Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 200, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1959 — Page 8
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All Out Dris Ordered To Slow Traffic Deaths INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Handley has called for "an all out campaign" to slow down the mounting Indiana traffic death toll. Handley called a news conference late Monday to express his concern about the problem after a United Press International story warned that Indiana faced the grim propect of recording its greatest annual fatality total in 18 years. "The crackdown has started as of today," Handley told newsmen. “We don’t intend to just mention it today and then forget #bout it tomorrow." UPI reported previously that the death toll on Hoosier highways through Aug. 16 was an alarming 620, a gain of 13 per cent over the total for the corresponding period last year. Projected through the remaining 4*4 months of 1959, the final toll would be second only to the record 1,478 killed in 1941. Meets With Safety Officials Handley met most of the morning with representatives of the Indiana State Police, the Indiana National Guard, the Indiana Sheriff’s Association and other state safety officials. The governor said four Indiana Air National Guard helicopters will be ordered to assist the single state police helicopter now being used against traffic violators. Handley estimed that the state police aircraft resulted in the arrest of at least 350 violators each month. He said the four additional helicopters could raise that total to “2,000 or 3,000 per month.” “Helicopters are very effective in trapping violators,’’ Handley said. ’’Speeders think that no one is looking and then step on it.” But the governor emphasized that the addition of helicopters
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If 111 THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY reunion of members of the 1949 graduating class of Decatur Catholic high school was held August 15 with 20 of the original 25 members present. Members of the class met at the St. Mary’s Catholic church at 5:30 o’clock for evening mass and later met at the Preble restaurant for dinner. Past president of the class, Mrs. Dorothy Uleman Dryer, gave the welcoming address, and following the njetjl, Ronald Smith acted as master of ceremonies for a program of remembrances. <~’- Making up the committee for the affair that w ill be held again in five years, were Thomas Briede, Thomas Miller, Mrs. Andrew Miller, Mrs. Dave Moore, Mrs. Eugene Dryer, and Mrs. Joseph Morin. Pictured above, left to right, are: Mrs. Joan Heimann Wilder of Woodburn, Mrs. Rita Osterman Moore of Decatur, Mrs. Dorothy Uleman Dryer of Decatur, Mrs. Jacquelyn Teeple Miller of Decatur, Mrs. Patricia Meyer Braun of Decatur, Mrs. J a net Meyer Heimann of Decatur, Miss Shelia Murtaugh of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Naomi Eyanson Bor off of Ohio City, Ohio; in the backrow—Mrs. Marlehe Laurent Morin of Decatur, Mrs. Mary Jo Graliker Cline of Kalamazoo, Mich., Thomas Miller of Decatur, Max Peterson of Tucson, Ariz., Thom as Briede of Decatur, James Parent of Fort Wayne, Robert Gage of Decatur, Mrs. Martha Laurent Giant of Fort Wayne, David Gillig of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Mary Alice Braun Ulman of Decatur, Ronald Smith of Midland, Mich., and Donald Schmitt of Decatur. Unable to attend were Philip Terveer of Virginia, Beach, Va., Frederick Rumschlag of Decatur. Thomas Keller of Decatur, and Mrs. Marcyle Gei mer Swygart of Van Wert, Ohio. One member of the class, William Kintz, is deceased. —Photo by Briede
and more law enforcement officials was not a complete answer to the problem. “A Public Problem” “The rising traffic death toll is a public problem," he said. “Ninetenths of the Indiana drivers are law abiding, but the remaining small percentage is dangerous to everyone.” Handley said motorists should be reminded about Indiana’s point system whereby a driver can lose his license for repeated traffic violations. “You can line the highways with police and still someone will go over that yellow line and pass on a hill,” he said. “The public must be educated to realize the dangers of poor driving habits." Handley noted that the long Labor Day weekend is approaching and also feared a mounting traffic toll during the fall months of October and November, traditional bad periods for motorists. “The time to act is now," he said. Handley also took advantage of the news conference to express his views on a variety of subjects: Indiana Ninth in Roads —lndianapolis has “no authority” to set aside transit lanes for buses along certain city streets until the city gets permission, from the State Highway Department. —A Richard Nixon-Nelson Rockefeller ticket in 1960 would be "fine," but not a RockefellerNixon ticket because the New York governor does not have enough "training” to take over the No. 1 spot and relegate the vice president to No. 2. —The latest Federal Bureau of Public Roads communication shows that Indiana climbed from 46th to 9th among the states in
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total mileage of interstate high-1 ways being built or advertised. The same climb was made in I progress on primary, urban and secondary roads. —He is not a candidate for the vice presidency and “I don’t have any lines in the water.” But he left the door open by remarking that it was up to the presidential 1 candidate to name his running mate. —He said rumors that he would take a key job with a steel firm after he leaves gtf* ce “ wer * c * r " culated by peoplF in Washington who would do anything to discredit me.” He said the report was “unfounded.” —He lashed out at State Sen. Matthew Welsh’s alleged charge that the Handley administration has no fiscal responsibility. “Welsh knows better than that," he said. “Why doesn't he put on another record.” Two Portland Men Hurt In Train Wreck PERRYSBURG, Ohio (UPD— Two Portland, Ind., men were among 13 persons injured Monday when hot weather buckled rails on a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad passenger train and caused seven cars to leave the tracks. John McKeown, 61, and Norman McLaughlin, 48, both of Portland, were taken to a hospital in Toledo. None of the injured among the 200 passengers was hurt seriously. The accident scattered wreckage over a mile of track. A dining car turned over on it side. The train was enroute from Cincinnati to Toledo and Detroit. Trade ix a goos town — Decatur.
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586 Marijuana Plants Are Found in Yard LOS ANGELES (UPD—A 29-year-old man was booked early today on suspicion of violating narcotics laws when police uprooted 586 marijuana plants in the yard of his home. “Well, I’ll be darned,” said the suspect, Mike Micassio Jr., a singer. “I didn’t know what they were. I thought they were bamboo plants.” Talent Contest Will Open Berne Festival Bob Sievers, WOWO, will emcee a talent contest on the opening night of the Berne fall festival, September 3. A kiddy pet and hobby parade will be held the afternoon of the third, and a queen contest Saturday night, the closing night of the festival, September 5, are also scheduled. Wasp Blamed In Fall Fatal To Painter CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (l»D —A wasp which stung him as he painted a house at nearby Shannondale was blamed today for a fall which killed Roy L. White, 68, Shannondale. White lost his balance Monday when the wasp stung and fell 12 feet to the ground. He died of a skull fracture. Over 2,500 Dally Democrats at* sold and delKered in Decatur each day.
Confesses Handing Cigaret To Inmate TOMS RIVER N. J. (UPI) — A prison trusty confessed today that he handed a deranged inmate a lighted cigaret shortly before an explosion and fire gutted the county Jail killing eight inmates who were trapped inside. Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Thomas Muccifori disclosed Monday night that the deranged inmate, General Petersen of Philadelphia, had been given a highlyinflammable solution of paradehyde, a tranquilizer with an ether base, about the Same time. Muccifori theorized that Petersen, 35, described as a frequent drunk with ‘‘a tendency to tear things apart.'* may have thrown the tranquilizer solution against the side of his padded cell and then lit it with the cigaret. Sheriff Harry Roe questwried trusty Buenos White, 59, of Lakewood, N. J., all night and announced early today that White had signed a statement admitting he had given Petersen a cigaret. Prosecutor Howard Ewart said White had done nothing criminal, ‘lt was an act of kindness,” Eward said, but he "gave it to the wrong guy.” Roe criticized White for handing Petersen the cigaret but said the use of the tranquilizer solution was standard practice in the case of inmates who get out of hand. Despite the new disclosures, investigation into the cause of Sunday’s explosion and ‘fire in the greatly overcrowed jail continued. The two-story jail housed 65 inmates although it was built to accomodate only 28. a The dead included Petersen and seven inmates who suffocated in an adjoining cell. Fifteen "other prisoners were injured. Third Fatality Os Squirrel Season CLAY CITY, Ind. (UPD—Gilbert C. Clark, 20, Bowling Green, will be buried today after services here. Clark became Indiana’s third fatality of the week-old squirrel hunting season Saturday when a rifle in the hands of his 12-year-old brother-in-law, Tommy Leohr, discharged accidentally as the two hunted in a woods near Patricksburg.
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Hoosier Family Os Four Among Missing BOZEMAN, Mont. (UPD — A Hoosier family of four was among the dozens of persons listed by the sheriff’s office today as missing in the Yellowstone National Park earthquakes and. landslides last week. / The missing list included the names of Dr. Robert Finch, 37, his wife, Phyllis, 34, his son. Bill, 8, and his daughter, Patricia, 3 of Highland Ind. Friends and neighbors at Highland confirmed that the Finch’s had not been heard from since they left on vacation Aug. 16. Finch was employed by SoconyVacuum, Hammond, as a chemical engineer. Sheriff Don Skerritt said the missing persons were known to have been in the area when the quake sent part of a mountain crashing into the Madison River
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canyon. Former Hoosier Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ullman, Davenport, Ia„ and formerly of Evansville, also were reported missing but Mrs. Stuart Alyn McConnaha, Lebanon, the Ullmans' daughter, said she received a post card from her parents Monday. Indianapolis Child Is Killed By Auto INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Terri Rose, 4, Indianapolis, died two hours after she was struck by a car late Monday during rush-hour traffic on a city steet. William fontroy, a deputy county prosecutor who witnessed the accident, absolved the driver, Miss Velva Botkin, 22. Indianapolis. He said the child darted into the busy street. If you hrvt something to sell o» rooms for rent, try a Democrat each day.