Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 185.

Paddlewheel Satellite Is Hurled Into Orbit Around Earth By U.S.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) — A Paddlewheel satellite was hurled into orbit around the earth today in an effort to find answers to the problems facing proposed shots to Venus and Mars. The satellite, Explorer VI, was propelled into the skies at 9:23 a.m. c.d.t. in the nose of a huge Thor-Able 111 rocket. Almost three hours later the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced in Washington that an orbit had been achieved. The satellite’s life expectancy was estimated as “in excess of one year.” The satellite, containing paddleshaped fins that are filled with solar cells to recharge its chemical batteries, went into a long elliptical, orbit that brought it within 140 miles of the earth every 11 hours. Its most distant point from the earth was 23,000 miles. During its H-hour flight around the earth, Explorer VI was to I* reach its maximum altitude at 3 p.m. c.d.t over South America and its closest point at 9:30 p.m. The 142 - pound satellite was crammed with instruments for 15 major scientific experiments. “Additional information on the progress of the experiment will be reported after the data from, the tracking stations are analyzed.” NASA said. It said all further information on remaining phases of the test would come from NASA headquarters in Washington. The "Paddlewheel” nickname comes from the four paddleshaped arms projecting from the satellite, which weighs about 140 pounds. The paddles are covered with cells for converting sunlight into electricity. - United Press International reported July 27 that the Paddle- | wheel launching was scheduled for today. UPI also reported that if the experiment is successful, the United States will go ahead with plans to launch: —A 375-p ou n d instrumented payload early in October in an attempt to put the payload into orbit around the moon. —A probe aimed deep into interplanetary space in November. This payload, which eventually will go into orbit around the sun, will test radio communications over millions of miles. Mueller Nomination Approved By Senate WASHINGTON (UPl)—The Senate quickly approved Thursday President Eisenhower’s nomination of Frederick H. Mueller to be secretary of commerce.

Ike Asks Tough Labor Measure

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower threw his full personal and official prestige behind a strong labor reform bill Thursday night in a tough-word-ed nationwide radiO-TV appeal for “truly effective” legislation. In the 15-minute speech, Eisenhower caUed on Congress to respond to an “overwhelming national disgrace” of racketeers, crooks and other corrupt elements in labor unions. The President gave examples of “blackmail” picketing, secondary boycotts and “no-man’s land cases. After each one, he looked directly Into the TV lens and declared sternly,/T want that sort of thing stopped. Soe does America.” He praised a proposed bill by Rens. Phil M. Landrum (D-Ga.) and Robert P. Griffin (R-Mich.) as “a good start toward a real labor reform law. He also pointed out that his own recommendations still were before Congress. Senate BUI “Weak” Eisenhower rejected as too weak a moderate Senate-passed bill and an even milder measure approved by the House Labor Committee. He said neither “will really do the job-to curb the abuses the American people want to see corrected.” Backers of the rival measures eave sharply different assessments of the effect to Eisenhower’s address on the House labor reform showdown expected

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; Tour To New York Is Started Today l It was non voyage this afternoon to 44 Decatur residents. Forty-four persons from the Decatur area and four from Mansfiled, 0., began their weekend tour to New York and West Point this afternoon. The diesel “Lake Cities” was scheduled to leave at 1:34 p. m. today with 44 area residents aboard, lltl was to stop at Mansfield, 0., to take four more travelers .who will join the group that is to travel up the Hudson to West Point after its arrival in Manhattan Saturday morning. After Saturday night and Sunday morning open for individual action, the tour will end in New York Sunday afternoon with a guided tour of downtown New York, including a stop at the United Nations headquarters. This afternoon, the travelers will receive plastic zipper bags handy for personal articles such , as toothpaste and combs, etc., courtesy of the Erie Railorad, cosponsor of the weekend bargain vacation tour with -the Decatur Daily Democrat for the third year. Young Methodists To Converge On Purdue LAFAYETTE, Ind (UPD—About 6,000 young Methodists are expected to converge on Purdue University Aug. 24-28 for a series of meetings ranging from a Dave Brubeck jazz concert to speeches by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Harold E. Stassen . Loots Car Despite Snakes, Scorpions INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Two rattlesnakes and six scorpions failed to thwart a robbery in the car of Arthur West, 31, Woburn, Mass. West reported to police that a thief stole a radio and clarinet from his parked car Thursday. West, a professor at Suffolk University in Boston, said he had six live scorpions in glass jars and two dead rattlers in plastic bags in the car, and there was evidence the thief had opened the snake bag.

next week. Chairman Graham A. Barden (D - N. C.) of the House Labor Committee, who favors the Lan-drum-Griffin measure, said the “situation looks very good” for approval of that bill. Landrum said, “I think we are going to win.” Griffin said the speech would help “win a battle that the American people...cannot afford to lose.” Issue CaUed Partisan But Rep. Stewart L. Udal (1DAriz.), a eading backer of the labor committee bill, said the Eisenhower speech “plays into our hands” by making a partisan issue of reform legislation. Sen. John F. Kennedy CDMass.), chief author of the Senate bill, warned that the LandrumGriffin measure might cause a congressional deadlock that would kill all reform legislation. He said the measure would “reck the legitimate union movement.” AFL - CIO President George Meany went on the nationwide NBC radio hookup two hours after Eisenhower to denounce the Lan-drum-Griffin bill as an attempt to impose punitive restrictions on the entire labor movement because of corruption in some unions. He termed the bill a “blunderbuss.” He also assailed as too tough the House committee measure. Meany urged the public to write their congressmen in support of a mild substitute by Rep. John F. Shelley (D-Calif.).

Slice $278 Million " From Military Fund

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The House Appropriations Committee sliced 278 million dollars today from President Eisenhower’s request for military construction funds. It accused the Defense Department of “piecemeal and short range planning.” The committee recommended an appropriation of $1,285,012,700 for the year which began July 1. The amount was 18 per cent, or $278,187,300 below Eisenhower’s request. The committee charged that the Defense Department, in preparing the request, showed a lack of coordination on contruction projects. It said “much remains to be done” to assure their proper planning and programming. Other congressional news: Migratory Farm Labor: A Senate labor subcommittee began an extensive study to find ways of wiping out “pockets of poverty” in which migratory farm workers exist. Labor and Agriculture departments endorsed a proposal to require registration of crew leaders who handle migrant workers on a contract basis. Military Aid: Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Army chief of staff, told the Senate Appropriations Committee House cuts in military aid funds “might well encourage the Communists to more aggressive actions.” He said the cuts, if not restored, would mean a curtailment of important modernization programs for all services in Europe and that programs in the Far East would be drastically curtailed. ——< Sports: The House antitrust subcommittee announced it will hold hearings soon on bills to exempt professional team sports from the antitrust laws. Contracts: A House subcommittee looking info the hiring of retired military brass by defense industries summoned officials —of Thompson Ramo-Wooldridge Inc. to testify. Witnesses scheduled to appear for the Cleveland firm included board chairman John David Wright and Gen. Benjamin W. Chidlaw (ret.), vice president. Chidlaw headed the Continental Air Defense Command before he retired from the Air Force in 1955. The House armed service subcommittee, headed by Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D-La.), is trying to determine whether former highranking officers now working for industry have sought to influence the award of defense contracts. Meanwhile, Hebert said he was “very serious” in his proposal for a new law which would ban defense contractors from publishing advertisements dealing with war weapons. Other congressional news: Viet Nam: Chairman Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) announced that his Senate foreign relations subcommittee would recall top U.S. officials' to Viet Nam for more questioning on charges that the American foreign aid- program to that country is honeycombed with waste and corruption. Albert M. Colegrove, Scripps-How-

Nikita’s Visit Begins Sept. 15

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower is expected to take Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev to his secluded Camp David retreat in Maryland for informal talks at some point during the Russian leader’s visit next month. This was reported today by well - informed officials who said tentative plans for the Camp David talks are emerging from U.S.Soviet negotiations on arrangements for the Khrushchev visit, which begins Sept. 15. Officials said Eisenhower and Khrushchev would have a much better chance to get down to brass tacks in a discussion of cold war problems in the relaxed, private atmosphere of the mountain retreat than at White House meetings. The President and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan went to Camp David, which is in the Catoctin mountains about

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■ ard reporter who made the charges, testified anew behind colsed doors. 1 Highways: Chairman Harry F. ’ Byrd (D-Va.) of the Senate Fi- ■ nance Committee said he was "vigorously and unequivocally” [ opposed to a plan to stave off the impending deficit in funds to build the interstate superhighway network by floating a one billion dollar bond issue. The administra-tion-opposed plan has been ap- ’ proved by the House Ways & Means Committee. Byrd described the bond plan as “totally unrealistic” and "backdoor financing of ' the worst kind.” ; Boost Production : At Struck Refinery • WHITING, Ind. (UPI) — Stand- . ard Oil Co. announced today it has increased production at its strikebound refinery here. Arthur F. Endres, refinery Manj ager, said supervisors have startred limited operations of the , plant’s crude oil distillation facil- . ities. f “We are now processing 129.000 . barrels of crude oil a day,” he . said. i “Our supervisors do not want , to take these jobs away from the , operators now on strike, even though they can operate the units . expertly and safely. The superl visors are doing the work to keep t these jobs open for the day our , striking employes return to work.” Other refining units were put . into limited operation earlier this . week, a move which the striking i Independent Petroleum Workers of America branded a fire hazard to the community. The union backed an ordinance I in the Whiting City Council which [ would prohibit the supervisors from operating the refining units. Hie council gave it preliminary . approval this week. The union, which went on strike i July 28, represents 4,800 operating and maintenance workers here. . Hie union demands included more job security and a shorter work \ week. Meanwhile, pickets from Whit- • ing have forced Standard Oil’s . plant at Wood River, 111., to begin shutdown operations. The striking oilworkers set up a picket line early Wednesday and . Wood River workers voted to hon- ; or it, although they are not on ■ strike. About 1,200 persons are affected by the shutdown. • A report that additional pick--1 ets were en route to the company’s ! refinery at Mandan, N.C., re- ' ceived a noncommittal reply from Whiting union president Ralph ’ Flushe. He said pickets were going to ■ “other places,” but he declined to say where.

75 miles from Washington, last spring for several days of conferences. The disclosure that Khrushchev might be invited to Camp David came amid these other developments in connection with his visit to this country: —Vice President Richard M. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and cooler with some scattered showers this afternoon. Partial clearing and cooler tonight. Saturday mostly sunny and pleasant. Low tonight mostly in the 60s although locally in the 50s north portion. High Saturday 76 to 84. Sunset today 7:51 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 5:51 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Mostly , fair and a little warmer. Lows 55 to 63. Highs mostly in the 80s.

SixYearOld Boy Killed By Miniature Car GAS CITY, Ind. (UPD—A six-year-old boy was killed Thursday night when a miniature car his father permitted him to drive crashed into a bale of hay at a truck terminal track. The victim was Ricky Chandler, Van Buren. He suffered a skull fracture when the little car, known as a “go cart”, flipped end-over-end twice when it struck the hay and a pile of limestone shavings. It was believed to be the first fatal accident of its kind in Indiana. State officials recently warned of the danger of letting children drive motor - driven miniaturjr cars and refused to license them or their operators for traveling on public streets and highways. The accident happened, authorities said, after the boy’s father permitted Ricky to drive on the 600-foot track used for miniature car racing, although a track handler was reluctant to allow him to do so because of his age. Several other miniature cars were on the track at the time of the accident. The boy’s father, Monty Chandler, had climbed into another car and also was taking a spin around the Miller Trucking Terminal track when his son suddenly looked back, apparently stepped on the accelerator accidentally, and the gasoline-powered vehicle went out of control. William I. Jones, a track handler, said he at first refused to let the boy drice, apparently because of his age. “His father insisted that the boy could do it”, said Jones. “Chandler told ma his boy had driven ‘go carts’ a number of times at Van Buren.” Jones said he placed the boy in a cart and asked him to work the brakes and the accelerator. “He seemed to know what he was doing, so I let him go,” said Jones. “Before he started, though, I told him to go at a slow speed and not look back of him or around the track. I told him to keep looking ahead.” Jones said he warned the boy once during his second lap because he “bounced off a hay bale” shortly before his fatal crash. Pleads Guilty To Tax Filing Failure INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Myrten W. Davie, 70, a LaPorte attorney and father of a former LaPorte Circuit Court judge, pleaded guilty Thursday to three charges of failure to file federal income tax returns. Judge Cale J. Holder ordred a pre-sentence investigation. Davie was accused of filing no returns for gross income of $15,737 in 1954, $12,617 in 1955 and $15,741 in 1956.

Nixon and Secretary of State Christian A. Herter were to report to the President’s cabinet this morning on their recent dealings with the Soviets. —Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy said he would welcome a chance to show U.S. military installations to Khrushchev. He said it would be “constructive” for the Soviet leader to see that “the military strength opposing him is sizable, effective and competent to carry out its mission.” —Sen. Albert Gore (D - Tenn.) suggested that Eisenhower invite Khrushchev for a cruise on the atomic submarine Nautilus. Gore said it would be an "enjoyable, invigorating, and challenging experience” for the Soviet leader. —European nations concerned over the prospect of a “Big Two” approach to world affairs began a round of talks today designed to insure that their interests will be protected.

B if HL 1& *-■ * ] ■ J* / ■ k • 1 —I L - * / J > R IL-J/ iW -J. ■ I ' ifefe ■w/Bnk ■/<wJw di |PSI W ig|BP MAY BE HOSTS TO KHRUSHCHEV— RosweII Garst and his wife of Coon Rapids, lowa, may be September hosts to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The Russian leader expressed a desire to visit the farm and seed corn enterprise following an invitation from Garst| He will meet Garst’s sons, David (left) and Stephen (right) when he visits the 1,000-acre farm.

Some County Areas Recess fypd Rain August’s first major rain fell quietly over the county Thursday night, giving some hope for relief of the corn leaf aphid infestation that is heavy in many parts of the county. The rain came in scattered showers apparently, for the western and central parts of the county reported the most rain, with no measurable fall in the northern part of the county and none in the southeastern part. Hartford township received the most rain, 1.30 inch at the Ivan Huser farm. The rains there began about 9 or 9:30 Thursday evening, and spread into Jay county, at the Jay county fairgrounds, where the rain was also welcome. The rain will help the cornfields greatly, county extension agent Leo Seltenright said this morning, Although it may not do much gogd in getting rid of the aphids, the county agent said, it will help the com to mature and increase its resistance to injury ■ from the aphids, which a,ttack the tassel first and then the leaves, sucking vital plant juices and, in severe infestation, killing the plant, or at least stunting the growth of the corn ear. More Rain Needed Still, more rain is needed, particularly in Preble, Union, and Jefferson townships, where no measurable rain has been recorded so far in August. In the meantime, corn and beans, although dry, still look good. . The total county picture, where rain was reported, looked like this this morning: In northeastern Kirkland township, on the Peter J. Spangler farm, .30 inch of rain was recorded, while in the southwestern part, .98 inch was. recorded on the Dan Fiechter farm. Decatur, in Washington township, received .23 inch of rain, weather observer Louis Landrum reported this morning. At the Richard Speakman farm in St. Mary’s township, .20 inch stood in the rain gauge this morning. In French township, at the Harold Moser farm, .50 inch fell during the night, and another half inch fell in Monroe township, Ben Mazelin reported this morning. In the Monroe, Blue Creek, and Jefferson township areas, light to heavy infestation <sf corn leaf aphids was reported this morning. In Blue Creek township, at the Austin Merriman farm, .40 inch of rain was recorded. The county's high reading came from Huser’s in Hartford township, where the 1.30 inch was recorded. In Geneva, Jack Hurst reported this morning, .80 inch fell during the night after midnight.

Number Os Paralytic Polio At New High 4 WASHINGTON (UPD—The Public Health Service reported today that there were 183 cases of paralytic polio in the week ending Aug. I—a record high for the year. In the previous week, there were 177 cases reported. The latest report brought the total number of paralytic cases to 1,316 for the year, compared with 579 during the same period in 1958. In addition, 89 nonparalytic cases of polio were reported for the week of Aug 1. There also were 40 cases of unspecified type. For the first .Ml weeks of the year, the total number of polio cases of all types came to 2,050. For the same period of 1958, there were 1,168 cases.

Missouri And lowa Mop Up After Floods United Press International Water weary residents in southern lowa and northern Missouri Friday were mopping up from a series of rain-fed flash floods which hit the area driving scores of persons from their homes and causing widespread crop and property damage. The swirling waters, fed by rains ranging up to. 11.2 inches, filled several homes to second level, washed out bridges and snarled highway traffic Thursday. Several persons, fleeing the rampaging waters, had close calls but no drownings or injuries were reported. An unidentified man ! at. Fort Madison was swept down a Street when he left his stalled car but was carried to safety by others fleeing the waters. Also at Fort Madison, Gerald Smith, 20, took his two sisters to safety, and then swam back across the street to rescue his mother. State penitentiary prisoners, Army reservists, off-duty policemen and firemen were called out to fight the Hood. Officials at Fort Madison estimated damage would run into “many thousands of dollars.” Fort Madison Mayor Walter Guenther declared a state of emergency. At Lineville, just north of the lowa-Missouri border, an 11.2 inch downpour sent overflows from Weldon River and Caleb Creek surging from “hilltop to hilltop" through a nearly two-mile-wide valley. Farmers in the area said their crops were a complete loss. Waters also spilled over thousands of rich farmland in northern Missouri counties. For Friday, the weatherman

Eight Die In Oregon Blast

ROSEBURG, Ore. (UPD — A truck containing explosives blew up with a thundering roar in this southwest Oregon city early today and an area for blocks around was devastated by the blast and resulting fire. At least eight persons were dead. One hospital had at least 35 injured and another 15. In addition many more were given emergency treatment. The blast dug a crater about 50 feet across and 10 to 15 feet deep. The hole was filled with two to three feet of water. A two-block area near the Center of the blast looked as if it had been bombed out. The truck blew up about 4:25 a.m. c.d.t.. shortly after firemen were called to a blaze at a building supply company. The truck was parked near the building. Firemen said it contained a form of nitrate. Business establishments in the immediate blast area were destroyed. The buildings included service stations, a flour mill, one motor company and apartments above it. Firemen said the blaze was controlled and was confined to an area about five blocks long and two blocks wide. Firemen Tony Shuckle said nearly everything inside the fire area was a “mass of coals.” One of the dead was tentatively identified as Assistant Fire Chief

said a cool air mass, which prevailed over some of the nation Thursday, will continue eastward and southward across the upper Great Lakes. Indiana and the mid-MissLssippi Valley. The U.S. Weather Bureau said the condition wil be accompanied by some clearing. Warm and humid weather was expected to prevail from Texas eastward across the lower Mississippi Valley and south of the Ohio River across the Gulf states into the mid and south Atlantic Coast states. Favor Resumption Os Nuclear Tests ♦ WASHINGTON (UPD— The Defense Department wants nuclear weapons tests to resume as soon as possible after America's selfimposed test suspension expires next Oct. 31. Once the handcuff are removed, authorities said today, the Pentagon wants to get on with development of a new series of smaller atomic weapons for air defense, battlefield and other tactical uses. Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy said Thursday that his department intends to urge renewal of tests unless there is some sudden, unexpected agreement on a permanent ban in the East-West negotiations at Geneva. The secretary also lit a fuse on a controversy that is sure to develop next fall when he said ne already is searching for ways to prevent military spending from increasing. He said some major aircraft and missile programs conceivably could be eliminated in the budget presented to Congress next January. - On nuclear weapons, McElroy said “it would certainly be desirable to continue testing from the standpoint of weapons development.” He said the Pentagon knew there would be “price to pay” when America gave up testing for a one-year period last Oct. 31.

| Roy McFarland. A policeman also was reported killed. One police car and two fire department pumpers were lost. Cars parked in the blast area were nothing but pieces of twisted x metal. It was feared the toll would rise when the area cooled off and the ruins were searched. The National Guard was called out and a state of emergency was declared. Fire departments from Eugene and Springfield, 75 mfies away, were called out to help. The truck, believed to have contained dynamite, was parked in front of a budding supply company building near the railroad tracks, which run through the east side of town. Windows over a wide area were shattered. Deputy Sheriff Bob Johnson said a restaurant a quarter of a mile away was heavily damged. The Red Cross set up emergency fcilities at the National Guard Armory and at the Douglas County fairgrounds across the Umpqua River from the disaster area. Bill Brubacker, announcer at radio station KRXL, said he lived about five blocks away and tire explosion knocked him out of bed. “I looked 'up and saw a mushrooming flame. I ran down to the fire. There was debris scattered all over the street. I saw one body—a boy of about 18 or 19, He must have been dead.”

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