Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1959 — Page 6

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Three Bettors Give Evidence At Trial TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (UPD - The government neared the end of its case today against eight alleged gamblers accused of evading excise taxes on wagers of about three million dollars. ' Only three bettor witnesses testified Monday as defense and prosecution attorneys continued to wrangle over legal technicalities. John Crawford, a noted bridge player from New York who flew in from the French Riviera to testify. told the court that he placed i a total of $3,000 in wagers with | defendant Jules Horwick. Another bettor witness was Irv- : ing Weissman, a New York City watch importer who described himself as “just a periodic bettor.” Weissman told of wagering about $7,000. Most of the day. however, was spent in legal hassling over prosecution efforts to get samples of the: defendants’ handwriting into the i court record. The prosecution wants the hand-1 writing for comparison with rec-j ords confiscated by federal agents

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during the 1957 raid on the alleged headquarters of the gambing operation here. Assistant U. S. Atty. Philip R. Melangton Jr., nearly caused a mistrial when he attempted to show Las Vegas Deputy Sheriff Lawrence Shoemaker a fingerprint reCord of one of the defendants. But Federal Judge Cale J Holder dismissed the jury When Melangton stood in such away that the jury could have seen the record. Had the jury noticed the fingerprint record, it could have been grounds for a mistrial as such records are hot admissable unless the defendant himself takes the stand. j District Attorney Don A. TabI bert indicated he has only about j five nore witnesses to call before i winding up the government case. More than 40 bettors have appeared so far in the five-week trial. They testified to wagering more than 5580.000 with the defendants, who are charged with evading some $325,000 on gambling income j during the fall of 1957. I More than 440 million plastic bottles and tubes were mariufaci tiired in the U.S. in 1958. an in- ! crease of little more than eight i per cent over 1957.

Suspends Licenses ; For Gaming Devices INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — T h e Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission today suspended for three days the liquor licenses of five Hoosier taverns for possession of , pinball machines and other gam- ■ ing devices. It was the commission's first . open meeting since it recently . adopted a policy of making public immediately citations against taverns. Given the suspensions were the Lakeview Tavern, Culver; VFW‘ Post 1343, Rochester; Moose Lodge 837, Huntington; Town & Country Restaurant Bar, Indianapolis, and Bell Trading Point, Huntington. The commission deadlocked at 2-2 in the case of Laßue Supper Club, Indianapolis, which was charged with a lewd performance by an entertainer. The tie vote, ended the case without penalty. The commission deferred action against the B & B Tavern, Indianapolis, charged with failure to separte the family entrance from the bar room. Other suspensions included | Vasil Panasuk, Hammond. 5 days, operating tavern without permit. American Legion Post 177, Kokomo, 5 days, non-members consuming. Indiana Soldier Is Korea Flood Victim SEOUL <UPD — U. S. Army authorities Monday identified two | American soldiers, one of them from Indiana, who were killed in Republic of Korea floods. SP4 Gordon Fowler, 20. R. R. 1, Evansville, Ind., drowned July 11 when he fell into a flooded gorge while taking pictures. Sgt. Melvin L. Peterson, Dow City, lowa, was reported missing July 6 and was found dead July 14 in the wel of a remote village in the Ist Cavalry Division area.

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' 'i'i u' - Miss Dolores Kintz, daughter of Mrs. John Kintz and the late'Mr. Kintz of rural route 4, will graduate from Good Samaritan Hospital school of nursing in Cincinnati, I Ohio, August 23. The future graduate nurse is a ‘ member of a class of 62 women I and is the only one enrolled from htis city. Miss Kintz graduated from Decatur Catholic high school in 1956. 4— ■ ■ ■■■ — — Open Gate Policy In Struck Plants CHICAGO (UPD — Supervisory employes working in struck Chi-cago-Gary area steel plants are allowed to enter and leave most of the mills at will, spokesmen said today. An “open gate” policy has been negotiated with the striking United Steelworkers Union at nearly all the plants in this, the nation's largest steel-producing area. More than 2,000 supervisory employes at the mills are allowed to go home each night, spokesmen said. This was in contrast to Pittsburgh where the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp, charged maintenance workers had been “unlawfully imprisoned” by pickets in at least two plants. A work force at the U. S. Steel Corp. South Chicago Works can enter and leave the plant, a spokesman said. He said supervisory personnel at the giant Gary Works also can pass through-the gates. A spokesman for Inland Steel Co. said his firm did not attempt to arrange such a policy for its 1,000 maintenance workers at the Indiana Harbor Works because the men were accustomed to living in the plant. Labor Reform Bill Assailed By G.O.P. WASHINGTON (UPI. —Republican congressional leaders today attacked the House labor reform bill as “a woefully inadequate” measure falling far short of what is needed to deal with union corruption. The bill, which the House Labor Committee expects to put to a final vote Wednesday, was one of the major items discussed at today’s weekly conference between President Eisenhower and GOP congressional leaders. House Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck of Indiana said the President had submitted the administration labor recommendations to Congress and as far as he knew the chief executive had not retreated from those recommendations. « Halleck referred specifically to the administatrion proposal to prohibit “Hackmail picketing” with which he said the House bill would not deal. Halleck called the bill as drafted by the House committee a “woefully inadequate measure” which did not seriously begin to deal with corruption in unions. He said the bil already passed by the Senate fell short of the goal and that the House committee version was “weaker than the already weak bill of the Senate.” Halleck said faults in the bill included its failure to deal with “blackmail picketing.” to close loopholes which permit secondary boycotts, and its failure to allow states to deal with local labor disputes. He said the measure would abandon union members and the public to corrupt union officials. Both Halleck and Senate GOP Leader Everett F. Dirksen of Illinois criticized the House bill on grounds that it would exempt 70 per cent of unions from financial reporting requirements. Have A Happy Picnic CHICAGO (UPD — Don’t park near the edge of cliffs or inclines when choosing a picnic site, says the Chicago Motor Club. Brakes may not hold or earth beneath the auto could give way. Avoid, too, swampy areas when : parking.

Nixon To Meet Khrushchev In Moscow Sunday WASHINGTON (UPD — Viet President Richard M. Nixon will, confer with Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev in Moscow Sunday on the Berlin crisis, atomic tests, disarmament, trade and other East-West issues. The vice president, who leaves Wednesday on an 11-day tour of Russia, also is expected to talk with Khrushchev about prospects for a summit meeting between the Soviet leader. President Eisenhower, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and French President Charles de Gaulle. Nixon will confer with Eisenhower Wednesday. While there was no indication Nixon would carry any special presidential message to Khrushchev, the White House meeting largely will determine the substance of his conversation with the Soviet premier. The Nixon-Khrushchev meeting will be held at the premier’s residence. It will mark the first time since the 1955 Geneva summit conference that Khrushchev has had a chance to talk with anyone who can speak with full authority on U.S. policy. During his tour, Nixon will be in daily contact with Secretary of State Christian A. Herter at Geneva. He also will report to Eisenhower whenever the occasion justifies. The vice president will pay official visits on Soviet Deputy Premiers Anastas I. Mikoyan and Frol R. Kozlov, both of whom toured the United States this year, and on Soviet President Klimenti Voroshilov. Nixon is known to feel that his conversations with top Soviet leaders should provide a good opportunity for give-and-take discussions on the Berlin and German issues, disarmament, atomic tests, trade and other issues. He is said to feel that Russian leaders need to know where the United States stands on these issues and why. The conversations also will give the vice president a chance to determine Khru shchev's rock-bottom position. The only other American present at Nixon’s Sunday meeting with Khrushchev will be U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson. Khrushchev and Nixon will determine what — if anything—will be made public their I meeting. Little Rock Board Registers Students LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UPD— The Little Rock School Board today begins registering students for the reopening of high schools this fall under a law that is expected to bring token integration. The city’s four high schools were closed during the past school year in order to avert integration. An air of calm prevailed. Citizen’s Council President Dr. Malcomb Taylor, a segregation leader, indicated registration of students would not be the major crisis time. “We do not care if this racemixing school board registers 10,000 Negroes now as long as the city officials do not try to cram them into white schools in September,” he said. Nevertheless, police chief Gene Smith announced that there would be arrests if there were any disturbances today. Only seniors were to register today. Juniors are slated to register Wednesday, and sophomores on Thursday. Students will be assigned to schools under a 1959 pupil placement law modeled after those of other southern states that permits the board to consider a variety of factors. Gov. Orval Faubus, who closed the schools last fall under an emergency anti-integration law that since has been ruled unconstitutional, said Monday he had no plans to call a special session of the Legislature as he did last year. However, he said “there’s always a possibility” that a special session will be convened. Members of the school board said that if given a chance, they would operate the high schools on a completely segregated basis. But the board has said that it would “not abandon free public education in order to avoid desegregation.” Taylor, referring to the crisis in 1957 when nine Negroes were enrolled in the white Central High School, said that federal troops , were sent to Little Rock then “to slam around private citizens on private property.” , “This September it will be the city directors who force helpless , city policemen to do the dirty ' work of federal invaders,” he , said. Mrs. L. C. Bates, chairman of 1 the Arkansas branch of the : NAACP, said last week in New j York that she believed the school board was acting in good faith in ' its plans for reopening the ' schools.

Three Boys Drown In Indiana Monday United Prev International Three young boys drowned Monday in two separate water accidents to send that death toll in Indiana this month to at least 30. David Apone, 10, and Pedro Luis Guzman, 13, both of Gary, drowned in Lake Michigan near their home when an innertube on which they were playing was blown away by strong winds. Authorities said the boys apparently fell from the tube west of Marquette Beach. The third victim Monday was Robert Gearhart, 13, Chicago. He drowned in Saugany Lake north of LaPorte when he apparently suffered cramps while swimming with friends. His body was found in 35 feet of water. Additional Rainfall Forecast In State United Press International Another round of scattered thundershowers was scheduled to start in the north portion of Indiana tonight and spread over the entire state Wednesday. Forecasters indicated the rainfall, resuming after a three-day visit just before and during last weekend, would continue at least through Thursday. In advance of the shower pattern, weather conditions were expected to be mostly sunny today with temperatures slightly warmer. * The mercury hit highs ranging from 81 over the entire north portion to 87 at Evansville Monday, they dropped to lows ranging from 59 at South Bend to 67 at Evansville early this morning. Highs today will range from the mid 80s to near 90, lows tonight from die low 60s to the upper 60s, and highs Wednesday from near 90 to near 92. The outlook for Thursday was a little cooler. The rain forecast was heartening to Hoosier farmers concerned over a 'moisture shortage in most state areas since early June. Reports from around the state indicated the scattered showers last Friday. Saturday and Sunday did a lot of good. But several inches more rain is needed to restore depleted topsoil and subsoil moisture. Legion Convention To Open Thursday SOUTH BEND Ind. (UPD The Indiana artmeent of thee AmeeriIndiana Department of the Amerian Legion opens its 41st annual convention here Thursday with the rate situation of an unopposed candidate for commander. Donald Hynes, Whiting, an insurance executive who is a past northern vice commander and present chairman of the department’s Americanism commission, has no rival for the commandership. Normally, at least two men seek the state’s highest legion office and there’s considerable campaigning and politicking before and during the convention. Hynes was described by legion officials as “a very popular and likeable man.” “I guess nobody figured he could beat Hynes,” an official said in speculating on why there was no contest this year. There were four contests for lesser offices, however. Arthur McDowell of Delphi and Ferd Badt of Portland sought the national executive committee post. Robert Fritz, Bluffton, and Jack Harless, Lafayette, will stage a battle of ballots for the northern vice commander ship, and James Gallagher, Columbus, and O.G. Howell, Muncie, for southern vice commander. Charles Hanley, Terre Haute, and John Surfae, Grenewood, are candidates for sergeant at arms. Besides Hynes, other unopposed candidates were Robert Lewis, South Bend, for alternate national executive committeeman; Herman Hutt, Jefersonville, for chaplain, and D.W. Breedlove, Indianapolis, for finance oficer. The convention opens Thursday with preliminary meetings of several committees and closes Sunday with election of officers and a memorial service. The first general convention session will be held at 10 a.m. Friday when the legionnaires will meet jointly with their fun-loving organization—the 40 et 8. The Saturday program includes band, firing squad, color guard and chorus contests, an afternoon parade which sponsors expect to draw 100,000 viewers, and a past commanders* dinner. Official sessions will be presided over by William A. Brennan Jr., the department commander. The legion’s membership now stands at more than 107,000. At least three men who have served as Indiana department commanders later became governors of Indiana—Paul-V. McNutt in 1932, Ralph F. Gates in 1944, and George N. Craig in 1952. McNutt and Craig also were national commanders of the legion before they became governor.

jHB FINAL ORDERS—Capt. John Applebey, commanding officer of Aviation Supply Division, U.S.N., is shown reading the retirement orders for Sammy Wagner, chief petty officer, who was discharged after 22 years of honorable service in the Navy. At the right are Commander W. S. Weirich, Mrs. Wagner and their two children Fred and Anita.

After 22 years of wearing blues nad whites. Sammy Wagner, 41, a native of Decatur, returned to “home port” after receiving his retirement papers and final discharge at impressive ceremonies in Philadelphia, Pa., recently. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wagner toured the world as a storekeeper, starting in 1937 at Great Lakes Naval training center, near Waukegan, 111. A victim of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Wagner had the USS Ogalla sunk from under him at Pearl Harbor. The mirfe layer was anchored in the bay on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese struck an unannounced blow that almost crippled the American fleet. • He was transferred to the USS Kitty Hawk shortly after and serv- ■ ed on that aircraft transport for ■ more than three years, 1941-44. It was in 1944 that Sam received his high school diploma from Decatur ■ Catholic high via courses taken through USAFI. He served at the University of . Wisconsin from 1944 to 1946 at which time he was made chief storekeeper. Wagner was then sent to Coca Sola, Panama, for one year as an instructor in the naval reserve program. Alaska beckoned in 1947 to 1949. He served again as an instructor in the reserve program from 194952. He then boarded the USS Rockwall, an attack transport, during the Korean conflict, serving in the Mediterranean area. He spent 1954 to 1957 in Naples, Italy. In November of 1958, he was stationed at the aviation supply office in Philadelphia as a didital computer (the giant 1.8. M. “brain”) operator. Sam and the family plan to settle down in Decatur, but he presently is living with his mother. He | says he will work around her house for a few weeks while he is still in a “vacation mood.” Willshire Resident 92 Years Old Today Mrs. Elis Ann Spitler, Willshire, 0., is celebrating her 92nd birthday today. Keeping herself occupied with household chores in her large home in Willshire, she also* has a hobby of growing African violets. She comments that she enjoys traveling, having visited with her daughter, Mrs. Harold Taylor, in Columbus, 0., recently. Besides Mrs. Taylor, she has another daughter, Mrs. Miles Ross, of near Willshire, and three sons, Glenn and Jess, who live in Willshire, and co-own and operate a ’ Willshire grocery, and Van Wert! Mayor Clark Spitler.

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Wagner, amongst others, holds the presidential unit citation, purple heart with cluster, the American defense medal, and the Asi-atic-Pacific medal with five battle stass. All citations were for action in the South Pacific during World War 11. Seat Belts Prevent Passenger Injuries BOSTON (UPD — A modern airliner’s simplest safety device—the seat belt — was credited today with saving 69 persons from injury when the nose wheel of an American Airlines plane callapsed on landing Monday night*. f The front end of the four-en-gined DC-6 nosed down with a jar when the wheel mechanism gave way seconds after the craft touched the landing strip at Logan International Airport at 150 miles an hour on a flight from New York. Morton Nash of New York, said there was a “terrific vibration” as the nose scraped along the runway. “We were all pitched forward, but our safety belts kept us in our seats.” The only injury that resulted occurred when Michael Ramos, 22, of New York, fell as he jumped from the forward cargo door to the ground and sufered a bruised knee. The passengers had high praise for the pilot, Capt John Harris, 43, of Chicago, who brought the ship to a grinding stop within 150 yards. After bringing the craft to a halt, Harris popped out of the cabin and calmly told the shaken paseengers, “I think you had better get out of this exit right here." He pointed to the cargo door. Driver Fined Here On Traffic Charge Howard Clifton Hart, of 1003 ; Schirmeyer street, pleaded guilty in justice of the peace court Monday night to city police charges of failure to yield the right of way, resulting in an accident. He was fined 81 and costs. The accident involved the autoI mobile of Francis Miller, 49, of 1221 W. Monroe, Monday night at the intersection of Monroe and 10th street. Damages to the Hart vehicle were estimated at SIOO and $25 to the Miller machine. The ■ Hart car was traveling south on j 10th street while the Miller car was I going east on Monroe.