Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 173

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Missing Society Girl Is Found In Chicago

CHICAGO (UPI) — Missing New Jersey society girl Jacqueline Gay Hart, 21, was found wandering hysterical and incoherent on a downtown street early otday. She said she had been kidnaped. The beautiful blonde socialite told of being abducted by two men after she saw her fiance, Stanley E. Gaines, 25, Fayetteville, W. Va., off at the Newark Airport Tuesday night. Her father, Ralph A. Hart, executive vice president of Colgate Palmolive Co., and Gaines left New York for Chicago on a special plane chartered by a New York newspaper (The Daily News). Bound With Rope Miss Hart told police, and her father by telephone to her Short Hills, N.J., home, that she had been seized at the brightly-lighted exit to the termina, forced into a car and bound with rope. Her diamond engagement ring, valued at about $5,000, was missing when she was found, as was a gold flower pin she was believed to have been wearing. Hart said she recalled hearing her kidnapers plan to make a demand for ransom during the first several hours of her captivity, but had no recollection of events from that time until she was pushed out of a car in Chicago today. “Daddy, I’m scared,” she told him on the telephone. “Come and get me.” Deputy Chief of Chicago Detectives Howard Pierson said, however, that police have not discounted the possibility that Miss Hart may have had a recurrence of amnesia which affected her memory briefly after an automoCatholic School Undergo Renovation The Decatur Catholic high school and St. Joseph’s grade school are undergoing extensive physical renovation and modernization this week, according to a progress report today from the Very Rev. Simeon Schmitt, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church. The spacious auditorium balcony is in the process of being converted into two large rooms, one for classroom purposes and the .other for use as a library and home room. This will expand the library facilities at the school and allow the former library to be used as an additional classroom. A new roof is also being added as well as complete renovation of most of the classrooms. New lockers and desks will also be added to many of the classrooms. The pastor said this morning that the project is part of an undertaking by a group of volunteer committeemen, who are overseeing the actual work. ReV. Schmitt is acting as the general chairman of the group. He expressed great satisfaction at the progress of the work and the smooth functioning of the expansion program. Rev. Schmitt also said that about 800 pupils are expected to enroll this fall in both the elementary and high school and the new facilities will adequately cope with the expanding enrollment. The addition of the two rooms in the first phase of a general expansion program, he added. The new 4 rooms will have acoustical tile ceilings and modern fluorescent lighting. No definite date was given for completion of the primary work, but it will be ready for utilization when school opens.

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bile accident two years ago. He said no immediate attempt was being made to find her alleged kidnapers because: “We’re unable to talk to her. She’s hysterical, but calming down a bit now.” Flags Down Officer Miss Hart was first seen by patrolman Jack Blakeslee who was driving a squad car down Columbus Drive near Lake Michigan. He said the girl flagged him down, opened the car door and jumped in. Weeping, she said, “I’m Gay Hart. I’m from New Jersey,” according to Blakeslee. Blakeslee radioed for help and another squad car in the neighborhood, driven by patrolman James Miskell, joined him. They took her to the Central police station. At the station, Lt. Charles Pierson, Howard Pierson’s brother, said the girl was still hysterical but refused medical attention. Officers gave her some aspirin in water and wrapped her in a blanket. She bore two bruises on her arm, which Miskell said indicated she was held forcibly. She also had a swollen lip and her hair, while not dishevelled, was not in “good condition,” according to Pierson. Howard Pierson said the girl was wearing the same clothes she had on when she left Newark and she was still carrying her purse. “The clothes don’t look too bad to me,” Howard Pierson said, “and they weren't wet from the rain we had today.” Miskell said her clothes “were in darn good condition” considering the circumstances.

Debate Labor Reform Bill

factions engaged in a tug of war today over the latest version of a labor reform bill. Brps. Phil M. Landrum (D-Ga.) ana Robert P. Griffin (R-Mich.) told a press conference they are shaping a substitute measure to be offered when the House takes up the present bill. Landrum and Griffin said their proposal would toughen up the measure approved Thursday by House Labor Committee, of which they are members. Both said they voted in favor of the committee bill simply to get some sort of proposal before the House. Democratic liberals, meanwhile, were trying to pull the bill in the opposite direction. They favor elimination of certain provisions which they claim would penalize legitimate unions rather than cleaning up rackßs. Other congressional news: Foreign AM: President Eisenhower signed into law the $3,576,695,000 foreign aid “authorization” bill, although it was $353,200,000 short of what he requested. Then the House Appropriations Committee started the actual appropriation bill through the legislative, mill today,-approving actual spending of only $3,186,500,000. This amount was almost 723 million dollars less than Eisenhower asked, and would slash outlays by more than 18 per cent. Housing: Witnesses from several big urban areas expressed hope that Congress will override the veto of the housing bill. They testified before a Senate subcommittee holding seven days of hearings on the housing issue. Lawmakers are trying to decide whether to attempt an override vote, which requires a two-thirds majority, or hammer out a less

Red Cross Unit On Duty At 4-H Fair The Adams county chapter of the American Red Cross will have a trailer unit at the Adams county 4-H fair grounds all next week. Volunteer workers will be at, the trailer from 9 a. m. until 10 p. m. each day, and also at a 4-H Red Cross display, which will be on exhibit for the second time this year. Working Tuesday, the first day of the fair, will be Mrs. Noble Lobsiger, 9 a. m. to 2 p. m.; Mrs. Leonard Johnston, 9 to 11 a. m.; Mrs. Leo King, Jr., 11 a. m. to 2 p> m., Mrs. Henry Heimann, 2 to 4 p. m.; Mrs. Wilbur Lengerich, 2 to 4 p. m.; Mrs. Leonard Schwaller, 4 to 7 p. m.; Mrs. Alton Corson, 4 to 7 p. m.; Mrs. Charles Schnepp and Mrs. Arthur Shoaf, 7 p. m. to 10 p. m. Workers Wednesday at the trailer will be Mrs. Arthur Miller and Mrs. Robert Miler, 9 a. m. until 3 p. m.; Mrs. Mary Kintz and Mrs. Byrl Hunt, 3 to 7 p. m.; Mrs. Maxine Ford, 7 p. m. io 10 p. m. and Mrs. Norbert Bleeke, 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. Berne workers, who have not sent their schedule into the county office yet, will be working on Thursday, with Roy Gilliom in charge of scheduling. Mrs. Arthur Shoaf will be in charge of the key, while Yager’s of Berne will provide the ambulance. Gerald Durkin is in charge of setting up and removing the equipment. The Red Gross office in Decatur, with Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, executive secretary in charge, will be open as usual. At the Red Cross display Tuesday will be Mrs. Lloyd Bowman, from noon until 2 p. m., Mrs. Bert Haley from noon to 3 p. m., Mrs. Ralph Merriman, 3 to 8 p. m.; 4 to 10 p. m.. Mis. Dorus Stalter and Mrs. Ivan Stucky, 8 to 10 p.m. These five wil be working Wednesday: Mrs. L. E. Archbold, noon until 10 p. m.; Mrs. Noel Burton, 1 to 4 p. m.; Mrs. Wendell Seaman, 4 to 6 p. m.; Mrs. Stella Schr pf, 6 to 10 p. m., and Mrs. Max Keep:,. «:•! to w p. m. On the last day of the fair, these four have volunteered to work at the Red Cross display: Mrs. Ed Bauer, noon until 4 p. m„ Mrs. Lois Zwick, noon to 4 p. m., Mrs. Earl Fuhrman, and Mrs. Mildred Foley, 3 p. m. to 10 p. m. Jack Rodney Meyer Slightly Improved Jack Rodney Meyer, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyer, is reported in somewhat improved condition at Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne. Doctors are still issuing a no visiting restriction for the Decatur Catholic high school student, who was seriously injured in an auto accident Sunday.

expensive bill. Acid: Horace Green, 42-year-old truck driver, told the Senate Rackets Committee how he was burned with acid while driving through a picket line at a strikebound Florida plant. The acid, which Florida authorities said was thrown by an unidentified hoodlum, burned Green over 10 per cent of his body. Contracts: Rep. F. Edward Hebert <D-La.)§ head of a House armed services subcommittee, revealed that Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover has given the names of former military leaders who tried to influence him on Defense Department business. Infant Girl Found Abandoned In Auto MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (UPI) — An infant girl was found aban* doned in a parked automobile here Thursday night. The baby, which was about five hours old, was found in a car belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Strang. Approve Memorial For President Roosevelt (UPI) — The House passed by voice vote Thursday a resolution setting aside a 27-acre site along the Potomac River here for a memorial to late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The measure, which now goes to the Senate, also would authorize the spending of $150,000 to finance a competition for a design for the memorial.

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Van Wert Lad Killed, Local Youths Injured In Crash Last Night

Heated Debate By Nixon And Soviet Leader

MOSCOW (UPI) Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Premier Nikita Khrushchev clashed head-on today in a heated informal debate climaxed by Khrushchev’s charge that Nixon was trying to threaten him. “We will answer your threats with htreats,” Khrushchev stormed in an exchange watched by a crowd of startled spectators as the two men toured the American exhibition here. They pulled no punches in a sharp-toned exchange that did away completely with diplomatic niceties. Their topics ranged from U.S. military bases to “captive nations” and the relative superiority of U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals. In one of the more bitter exchanges, Khrushchev warned that “we have means at our disposal which can have very bad consequences”—an apparent reference to Russia’s nuclear weapons. “We have, too,” Nixon retorted. “Ours are better,” Khrushchev shot back belligerently. Clouds Deadlock Break The off-the-cuff exchange weakened hopes that the two men might come to an understanding which would solve the deadlock at Geneva. “It would be a great mistake and a great blow to peace if that (Geneva) conference would be allowed to fail,” Nixon said. Khrushchev said Russia feels that way, too—but a few moments later he was emphasizing Russia’s desire for a peace treaty with Germany, an issue outstanding among those on which East and West have been unable to agree. Nixon spoke in English and Khrushchev in Russian. Their remarks were passed back and forth through interpreters. As the official party left the model house at the exhibition, scene of the informal exchange, Nixon stopped to shake the hands of two Russian workmen. Pointing to the two Russians, Khrushchev said: “Those are our men. Do we have to fear anybody with these men?” Nixon pointed to some Americans who had been working on the exhibition site and tossed Khrushchev’s words back at him. “Do we have to fear anyone with these men?” Nixon asked, pointing at the Americans. Accusations Mark Debate The debate was marked by accusations about the origins of the cold war and responsibility for the tense international situation. A short time earlier, in their first face-to-face meeting in the Kremlin, Nixon and Khrushchev had greeted each other warmly and Nixon delivered a letter from President Eisenhower. Details of the letter were not disclosed. In their first meeting, at the Kremlin, Khrushchev and Nikon chatted for 30 minutes but there was none of the sharp exchange that broke out at the exhibit later. Khrushchev stood in the middle of the floor of his office, greeted the vice president and asked him to sit down. The premier held up a globe a little larger than a baseball and said “This is our Sputnik?’ Examined City Early It was the beginning of a series of personal encounters between Khrushchev and Nixon that could change the mood of the cold war. Details of their talk were not disclosed immediately. From the Kremlin, Nixon and Khrushchev drove together in a black Soviet “Zil” limousine for a preview tour of the U.S. exhibition in Moscow which Nixon was to open formally later in the day. The two talked to workers and exhibition officials at the entrance gate tor five minutes and then

moved slowly into the area followed by hundreds of newsmen, guides, wives of embassy officials, tourists and members of the Soviet Presidium. The crowd applauded the two at every turn. Nixon arose at the crack of dawn add was out looking Moscow over shortly afterward. At 6:50 a m. (11:50 p.m. e.d.t. Thursday) he drove to the Danilovsky open market with an aide. He was recognized by a few persons who saw his picture in the paper. A crowd gathered quickly and many asked for his autograph and for tickets to the American exhibition. One member of the Nixon party said the crowd was “very friendly.” Nixon said lie would try to get several hundred tickets to the exhibition for the manager of the market and his workers. He examine?! the food-selling stalls and chatted with vendors who are collective farmers in the suburbs. Under present legislation they are permitted to sell their produce on the open market at any price they can get. Chats In Market Place After chatting with several persons in the market Nixon left, saving to the crowd and saying in Russian “Mir vo vsem mire” (peace for the whole world.)” He drove back to his Spasso house residence for breakfast and then was driven in a black Zil limousine to the Kremlin for a 9:30 appointment. Nixon first called on Soviet President Kleminti Y. Voroshilov and then Khrushchev in protocol order. Khrushchev told Nixon: “I’m glad you came and we are glad to have you here. We are hoping that your visit will be helpful.” They shook hands warmly. Nixon said, “Hello, Mr. Chairman,” in English, and then he broke into Russian with the phrase, “It's a great pleasure to see you.” “I see that you’ve learned Russian,” replied Khrushchev with a smile. • Summer School Is Closed Here Today About 140 pupils at Decatur high school finished the eight-week summer course this morning as classes were suspended after an ice cream social at the school building. Hugh J. Andrews, principal, said that he and his staff were completely satisfied with the program, which started June 1. Only band and music pupils will continue their study as this group did not start until after Bible school closed. Clint Reed, band director, said that his classes would be concluded August 3. Courses in algebra, history, typing, driver’s training, and English were taught as well as 4-H study and recreational activities at Worthman field. All work was under the supervision of the Decatur high school system. Besides Andrews and Reed, Lowell J. Smith, Maynard Hetrick, Deane T. Dorwin, Steve Everhart, Robert Worthman, William McColly, and Mrs. Gene Chronister instructed the pupils in the various subjects. Worthman and McColly headed the summer recreational activities at Worthman field, while Mrs. Chronister taught the 4-H group. The janitors are currently in the process of general renovation, preparing the facilities for the fall term. All the rooms will be scrubbed and many will be re-painted.

Elks Break Ground For New Building Formal ground breaking ceremonies for the new lodge home of the Decatur B. P. O. Elks were held at the site of the new home on North Second street Thursday evening. A large number of members of the Decatur lodge, their wives, and numerous state, district and area lodge dignitaries attended the brief but impressive ceremoniqp. George Bair, exalted ruler of the Decatur lodge, conducted the ground breaking, and the first shovel of earth was turned by I. A. Kalver, charter member of the local Eiks. Only other surviving charter member. Judge Earl B. Adams, was unable to attend because of ill health. The new one-story buildiqg will be erected to the east and south of the present lodge home, which will continue in use for lodge and club activities until the new building is completed, probably about the first of the year. Bair cited the need for the new home since the fire in 1955 which made the third floor of the present home useless, and also caused damage to other parts of the building. The exalted ruler lauded former exalted rulers of the lodge, who worked on plans for the new edifice, and the members of the building and finance committees, who will see their work complete within a few months. The lodge leader introduced Cal Yost, of the Yost Construction Co., general contractors; Edgar Kiess, of the Kiess Electric Co., electrical contractors, and Fred Haugk, of Haugk Heating & Appliances heating and plumbing contractors. Visiting Elks who spoke briefly included Robert L. Dehority, Elwood, past grand esteemed leading knight of the grand lodge of Elks; C. P. Bender, Wabash, first vice president of the Indiana state Elk association; Leonard Jack Imel, Portland, president of the state Elks association; Herbert Brautsch, Fort Wayne, past district deputy; Cecil Rappe, Union City, past state president; A. B. Banghorst, Wabash, past district president, and Marion Rich, Huntington, district president. Exalted rulers present included Frank J. Celarek, Fort Wayne; Amos R. Steury, Bluffton; Wendell S. Van Tilburg, Elkhart; Eugene Gerber, Kendallville, and Warren L. John, Auburn. Half Inch Os Rain Thursday Afternoon Half an inch of rain fell over the county Thursday afternoon, making an inch and a half total for this last shower, the second heavy rain within a week. And the forecast was for a fair, cool weekend—a relief from the hot, humid dog days of this week. Only a few scattered thundershowers were predicted for other areas as the wind changed and a new cold front moved into the area, making the atmosphere more pleasant. Fields and lawns, parched because they had had no rain from July 1 until July 17, absorbed this rain, but now have almost all the water they can hold, reports from across the county indicate.. The St. Mary’s river here rose several feet, to 4.15 feet this morning from 1 56 feet Thursday morning at 7 o’clock. At Bluffton, after a 1.78-inch rain Wednesday and Thursday morning, the Wabash stood at 2.35 feet and was rising. In the southern part of Adams county, nearer the source of the Wabash, the river did not rise appreciably. Harvest of the late-planted oats will be delayed now until the fields, and also the grain itself, dry out, as the moisture in the grain must be down low before it. is safe for storage. Corn and soybeans, hurt earlier by prolonged dry spells in June and early July and by several heavy rains, are looking good, as the corn in (Continued on page eight)

An Ohio teenager was killed and two Decatur youths seriously injured Thursday at 11:20 p. m. when their 1959 convertible smashed into two trees north of the bridge on the Monmouth road, about a half-mile north of the city. Dead is Howard Oreon Shaw, 18, of 233 N. Vine street, Van Wert, 0., who died shortly after the accident of a crushed chest and a fractured neck. Two Seriously Injured Larry Dean DeLong, 19, of route 3, Decatur, the driver of the car, suffered severe lacerations above the left eye, a fractured right elbow, multiple bruises of the chest and abdomen, and shock. David Ellsworth, 20, of 135 Limberlost Trail, Decatur, sustained a compound fracture of the left thigh and right upper arm, facial lacerations, including a severe gash over the right eye, and lacerations to the right arm and left leg. Ellsworth, listed as serious, was admitted to Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne early. this morning, while DeLong is at the Adams county memorial hospital in fair condition. County coroner Elmer Winteregg. Jr., state trooper Dan Kwasneski, and deputy sheriff Robert Meyer are currently investigating. All were at the scene last night, assisting in caring for the injured and the fatally injured youth. Police said that Ellsworth and Shaw were pinned in the seat of the car for about one hour as the engine forced the fire wall almost to the front seat. The entire car was demolished by the impact. Shaw, who was riding in the center of the front seat, was reported to have a faint pulse for about 30 minutes after the mishap. A city police report indicated that the death car was seen attempting to pass another car on the right side 30 minutes prior to the accident and the patrol car gave chase, but lost the vehicle. The coroner and police are continuing their investigation today by questioning the driver of the car and checking over the accident area. They are also awaiting results of a blood test taken from one of the victims. No charges have been filed as of this noon. Funeral Services Funeral services for the Shaw youth will be at the Trinity Friends church in Van Wert, 0., Sunday at 2 p. m. Shaw was a student at the International Business College at Fort Wayne and was employed as a painter during the summer months. Surviving are the parents, Mr. aqd Mrs. Delbert Shaw; a broth-

Final West Efforts To Save Conference

' GENEVA (UPI) — The West took Russia back into secret talks today in a final effort to win a Berlin truce without paying the price of surrender to Soviet demands. With the Big Four talks hanging on the edge of final breakdown, U.S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter assembled the ministers around a secret lunch at his villa to see what hopes remained. First he consulted for an hour with British Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd, France’s Maurice Couve de Murville and West German delegate Wilhelm Grewe. Then Grewe left and Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko came to eat and talk. Although collapse of the now eight weeks old, appeared inevitable, the West still hoped for a change of Soviet mood that might make possible a summit conference in September. The main hope for a break was pegged on the outcome of Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s talks which begin in Moscow today with Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev. Gromyko cannot make a move without the word from Khrushchev. Neither side wanted a final break at least until Nixon leaves Moscow. In addition, Lloyd also

er, Donald Shaw, of Van Wert, and a sister, Helen Louise Shaw, of Van Wert.' Friends may call at the Alspaugh funeral home in Van Wert after 7 p. m. today. Burial will be in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery in Van Wert county., X, Wheat Fanners Vote To Keep Rigid Control WASHINGTON (UPD—The nations wheat farmers voted by a better than four to one margin to continue rigid government control over their 1960 crop, returns showed today. In return they will receive high price support assistance. The alternative rejected by the farmers was unrestricted plantings and sharply reduced price props. Returns from all of the 39 states participating in Thursday’s wheat referendum showed 80.7 per cent of the farmers in favor of the present wheat program. The almost complete vote was 160,718 to 38,522. Adams County Vote In Adams county’s sparse vote, almost two-thirds of the voting wheat growers were against continuation of the pro- , gram. Os the 35 who voted in Berne and Decatur Thursday, 12 were In favor of the program, and 23 were against ia. Approximately 200 wheat growers with more than 15 acres of wheat to harvest as ’ farm grain, were eligible to vote in the county election, the county agricultural stabilization and conservation committee said this morning. A two-thirds majority was needed to keep the controversial program in effect another year. Farmers gave a 84.1 per cent endorsement in th 1958 vote. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson, who has bitterly criticzed the present program for producing surpluses, told a news conference in advance of the returns that he did not believe Congress would revise the program at its present session. Benson said it would be “unfair” for Congress to pass new wheat legislation now in view of the referendum. He said it was "very regrettable” that Congress did not enact* the administration’s wheat plan calling for lower price supports.

was reported striving to keep the conference going at least until the British Parliament recesses July 30. There was a further complication of apparent renewed disagreement between the United States and Britain over a possible summit meeting. The United States still took the line that “measurable progress” must be made here first. The British were pushing hard for a summit get-together on almost any reasonable pretext. The talks now have been narrowed to two key issues—a Berlin truce agreement and Russia s demand that East and West German’s negotiate reunification without outside interference. The West has refused to accept any arrangement that would imply the Communist East German regime was as valid as the freely elected West German government. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy this afternoon with chance of scattered thundershowers south and east central. Become less humid north. Fair and a little cooler tonight except chance of thundershowers extreme southwest this evening. Saturday fair.

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