piloting a TriPacer, landed in 12th position at Felts Field in Spokane, Wash., on Tuesday, but through the complicated system of scoring, she was placed 14 positions lower. The Richardson aircraft was the first lowest rated horsepower plane on the finish line.. Os the 63 planes that started from Lawrence, Mass., only 10 failed to make the finish. Two other female Hoosier pilots finished four rungs lower than the Richardson rating. Margaret Ringenberg and Lois Lay mon, both of Fort Wayne, were the pilot and copilot. This duo, however, was the first to land at Spokane in the allwomen handicap event when they arrived last Sunday. The race lasted four days'for. most contestants. With the title, Mrs. Saunders and her co-pilot, Mrs. Jerelyn Cassell, of San Diego, Calif., received a purse of SBOO and trophies, besides various merchandise awards. She piloted a Cessna 172 from inland coast to inland coast in 19 hours and 14 minutes, overcoming by 9.5 knots her handicap of 142 knots. This duo landed Tuesday.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) — An intermediate range Jupiter missile thundered down the Atlantic missile range Thursday night in a successful flight reported to have covered 1,500 miles. The Army said it landed in the predicted impact area, but did not say how big the area was. After the firing, the Army said for the third time that the missile now is “ready for operational use." The 65-foot missile witlj a maximum range of 1,700 miles will be employed tactically by the Air Force under a Defense Department ruling limiting the Army to use of 300-mile missiles. On the launching pad npxt to the site of Thursday night’s firing, the Army is preparing a big Juno II rocket for a satellite-launching attempt expected last next week. The Jupiter launching bore no relation to the upcoming space venture, in

NEW YORK (UPl)—Steel industry top negotiator R. Conrad Cooper today in effect confirmed that he had met with prominent executives of big steel companies Thursday concerning current contract talks with Steelworkers. “We are in constant touch with our principals,” was Cooper’s reply when asked about a private gathering of steel executives in New York Thursday afternoon. Asked if he was more optimistic or pessimistic about the situation than he was 24 hours ago, Cooper replied: “I don’t feel any change of the pulse beat one way or another.” David J. McDonald, president of the United Steelworkers Union told newsmen he had summoned the union’s 171 - member International Wage Policy Committee to New York for a meeting on Monday. Asked if that meant the picture had darkened in regard to possible strike, McDonald answered: “No. We are calling the policy committee in to bring them up to date on developments.” Both Cooper and McDonald • were evasive regarding the behind scenes maneuvers that took place in New York after, the two fourman bargaining team had suddenly recessed shortly after noon Thursday. Cooper was asked if industry I was making any arrangements to bank blast furnaces in the steel mills in preparation for a strike emergency. Cooper said he had nothing to say about that. Today’s meeting of the negotiators got under way at 10:15 a.m. The Steelworkers have extended expiration of their contract until July 15, but have* indicated no further extension is planned. A strike could be called at midnight . July 14. t This morning’s meeting lasted , only an hour. When the negotia- ' tors broke up at 10:15 a.m. c.d.t. they issued this statement: I I “The parties have been ex--1 changing data and have recessed ■ temporarily to gather additional • information needed when the conference is resumed, probably this ■ afternoon.” t It was reported the steel execui fives were in favor of standing - firm against a wage increase. It ; was said the meeting produced no change in the industry’s call for . a one-year wage freeze and con- , tract changes that would promote . efficiency in the steel plants. This brought a renewed warn- ' ing from United Steelworkers Un- . ion officials that a walkout of ‘ 500,000 steel workers was una- ! voidable unless the companies of- ’ fer higher pay and an improver ment in fringe benefits. The union was making arrange- ! ments to summon its 171-member • Wage Policy Committee to meet ’ in the Roosevelt Hotel here Mon- ■ day to issue final strike instruc- , tions or to pass on any wage I proposal the industry might , make. - - ■■ ' . i The sudden adjournment of i Thursday’s session of the bargain- > ing teams had an air 1 of mystery. I For hours afterward David J. i McDonald, USW president, and i R. Conrad Cooper, the industry’s chief negotiators, could not be found. i_

i which the Army will use another Jupiter as the first stage of a rocket designed to put a radiation-mea-suring moonlet into orbit around the earth. The Jupiter launching followed by three hours the successful ground test of an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile. The last five Atlases have been failures, and the next firing is expected to be watched with keen interest by the Pentagon. The Atlas probably will be fired during the coming week. Only one of 21 Jupiters fired has been deemed totally unsuccessful by the Army. The Jupiter was the missile used io hurl two monkeys named Able and Baker through space on a 1,500-mile flight down the Atlantic tracking range last May 28. Officials said there-was no living creature in Thursday night’s Jupiter.

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Spokesmen professed to have no idea where they went or what they did. McDonald earlier this week had served notice he did not intend to agree to a further contract extension beyond 12:01 a.m. July 15 “unless” he received a new offer from the steel companies. Two From County To State Fair Contest Two Adams county 4-H’ers who took thd’top two places in district judging contests Wednesday will represent 12 northern Indiana counties at the state fair contests in September. Miss Shirley Bieberich. Preble township, and Miss Margaret Boerger. Root township, won the top two places in the clothing judging contests in the county contests June. 18 here and went on to win those spots in the district contests at Wabash Wednesday. They were competing with 22 other 4-H judging champions from the 11 other counties in this extension district. The district contests for 4-H home economics project entrants ate continuing today, at Warsaw, where two girls, who won in county demonstration contests also June 18 here, will compete with ‘demonstration winners in the 11 other district counties. Miss Gail Egley is competing in the general demonstration contest, with “This Could Be You,” showing figurei trimming exercises. Miss Donna Shoaf is entered in the baking con- ■ test, with “Pretty as a Picture,” showing how to make pineapple upside-down cake. The winner of the state judging contest, which the two Adams county contestants have earned the right to compete in, may receive a trip to Washington, D.C. fc and the United Nations. The first-place winners in all six judging divisions may receive the trip if they have not had this same trip before, or one of these trips: the 4-H electric trip, the Stark and Wetzel trip, the 4-H club congress trip, the national 4-H club conference trip, or if they have not been selected for the 4-H club congress. Miss Bieberich and Miss Boerger will judge at the home economics contests that will precede the Indiana state fair, Sept. 2 through 10. The home economics judging will begin Monday, August 31, at 12:30 p.m., in the 4-H exhibit hall on the fairgrounds. State Prison Hunger Strike Is Smashed REIDSVILLE, Ga. (UPI) — A state prison hunger strike by inmates who demanded fried eggs for breakfast was broken up today when 225 ring leaders were hauled off in handcuffs to other prison camps. State Corrections Director Jack M. Forrester said the men responsible for the demonstration would be placed in isolation for 30 days and given a diet of bread and water. “I think this has cracked it,” Forrester said. “We’ve got the ring leaders and after they were removed you could hear a pin drop.” The inmates of the huge state prison began their hunger strike Thursday but the prison authorities had been expecting it for almost two weeks and were ready to move in swiftly to put it down. Forrester said the men will be dispersed among 16 other state institutions and 85 county work camps. They will get bread-and water diets except for one full meal every five days. A “hard-core” of 140 prisoners went to the rock quarry prison for incorrigibles at Buford, where in recent years numbers of inmates have slashed their heel tendons to avoid the hard labor. State Corrections Director Jack M. Forrester said in Atlanta, “I think this has cracked it—we’ve got the ring leaders.” Forrester told United Press International that all the good time incurred by the 225 hard-core inmates and all future good time has been “wiped out” as additional punishment x

Marion County Officials Back Out Os Battle INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Marion County officials backed out of a battle with a municipal judge today over whether 89 confiscated pinball machines should be returni ed to their owners. . ■ Sheriff Robert O’Neal, who was ; convicted of criminal contempt of court for refusing to return the i machines to two men acquitted of gambling charges, was advised by . his attorney to surrender the de-, . vices to James H. Peachey and i Richard Gunn. The attorney, Andre Jacobs Sr., ; recommended the action when he L learned that Prosecutor Phillip L. . Bayt announced he would dismiss . an appeal on behalf of the state of . the ruling of Judge Joseph T. Maz- • elin which found Peachey and Gunn not guilty of violating the Hasbrook anti-«ambling act. Bayt said he would dismiss the appeal because the Indiana Su- . preme Court had denied a writ of , prohibition against Mazelin and, in effect, ruled that the state does not have the right to appeal. If O’Neal surrenders the machines, which lie previously refusi ed to do on grounds they were con- ’ traband, he would himself ’ continued contempt of Mazelin’s . return order But actually he w’duld • still have been in contempt for the , period the seizure continued past the hour Mazelin had set as the , deadline for returning the maj chines. , Acting Police Chief Carl Schmidt • of Indianapolis also was convicted , of contempt for teaming up with ' O’Neal in refusing to surrender . the machines. 5 Municipal Judge Joseph Mazelin said he would sentence the two , top law enforcement officials next , Monday. He found the two guilty . of contempt Thursday for ignoring his court order. r Marion County Prosecutor Phil- [ lip Bayt asked the Indiana Supreme Court to issue a writ prohibiting Judge Mazelin’s action. But the high court refused to in-. • tervene. ‘We’ve about reached our limit” i Bayt said. “All the available legal I remedies have about been exhaus- • ted. O’Neal and Schmidt could be i sentenced to up to 90 days in jail < and fined up to SSOO by Judge : Mazelin. The machines were seized in j raids two months ago but the is- j sue came to a head Tuesday . when Mazelin ordered them returned to their owners by Wed- j nesday afternoon. O’Neal, with Bayt’s backing, re- , fused on grounds the machines ■ were, contraband and should be . destroyed. ( Mazelin earlier acquitted James . Peachey and Richard Gunn, own- , ers of the machines, of charges , of violating the Hasbrook anti- 1 gambling law and told them they : could have the machines back if the devices were taken out of the , county. i Peachey said he stayed up all night Wednesday keepink an eye on the machines stored in a city warehouse. “They’ve got my life savings in there and I’m going to sit here , until I get ’em or something happens,” he said. Evansville Youth Is Drowning Victim EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPl)—Hubert R. Cook, 17, Evansville, drowned Thursday afternoon while swimming in the Ohio River. Authorities said Cook’s 19-year-old . bride of five months. Mary Jane, and his brother Charles, 23, tried ' to save him but failed. Elderly Doctor Is Killed By Auto HAMMOND, Ind. (UPI)-Dr. Andrew Hoffman, 81, Munster, died today in a Hammond hospital of ; injuries sustained when he was ' struck by a car while crossing a . city street here Thursday.

Heart Surgery Girl Reported Improving Five-year-old Deborah Seitz, who underwent delicate heart surgery Wednesday morning in Indianapolis, is improving and may be able to return to Decatur next week. The operation, to correct a hole in the main artery of the heart, the aorta, was more complicated than the surgeons had expected, as another hole was found. The operation, which required the use of a heart-lung machine and ten pints of fresh, whole blood, which local ■ residents donated, was begun at 8 a. m. and lasted until about noon, Mrs. Connie Wolf, Deborah’s aunt, said this morning. Deborah, she learned from a trier’ one call from Deborah’s mother, Mrs. Haymond W. Seitz, has been able to sit up and talk to her parents, although she is still'in an oxygen tent, and on the critical list at the Riley children’s hospital in Indianapolis. After such operations, patients are usually kept on the critical list for several days. Her address, for those who would like to send cards, is Miss Deborah Seitz, Riley hospital, Ward D., I. U. Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. Eleven blood donors who traveled to Indianapolis to give blood Tuesday afternoon were Harlan Jackson, Miss Carol Sue Seitz, Byford Smith, Mrs. Lawrence Rash, Wilbur Marbaugh, Bud Marbaugh, Richard Marbaugh, Mrs. Lewis Sheets, Mrs. Leo Clouse, Jim Brazill, and Vic Strickler. Two carloads of donors returned Tuesday evening, while several donors remained over Tuesday night. Cracking Down On Obscene Literature ANDERSON, Ind. (UPl)—Anderson and Madison County law enforcement authorities service notice today that dealers and distributors of 108 “obscene” publications will be arrested. A list of magazines and other publications was compiled during a conference of the Anderson mayor and city attorney and the Madison County sheriff and prosecutor. Anderson Police Chief John L. Heiden said conferences also were held with 35 dealers and distributors and that all volunteered to remove the objectionable publications from their shelves.

—jp. .r - —■'" — ■■ Some Boost In Gas Tax Likely

WASHINGTON (UPD—Chances were growing today that Congress would reluctantly approve part of the I*4 cent a gallon boost in gasoline taxes requested by President Eisenhower. Democratic leaders and admin- , istration officials—after deadlock- , ing over the issue for six months —were looking for a compromise plan to avert a slowdown in the highway-building program. Democratic leaders scheduled a closed-door meeting of the House Ways and Means Committee this afternoon to hear administration officials explain the financial crisis facing the highway construction program. No action was planned at today’s meeting, which was described as "strictly exploratory.” Lawmakers generally agreed that it was premature to say that Congress would approve any boost in gasoline taxes. But all agreed that the chances have improved considerably in recent weeks. The fact that the meeting was called in the first place provided evidence of the desire of Democratic leaders to work out some kind of compromise. • The meeting was called in the wake of assertions from Republican leaders earlier this week that the administration now is exploring several alternatives to the proposed I*4 cent gas tax boost. President Eisenhower has warned that the highway construction program will be slowed down this summer unless Congress boosts tax revenue for the special “trust fund” tvhich finances the program. Democratic leaders have flatly rejected the President’s plea that the federal tax be raised from the present 3 cents a gallon to 4*4 cents a gallon to provide the added revenue. But some highly-placed Democrats privately have been urging speaker Sam Raybum <D-Tex.) to launch a drive for a compromise one-year increase of *4-cent a gallon.

Harriman And Leaders Meet

WASHINGTON (UPI)—W. Aver- ’ ell' Harriman began a series of < conferences with administration t and congressional leaders today < concerning new Soviet war-talk, j The former governor arrived in > Washington by plane 35 minutes late from New York and sped to t the Capitol for a meeting with « Vice President Richard M. Nixon. t He was to meet later with Secre- ] tary of State Christian A. Herter and scheduled a closed session ] this afternoon with the Senate i Foreign Relations Committee. j Harriman, tieless and obviously i upset at being late, declined to < discuss his conversations with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush- j chev. He caught a taxi to Nixon’s 1 office. —'—; i Harriman believes Khrushchev has misconceptions about this , country’s intentions and has urged that the Soviet chief should be invited here so he can be set straight. Harriman, former New York U.S. ambassador to Russia, had reported that Khrushchev was unyielding in his stand on getting the West out of Berlin. He quoted Khrushchev as saying: “If you (the West) want war, you can have it.” Before leaving New York, Harriman urged that a summit conference be held there as a means of averting war. He described Khrushchev as a “proud arrogant and emotional” man who might “overplay his hand” if not fully informed on American policy. Herter told a news conference Thursday afternoon — his first as secretary of state — that such a proposal was “certainly worth thinking about.” Herter was asked if there was a “fully agreed Allied plan on counter-measures” to maintain the West in Berlin if the Soviets take unilateral action to force the Allies out. Herter replied that the matter has been discussed “for a considerable period of time and I would say that on the whole our position is well concerted.” The secretary held out only faint hope generally for an agreement with the Soviet Union and noted that we never had been optimistic about chances for success at the deadlocked Geneva foreign ministers conference. The deadlocked conference rei sumes Monday after a three-week • recess. -Herter said the West intends to

The compromise favored by some key Democrats is a two-part plan. It would boost the tax one-half a cent until July 1, 1960. It also would divert into the “trust fund” on July 1, 1960, some of the taxes on highway users which now go into the treasury. This would help balance the budget in the current fiscal year. But it would make budget balancing more difficult in the next fiscal year starting July 1, 1960. Fred Gay Dies In Home In Michigan Fred Gay, 63, formerly of Decatur, died Thursday night in Ithaca, Mich., relatives here have learned. When Mr. Gay resided in Decatur before the family moved to Ithaca, where it is in the retail business now, several years ago, he was on the Decatur police force and was a partner in the People’s and Gay shoe store. The father, James Gay, was an undertaker here. Funeral services will be conducted in Ithaca at 11 a. m. Monday. Relatives in Decatur include two brothers-in-law, Ralph Smith and Lowell Smith; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Lawrence Smith and Mrs. Clvde Jones, and two nephews, Bob and Harold Gay. Surviving in Michigan are the widow, Mrs. Irene Gay; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Bridinger and Mrs. Norma Champion, Ithaca: seven grandchildren: two brothers, Dick Gay, Alma, Mich., and Bill Gay, Stanton, Mich.; and one sister, Mrs. Ruth Parent, Clare, Mich.

clear up some misconceptions that Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko contends the West is laboring under concerning Soviet proposals. The issue revolves around what the Soviet Union would do if a Soviet-proposed period of negotiations lasting a year and a half resulted in no agreement. The West has assumed from earlier statements that the Soviet Union considered that Western rights would expire at the end of that period. But Gromyko has said that this is a msiconception. Herter said he thought the talks probably would not last more than three weeks when they resume Monday. But he said there was a chance that they might continue later at a lower level. Mississippi Stale Scientists Here Eight visiting agricultural scientists from Mississippi State University attended the sixth in a series of seven meetings sponsored by Central Soya Co. this season in Decatur Thursday afternoon. The company officials and the southern scientists lunched at the Fairway restaurant before touring the local plant facilities. The final meeting of educational leaders from all over the country and Central Soya personnel will be held next Tuesday when representatives from Rutgers University win arrive in Decatur, via the company’s private plane. Jake Krider, vice president and director of public relations, presided at the noon luncheon, while Watson Maddox, associate of sales training, again lectured on the plant tour, explaining varous methods exercised by the company in processing feed and research developments. Hill Tells of Studies Prof. James E. (Red) Hill, head of the M. S. U. poultry department, lucidly explained various studies being carried on at the Starksville, Miss., school. Besides widespread research on genetics and nutrition. Hill pointed to the stfdy of pigmentaries, which function as the coloring agent in skin, as one of the latest. His department is testing to detect whether or not the color of the chicken has anything to do with the amount of eggs it will produce, or its size. Results to date indicate that it has. His department is also working on the effect of light on egg-laying hens. The object, of course, is to arrive at the optimum amount of light which will produce maximum results. Dr. Ben F. Barrentine, head of the agricultural chemistry department, elucidated cm a bloat.study, in which he is learning to curb accumulations of gas that actually explode within the cow and kiH the animal. Dr. Barrentine toid how the problem had riddled dairy and beef herds throughout the world, provoking such a study. New Zealand Has Problem He pointed to New Zealand where the major portion of agricultural endeavors center on cat- - tie production. Although the methods of combating the bloat problem differ here with the people down under, the results are comparable, he said. At the Mississippi school, the department is using penicillin as a reducing agent for fermentation. This cuts down the amount of gas in the animal, curtailing the Moat problem. The New Zealanders approach the problem from the feed standpoint, using oils and fats with the feed to curb the formation of gas. Both methods can be assisted by the practice of good pasture programs, Dr. Barrentine added. Because the animal eats the clover or legumes, which causes the affliction, the farmer should plant grasses which are not conducive to bloating, he concluded. Others who attended the meeting were: Dr. Barrentine’s son, Ben, Jr.: Ed Grissom, chief of the animal husbandry extension; Ed. Garrison, associate poultry extentionist; Dr. Tom Miles, dairy head: George Crane, associate extension dairyman: Dr. Charles H. Lindley, head of animal husbandry; and Dr. E. J. Day, poultry nutritionist.

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