Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 170

Western Powers Warn Andrei Gromyko Drop Filibuster Over Truce

GENEVA (UPD — The West warned Russia’s Andrei Gromyko today that it is prepared to see the Geneva Big Four conference broken off unless he immediately drops his filibuster against a Berlin truce. The East - West negotiations could break down within several days — possibly Wednesday — unless Gromyko starts talking business, the Western ministers declared at a howdown lunch meeting in Gromyko’s own headquarters. The move made it clear that Western patience had run out after 7% weeks of Geneva foreign ministers’ talks that brought East and West nowhere near agreement on Berlin. It also was made clear that the West was in full agreement to face the risks that might go along with a . break in talks. This included the risk of a hotter Berlin crisis if Russia carried out its threat to conclude a separate peace treaty and ut oft Western rights in West Berlin. Ironially, today’s private showdown took place in the Soviet i foreign minister's own villa and[ in the absence of U.S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter. Herter sent two deputies to the start of the lunch meeting while he attended a “courtesy” lunch with a top International Red Cross official whose organization is involved in a repatriation dispute between Japan and the Republic of Korea. Herter drove directly to the Gromyko villa after lunching with the Red Cross official. While waiting for Herter to join his Western partners, British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville took the lead i in challenging Gromyko to stop l his evasions. The latest of these Soviet tactics was a demand that in return for a Berlin truce, the East German puppet regime be given an equal voice with West Germany in time-limited talks on German reunification. The West flatly rejected Gromyko’s "all German commission” idea on the grounds it would give the Communist East Germans, who rule a 17-million population, the same status as the Bonn gov- 1

Seek Contract s In Aluminum

NEW YORK (UPl)—Steel union chief David J. McDonald steps into contract negotiations with the aluminum industry today in the hope of reaching a wage agreement that could provide a pattern of settlement of the weekold steel srike. McDonald’s participation today marks the first time he has taken part in bargaining talks with the nation’s top htree aluminum companies, whose conract with the United Steelworkers of America expires July 31. McDonald arid other top steel union leaders were known to be hopeful that they could obtain a sizeable wage increase from aluminum’s “Big Three,” which to turn could be used as a wedge toward obtaining a pay boost from the strikebound steel industry, The USW represents 30,500 of the more than 58,000 employes of the Aluminum Co. of America (Alcoa), the Reynolds Metals Co. and Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp., involved to the contract negotiations. A strike would cut off about 50 per cent of the nation’s aluminum production. The steel union is seeking a 15-cent-an-hour wage increase from tile aluminum companies — the same demand it has made of the steel industry, the final rejection of which triggered the nationwide strike of 500,000 basic steel workers. Traditionally, the aluminum industry agreements are based on steel settlements. But with a long steel strike likely, top steel union officials were hoping the trend would be reversed this year with receipt of a substantial pay increase by the aluminum producers. However, most observers regarded it as doubtful that aluminum’s “Big Three” would take

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I eminent freely elected by 50million West Germans. Western officials said Gromyko was offered two choices: —Either give serious consideration to Monday’s new Herter plan tor non-stop “little Geneva” talks on all-German questions. —Or drop these deadlocked questions and negotiate a Berlin truce devoid of time limits, ultimatums or conditions. Some diplomats said a breakdown could, come as soon as Wednesday, when the next full plenary session of the conference is scheduled. Today’s was a restrited session with no representatives from either German side on hand. The Geneva talks were right where they started last May 11. With many weeks of deadlock behind them and no progress in sight the Western ministers were looking apprehensively at the Kremlin to see if some change in Soviet foreign policy would follow Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s cancellation of his proposed Scandinavian tour. i Authoritative soures said the [ministers had questioned Gromyko about it Monday but that he did not answer. Some thought Khrushchev’s failing health may have caused the cancellation but they also were looking for a possible major diplomatic offensive on part of the Russians. Almost all diplomatic sources believed the official explanation that Khrushchev called off the visit beause he did not like his bad press in Scandinavia was a mere pretext. They believed something was up but they didn’t know what. The West Monday rejected Russia’s latest plan for a Berlin setItlement and came up with one of its own — that the foreign ministers’ conference be converted into a permanent commission on German reunifiation. West and East German advisers would remain advisers. The Soviet plan called for an all-German commission on Germany with the Big Four powers acting as advisers. Gromyko said Monday “any proposals that preclude possibility of negotiations .between the two German states are unacceptable as a basis for •agreed settlements.”

the bargaining initiative from the steel industry negotiators. Meanwhile, federal mediation efforts to end the steel walkout continued today in New York. For the second day in a -row, Joseph F. Finnegan, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, scheduled separate meetings with representatives of the USW and the 12 leading steel firms. But he remained pessimistic over the possibility of an early settlement of the strike, which has cut off mills that turn out 90 per cent of the nation’s steel. — Finnegan said afer Monday’s sessions that his statement of last week that an early solution of the steel srike was unlikely ’“still sarwis " He refued to comment on the prospects of a joint meeting between the disputants. Both McDonald and R. Conrad Cooper, he steel industry’s top negotiator, also declined comment on the progress of the negotiations. In Washington, President Eisenhower held two meetings Monday dealing with the steel walkout, one with Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell and the other with Dr. Raymond J. Saulnier, chairman of the Presideot's Council of Economic Advisers. What transpired was not disclosed, however. With each passing day of the strike, however, increasing numbers of workers to allied industries continue to be laid off. Already more than 30,000 coal miners, railroad workers, truckers. Great Lakes seamen and other satellite employes have been furloughed because of the walkout, which began last Tuesday midnight *

All Os 1959 Laws Are Now Effective

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Handley and Secretary of State John R. Walsh today issued a proclamation declaring as law all acts of the 1959 Indiana Legislature. Handley and Walsh signed a proclamation during brief ceremonies in Handley’s Statehouse office. Walsh said earlier that there was some question about when the acts would be promulgated officially. He said a few of the receipts received from the 92 county clerks did not bear the time of delivery and he was uncertain whether they would have to be returned. But after a telephone conversation with Atty. Gen. Edwin K. Steers, Walsh said he was ready to sign the proclamation. He said the proclamation would declare the acts in force since 3:30 p.m. Monday, the time the receipts were received in his ofice. Only 122 of the 387 acts were not law before today’s proclamation. The other 265 bore emergency clauses which made them effective imfnedaitely, or had specific dates when they beame efetive. A law extending the hours during whih taverns may remain open was one of the most controversial of those which became effective today. Under provisions of the law, taverns may stay open until 2 a.m. “fast” time, or 1 a.m. “slow” time. They were required to close an hour earlier under the old law. Decatur Canning Co. Closes Ohio Plant The Decatur Canning company, canners of tomatoes, has closed its Arcanum, 0., plant, and will operate solely from Decatur, Mrs. Mabel Schmitt, president of the corporation, announced today. Some of the machinery from the Ohio plant is being moved to Decatur this week, Mrs. Schmitt stated. It is hoped that all of die equipment can be moved here within three years, and the plant here enlarged for the additional operation. At the present time the Decatur machinery is being overhauled, and made ready tor use. Some minor improvements are being made. The labor force is being recruited now, with registration Thursday and Friday of this week. A normal pack of tomatoes is expected, and all good, experienced tomato peelers will be needed. The canning company prepares only gallon size cans of tomatoes for institutional use throughout the country. If good tomato weather holds, the plant will begin operations the week of August 12. The company started operations in 1947 'with 10,000 cases of tomatoes processed. Last year, a poor year tor tomatoes, 47,000 cases were packed. The goal tor this year is 70,000 cases. Mrs. Schmitt’s son, W. E. Schmitt, is vice president of the corporation and co-owner of the local plant. Schmitt has been managing the Ohio plant. Larry Elliott, of Columbus Junction, lowa, a graduate of lowa State University of engineering, win be the Decatur plant manager. A veteran of four years in the Navy, Elliott was trained in the canning industry at the Heekin Can company, Cincinnati, 0., and has been with the Decatur Canning company tor three years. With Decatur as its headquarters, the canning company hopes to be able to expand and compete successfully with tomato canneries in other states, Mrs. Schmitt explained. r ’

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 21,1959

Other new laws would: —Give the Indiana Aeronautics Commishshion authority over the . location and operation of missiles. —Allow all towns to issue' bonds and build of-street parking facilities. —Authorize cities and towns to provide cumulative building funds to construct storm sewers tor flood control purposes. —Permit traffic violators to serve sentences on weekends. —Create a state commission and county committees for the purpose of school reorganization. —Require annual eye tests for children in Grades 1, 3 and 8. —Permit county commissoiners to fix and post speed limits on any street, road or highway within their jurisdiction. —Provide that Indiana join an interstate compact for traffic safety created by the 85th Congress. —Permit the Bureau of Motor Vehicles commissioner to select the color of auto license plates from Indiana colleges and universities on a rotating basis. —Repeal a law whih prohibits women from working in manufacturing industries between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. —Give the State Board of Health authority to control health hazards created by radiation. —Declare that the public policy of the state shall be that there . will be no secrecy in publi hearings and allows live broadcasting of public hearings. Tri-State College Celebrates Founding ANGOLA, Ind. (UPD—Tn-State College’s 75th founding anniversary w illbe celebrated July 31 and Aug. 1 to correspond with the engineering and commercial college’s annual Homecoming July 31. Free Wafermelon At Annual Festival VINCENNES, Ind. (UPD — Watermelons will be given away at the third annual Indiana Watermelon Festival scheduled to begin here July 30, with Lt. Gov. Crawford Parker in charge. The festival is in conjunction with Governor Handley’s proclamation of Aug. 1-8 as Watermelon Week.

Ike Sees No Chance Os Sizeable Tax Cut

WASHINGTON (UPI) President Eisenhower sees no chance of a real tax cut during his 18 remaining months in office even though he hopes for a Treasury surplus of two to five billion dollars to fiscal 1961. The chief executive feels that the government should have at least one year of a solid surplus under' its money belt before considering a material tax reduction. By tiie same token, the President regards any general tax increase, including a national sales tax, as beyond current consideration lest public resentment set off a wave of tax law evasion reminiscent of the widespread reaction to the whisky prohibition law of the 19205. By virtue of an excellent source, it was possible today to present the President’s views on a number of domestic matters ranging from taxes and the steel strike to 1960 politics and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Here are some of his more pronounced views on the home front: Steel: He is reluctant to use the Taft-Hartley law to. the current strike because he does not believe the 80-day “cooling of’ period tfhat could be invoked under the statute would result to the production of much steel. His point is that labor and management have both dug in for the strike and there remains nothing to cool of. Until steel shortages produce a genuine national emergency, he wants the government

Budgets Discussed By Commissioners Preliminary budget discussions . headed the agenda of the Adams county board of commissioners in ( their weekly meeting Monday at f the offices of Ed Jaberg, county auditor. The commissioners also 1 heard several drainage problems voiced, as well as a request from Miss Bernice Nelson, of the county , welfare department, for additional i funds. ■ The commissioners went over the books of the various county offices, i seeking insight into the probable expenditures necessary for the up- ■ coming budget requests, All county ' offices must submit their new budgets by July 25 and the announcement of the budget will be released the week of August 3. The commissioners also approv- ’ ed the construction of a new abutment and floor for a bridge over t the Berger ditch in Blue Creek . township. The bridge is located six ' miles east and two-thirds of a mile north of Berne on county road 27%. ■ Bids will be accepted on the con- ; struction until August 3. A publicai tion of the legal announcement will • appear in county newspapers or July 22, according to the announcement from the commissioners. Lawrence Noll, county highway supervisor, accompanied the com- , missioners on the tour of the area southwest of Decatur, looking at 1 land which is troubled svith drain..age problems. One of the sites was , the Ben Eiting addition. All the other sites were also located in Washington township. Work plans were indefinite, but will be started as soon as the work load permits. The commissioners will call the county council to a meeting to discuss the appropriation of more funds to the welfare board because of the increases in recipients of aid. A legal notice will be published announcing the meeting. Federal Deficit At Peacetime Record WASHINGTON (UPD —The federal government finished fiscal 1959 some $12,500,000,000 in the red to give President Eisenhower his fourth deficit in six years in the White House. The record peacetime federal deficit was reported Monday by the Treasury and the Budget Bureua. They said receipts totaled ' $68,200,000,000 and expenditures were $80,700,000,000.

to refrain as far as possible from any action that would impede free bargaining between the union and the industry. Budget: He is determined to produce a surplus of federal revenue over expenditures in fiscal 1961 even though higher costs of production and services for the government and built-in increases in certain long-term federal programs push federal spending from the estimated 877,100,000,000 for this fiscal year to the neighborhood of 80 billion next year. Politics: Unless the Republicans show unexpected signs of selecting a candidate far to the right or left of his middle-road policies of government, he is determined to keep quiet publicly and privately on the selection of a 1960 GOP presidential nominee. He thinks that both Vice President Richard M. Nixon and New York’s Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller fit well within his down-the-middle policies. TVA: He might have to veto the TVA bill now before him for action if expert studies show that the measure would abolish certain prerogatives of the President and his successors, this despite the fact that many of his friends prominent in business are urging him to sign the bill. The bill would permit TVA to issue its own bonds to finance future expansion, rather than go through the usual federal budget controls.

Carroll Myers To Resign Ministry Il \WvßiI \ *’ V-L < i\■ * M Carroll Myers, minister of the Church of Christ in Decatur, has announced his resignation, effective Septmeber 5, from the local ministry. The 31-year-old preacher will shortly announce his new ministry when current plans are completely cemented. A 1952 graduate of the Minnesota Bible Colege at Minneapolis, the Washburn, 111., native preached in Illinois and Kentucky before assuming the duties of minister at the local church, 12th and Washington streets. His wife, Ruth, and two children, Sharon, 8, and Randy, 6, reside with him at 204 S. 10th street. The minister pointed to the improvements noted during his three-year stay. Since arriving in September of 1956, 34 persons have been added to the congregation during his ministry here. He also said that besides minor improvements to the building, a wall to wall carpet in the worship building has been installed with no debt left outstanding, and the exterior of the building has been recently repainted. He added that semi-automatic gas heating facilities have been installed in the baptistry. He noted, too, that the average attendance figures at services have doubled since his tenure originated. "We have experienced a most pleasant relationship here with the congregation and I resign my ministry here with a rapport of good will,” he said. X-Ray Unit Will Be In County Next Week Next week the TB X-ray unit will be in Adams county, in Berne. Decatur, ant Monroe at the 4-H fair. Monday, July 27 the unit will be at the Smith Furniture company in Berne from 1:30 p.m. to 2.: 30 p.m., and at the Berne Furniture company from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Dunbar Furniture company, also in Berne, will be the first Tuesday stop for the unit, from 10 a.m. to. 12 p.m. It will be at the old bank building from 2 p.m. that day to 6 p.m., for the public. A second public opening will be Wednesday, July 29, when the unit will be at the court house here, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. In the evening from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m., the unit will be at the 4-H fair at Monroe. All day Thursday, July 30, it will stay at the fair, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday morning, July 31, it will be at the court house in Decatur from 9 a m. until noon, again open to the public. There will be no charge to any individual for the X-rays. No one under the age of 18 nor pregnant women will be X-rayed. The project is sponsored jointly by the Indiana state board of health which provided the X-ray unit, and the Adams county tuberculosis association, which pays for the reading of the films. No removal of clothing is necessary for this X-ray .except for overcoats, metal combs, pens, etc. Funeral Thursday For Admiral Leahy WASHINGTON (UPD —Funeral , services will be held at Washington National Cathedral Thursday for Fleet Adm. William D. Leahy, former chief of naval operations and World War II presidential adviser. Leahy died Monday at the Navy Medical Center in nearby Bethesda, Md., after a cerebral vascular failure. He was 84. 11 The Navy said burial with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery would follow the services. Leahy’swwww Ikhw Hnyq ices. Leahy’s body will lie in State in thte Pethlehem Chapel of the Cathedral from noon Wednesday until noon Thursday.

f , _ l , , _ .JLIIMIIHUB SWASTIKA BECOMES ARSONIST SYMBOL — Firemen examine a swastika scrawled on a wall at the Columbus, Ga., Museum of Arts following an arsonist fire which destroyed thousands of dollars worth of paintings. Some 165 pieces of art were destroyed and seven swastikas were found on the walls after thp fire.

Elks Break Ground For Home Thursday Ground breaking ceremonies for the new lodge home of the Decatur 8.P.0. Elks will be held Thursday evening at the lodge property on North Second street. The evening affair will open with a smorgasbord for members of the Decatur lodge and their wives or lady friends, with the smorgasbord, served by the Emblem club, from 6 until 7:30 o’clock. The public is invited to attend the ground breaking ceremonies, which will get underway at 7:30 o’clock. George Bair, exalted ruler of the Elks lodge, will conduct the ceremonies, assisted by other lodge officers and the members of the building and finance committees. A number of state and district officers of the fraternal organizations are expected to attend the ground breaking. Among the officers expected are Leonard Jack Imel, Portland, president of the Indiana Elks association: C. P. Bender, Wabash, first vice president of the state association; Herbert Brautsch. Fort Wayne, Elks district deputy; Robert L. Dehority, Elwood, member of the Elks grand lodge activities committee. Exalted ruler Bair has also extended invitations to exalted rulers of all Elks lodges in the Northeastern Indiana district to attend.

Atlas Missile Fired Today

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPD — An Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile streaked 5,000 miles early today in the first successful test flight of the big war rocket in months but its performance was marred two hours later by the spectacular explosion of the usually reliable Air Force Thor. The Air Force announced., four hours later that the Atlas “dunce cap” nose cone was sucessfully recovered in the pre-selected impat area near the Ascension Islands in the South Atlantic. The Air Force said it was the first time a “full-scale” Atlas nose cone has been recovered at ICBM range of 5,000 miles. The silvery 82-foot Atlas, heavily equipped with special troubleshooting devices, vaulted from its pad with a mighty roar at 1:20 a m. ed.t. It apparently was the first Atlas to fulfill all tes objecives after five straight flops. A 3:35 am., the stubby, intermediate range Thor lifted from its pad and climbed smoothly into the clear sky, but then exploded over the ocean with a fiery orange flash. Charred fragments tumbled into the sea. The Air Force said the Thor “developed a malfunction and was destroyed by the range safety officer.” The caiise ot the malfunction was not announced. The explosion, which ocurred only seonds qfter the blunt-nosed Thor blasted erf, spoiled what the Air had hoped tfbuld be a rare doable bullseye by two of its ihost touted missiles. Minutes after the Atlas launching. the Air Force announced that “preliminary instrumentational” indicated that the 100-ton missile “achieved is test objectives.”

The new lodge home will be built to the east and south of the present building, which will be utilized for lodge and club activities until the new building is completed. The Yost Construction Co., of Decatur, general contractors, expect to start work on the new lodge home within the next 30 days. Jack Rodney Meyer Slightly Improved Parkview hospital authorities listed Jack Rodney Meyer, 17, of route 5, Decatur, as “slightly improved” .this morning. Monday’s report of his condition following the x one-car, one-fatal accident Sunday afternoon in Allen county was reported as “poor.” Meyer received severe facial lacerations and a completely severed lower lip in the accident in which Stephen Nicholas Meyer, 17, a cousin, was fatally injured. Stephen Meyer died of a skull fracture at Parkview two hours after the 4:30 p.m. accident. The driver of the convertible. Donald Lawrence Gase, 22. of 521 S. 13th street, was treated for slight cuts on the hands and face and released. Allen county sheriff’s police, however, charged the youth with reckless (driving. Police reported the youth was driving at excessive speed, 70 miles an hour, when a tire apparently blew out (Continued on pase three!

Air Force officials and other ' persons conneted with the trou-ble-jinxed Atlas projet were jubilant. However, the test did not mean the Atlas is yet ready for operational use. At least thiee more experimential Atlases probably will be fired by mid-August. Designed to hurl a hydrogen warhead 6,300 miles, < the Atlas originally was to have been ready for deployment to troops this month. Today s test was considered crucial in view of the past failures over the past five months, and because the date for operational capability is near. It was reported in Washington that another failure in the Atlas program could mean a big gain for Russia in the neck-and-neck race to develop a combat-ready ( intercontinental missile. The versatile Thor, the Air Force's double duty missile and safellite - launching vehicle, had been aimed at an impact area about KSOO miles away in a “routine” flight. Its failure was re- ' ported to be only the second time out of 22 tests his year in which the Thor did no complete its mission. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, chance of a few scattered showers or thundershowers northwest* tonight and over most o fstate Wednesday afternoon ot“ evening. A little warmer north and east tonight. Low tonight in the ,60s. High Wednesday 86 to 92. Sunset today 8:08 p. m. Sunrise Wednesday 5:36 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Partly cloudy and warmer with scattered showers east.

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