Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 201

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Hot Spell Continues Firm Grip On State United Press International A prolonged hot spell kept a firm grip on Indiana today with no signs yet that relief is near. The pal of humid heat clung damply to Indiana areas from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River, while forecasters issued more monotonous predictions of the same. South Bend’s 94 again topped the state readings Wednesday, but Louisville, Ky., just across the Hoosier border, recorded a sweltering 100 degrees. Fort Wayne had 92. Evansville and Lafayette 91 and Indianapolis 90. It was 95 at Cincinnati and 92 t Chicago. Overnight lows again were in the muggy 70s, with Evansville's 74 the highest, but Lafayette got a relatively cool 69. Forecasts for today and Friday indicated a slight reduction in the expected high temperatures. Instead of highs in the low and mid 90s, the forecasts called for highs both days “near 90“ all around the state. The warm and humid pattern was expected to last at least through Saturday and probably through Monday. Isolated and widely scattered thundershowers were expected throughout the period. Each recent day has featured a scattered handful of showers or thundershowers that have procided temporary cooling from the scorching weather for a few fortunate areas.

Bargaining At Crucial Stage

WASHINGTON (UPD—Bargain- • ing reached the crucial stage today on the main issues of labor reform legislation. Some members of the SenateHouse conference committee felt an agreement might be reached in today’s session. But House conferees were standing firm against sorhe proposals offered by Senate Democrats. The Senate group pushed for provisions they said are needed to protect certain honest union activities. But House delegates indicated they would make no more concessions. Other congressional news: Chicago Water: Sharp argument broke out in the Senate concerning the perennial proposal to let Chicago take more water out of Lake Michigan. Sea Winston L. Prout y (R-Vt.) described the measure as “special legislation of the worst kind," and said passage would imperil this country’s relations with Canada. Equal Time’ A joint conference committee completed work on a compromise bill to exempt radio and television news programs from certain requirements of the “equal time’’ law. Broadcasters have complained that present requirements make it virtually impossible for them to report on political campaigns. Khrushchev Visit: Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R-N.Y.) accused Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev of “calling the signals” for communist aggreession such as that now under way In Laos. In view of this, he said, Khrushchev will be unable to' convince the West

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At Least Ten Die In Violent Mexican Quake MEXICO CITY (UPI) — Southeastern Mexico today began digging out from under the wreckage of a violent earthquake that left at least 10 dead and hundreds injured. Authorities feared the death toll would soar as rescue teams carried on the grim search through collapsed homes and buildings. Unofficial reports filtering in from isolated towns and villages estimated the quake had caused more than 60 fatalities. Several thousand persons were homeless and damage estimates ran into the millions of dollars. The temblor hit. early Wednesday rocking a seven state area stretching 600 miles from Puebla, just below Mexico City to Progreso Port, in the southeast. Most of the destruction was recorded in the Gulf Coast section of the Tehuantepec Isthmus. Jaltipan, a sulphur-mining town of 3,000 population in Veracruz state, reported seven known dead and half its homes destroyed. The port city of Coatzacoalcos also suffered considerable property damage as did Minatitlan, where a large government oil refinery is located. Many American engineers and technicians are employed in the mines and refining plants in the area, but as far as could be determined, there were no American casualties.

■ of his peaceful irttentions during his upcoming visit to the United States. The Communists’ record and the trouble in Laos further point up the need for a strong : foreeign aid program, Keeating added. Housing: The House took up a : $1,050,000,000 housing bill designeed to repace a more costly meas- . ure vetoed by President Eisen- [ howeer. Democratic leadeers were i confident they could defeat all at- , tempts to make major changes. ‘ Eisenhower has hinted he might veto the new bill, already approved by the Senate. Civil Rights: Southerners at- ’ tacked a proposed constitutional amendment which would ban the 1 payment of poll taxes as a requirement for voting in federal , eeleections. Sea Lester Hill (D- > Ala.) braded it “unwarranted , unneecessary and unjustable" at ; a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing. The subcommittee was expected to approve the proposal. Chicago water: Sen. Winston L. i Prouty <R-Vt) said legislation to i let' Chicago draw extra water ; from Lake Michigan for its sewi age system would “imperil” i friendly relations between the United States and Canada. The ■ Senate is debating the water dii version bill. Sues Cahal< Thirteeen congressmen urged the World Bank to 1 hold up a loan to the United Arab Republic for enlarging the ' Suez Canal until that nation gave ’ assurances that no country would > be banned from the canal. r -I - ■ ■ 1 11 *"~** U

Power, And Water Consumption High The city’s electrical consumption during the heat wave has equaled las winter’s peak, and is posing some minor problems, superintendent L. C. Pettibone said this morning. Water consumption is also high. On Monday 9.300 kilowatts were used, equaling last winter’s record days. Tuesday the load dropped to 9,100 kilowatts, but this was still considerably higher than the highest day last August, which saw 8,100 kilowats used. The diesel plant, kept in standby condition, was used Monday and Wednesday, but is idle today. Pettibone said the cool night decreased the use of fans and air conditioners. Some users are complaining of voltage drop, Pettibone said, but they live towards the, end of the lines. The greater the load the lets efficiency of the carrier, he pointed out. If cool weather sets in, the use will return to normal, he predicted. Bluffton is also experiencing peak loads of 5,100-5,300 kilowatts, with continued high usage at night. Decatur has no water problem, I city enginer Ralph E. Roop said today, after returning from an ini terrupted vacation to make certain ■ everything is running smoothly. The city is averaging about 1,000,000 gallons of water a day, about 150,000-200,000 more than usual during August. The main problem right now, * Roop said is to complete a new 12inch main across the river to help get the plentiful water to this side . of the river. Actually, the present “temporary” main across the river, used for several years, is adequae, but the new main will give added strength to the Decatur water picture. At Bluffton the city superintendent has asked for a $15,000 appropriation to dig and equip a new well, which he said is urgently needed to carry the city’s peak load. Bluffton is using 1,200 gallons of water a minute, he said. Thor Missile Roars Off Info Flight CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) —A gleaming Thor ballistic missile roared off today on another “eye-in-the-sky”, flight that could aid space projects of both the present and future. The blunt nose cone of the stubby rocket contained a 16 mm movie camera to photograph separation of the cone from the body of the rocket, informed sources said. It was the fourth camera-carrying Thor in a current test series. A team of ships and planes stood by in the target area near Antigua Island, 1,500 miles southeast of the cape, hoping to pluck the camera package from the ocean after the 10,000 m.p.h. flight. The test contrasted sharply with tiie abbreviated flight Wednesday night of an Army Jupiter missile. Both the Air Force Thor and. the Army-developed Jupiter have a maximum range of 1,700 statute miles, but the Jupiter’s successful flight of only 350 miles was designed to show its accuracy at minimum range. An Army announcement Wednesday night was interpreted to mean that the missile's nose cone landed on a pre-selected target area in the Atlantic tracking range. The Jupiter is designed to travel 1,700 miles. < w

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Eisenhower Confers With German Leader, Hopes Cold War Break

10 Vie For Miss Adams Co.

» Adams county had a preview ofi the 1959 Miss Adams county con-1 test Wednesday evening when! bands, horseback riders and implement dealers paraded through Monroe streets, accompanying the 10 Miss Adams county entrants, in formal dress on convertibles. To help the festival-goers get better acquainted with all the high school beauty queens before the coronation, the Democrat presents short sketches of each of the ten, with information submitted by the contestant or her sponsor. The girls will be judged on their talent Friday evening beginning at 8 o’clock, and the coronation will be Saturday night at 9:30 o'clock. The winner of the 1959 contest will receive a wrist watch, while the runnerup will receive a transistor radio, and all other entrant*, record albums. Miss Adams county, who will receive her crown from Miss Nancy Raudenbush, last year’s queen, will be able to go on to Bluffton, to compete for the Junior Miss Indiana title. The winner at Bluffton will be among the contestants to go to Mobile, Ala., next spring, for the national Junior Miss Contest. Miss Augsburger Miss Judell Augsburger, Berne, became the ninth entrant in the contest early this week. Five feet, two and one-half inches tall, she has blue eyes and brown hair. SixShe is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Augsburger, Berne, and is sponsored by Sprunger, Lehman and company. This summer she has been working at the Trees Drive-In near Berne. Her main school activities have been a capella choir, band, orchestra, pep club, and girls’ athletic association. In Friday night’s talent contest, she will play "Aragonaise,” by Jules Massenet. Miss Barkley Miss Onalee Barkley is one of two Adams Central high school entrants. Friday evening, she will present a piano solo, Chopin’s Waltz in C-sharp minor. The eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Barkley, she has a sister,

Forty Type O Donors NeededHereTuesday

Forty persons having either type 0 negative or positive blood are needed for the bloodmobile visit next Tuesday, the Red Cross office announced Wednesday. Seventy persons in all are needed to donate blood to insure that the bloodmobile will get the quota of 127 pints for the next of its five yearly stops. In addition to the 40 who have type O negative or positive blood, 10 each are needed who have type A positive or negative, B positive or negative, and AB positive or negative. The hours between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. are still relatively free, the office announced. Persons who wish to donate blood should call the Red Cross office at 3-3106. ‘Twixt 18 and 59 Any person between the ages of 18 and 59 is eligible to donate blood, if he weighs at least 100 pounds, preferably 110 pounds. Eight weeks must elapse between donations. Donors may eat and drink as usual before donating, but should not come in hungry, the Fort Wayne Red Cross regional center warns. Donors should wait for one or two weeks after a common cold: until acute attacks of allergy are over; at least six months after major surgery; six months after an attack of malaria; 24 hours after immunizations for diphtheria, cholera, etc., as well as after hormone, liver, vitamin and most other injections; two weeks after an immune reaction or after the scab comes off a smallpox vaccination; six months after receiving transfusions of blood or blood products, and one week after dental surgery or tooth extraction. Called Universal Medicine Blood has been called the most universal medicine, as it is not

I Karen, 10, and a brother, Craig, | 6. Her father, a carpenter-contrac-|tor, will sponsor her. ' The hazel-eyed brownette is active in the Adams Central choir as accompanist and in the girls’ quar!tet. During the coming school year, she will ser/fe as vice president of the Sunshine Society, and will be business manager for the high school newspaper, the Greyhound Gazette. She will soon be installed as charity of the Order of Rainbow for Girls. She is serving as •secretary of the youth fellowship and is on the youth executive council of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Miss Bebout Miss Sharon Bebout was selected from Pleasant MiUs high school by the Pleasant Mills faculty members, and the Pleasant Mills Lions club has decided to sponsor her. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Bebout. route three, she is 16 and the youngest of six children. In the pageant Friday evening, the blue-eyed blonde will present a musical reading. A senior at Pleasant Mills high school next year, she has been active in the school’s quartet, trio, double* sextet, chorus, and band. She has also been a member of the Pep club and a varsity cheerleader for two years, and she has participated in 4-H club work for six years. She attends church and Sunday school at the Mt. Zion United Brethren Church. Miss Butler Miss Bobbielou Butler, the most recent entrant in the contest, is the daughter of Mr. and, Mrs. Robert Butler, 511 Gloss street. Sixteen, she will be a junior at Decatur high school this year. Her sponsor is the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6236. At Decatur high School she is a member of the high school band as a majorette, and she will do a twirling act in the Friday night contest. She is the youngest mem' ber of the V. F. W. ladies’ auxiliary. Majestic reports her to be the youngest officer in the V.F.W. Lady Bugs. She is the only major(Contlnued on page eight)

11 only used whole, but also broken down into its parts! the cells and I the plasma proteins, including serum albumin, gamma globulin, fibrinogen, and a globulin that fights hemophilia, the bleeding disease. The fibrinogen in the blood is actually like a needle that helps to sew up wounds. This plasma protein is shaped much like a needle;' long and thin. It reacts with another chemical to form 1 fibrin, which helps to stop bleeding by forming a web-like matting. Chemists can make a spongy white foam with fibrinoken. Surgeons can place these spongen right into wounds .where a surgeon is operating, to control bleeding. And it is not like ordinary sponges or gauze, because it does not have to be removed. The fibrin sponge can be left there and the patient’s body absorbs it The serum albumin can be used to fight shock which can be caused by injuries or by an overwhelming emotional or nervous strain. In the 1930’5, it was discovered that the plasma was effective in treating shocks. Later, a chemist discovered away to isolate just the serum albumin, thus leaving other parts of the blood for other uses. The gamma globulin, a third important part of the plasma, carries antibodies, which are chemical substances that fight attacking : bacteria of measels, mumps, scarlet fever, and such Infectious i diseases. After a person has recovered, these antibodies remain : and may give lifelong immunity to • the disease. The greatest use for ! the gamma globulin is in fighting measles. It also gives the same kind of protection against one kind : of jaundice or infectious hepatitis, 1 a liver disease.

Stage Show Tonight At Monroe Festival The ruffle of drums and a parade of high school beauty queens opened Monroe community days last night, as the August heat wave abated just enough to make a pleasant atmosphere for the first night of the four-night stand. More than a thousand persons milled about the streets after the parade when the midway and the fire-house cafeteria opened, and the crowd grew later on in the evening. The event, with a turfP out similar to that of last year, was a good success, general chairman Howard Habegger commented this morning. First Stage Show Tonight Tonight will see the first stage show for the community days crowds, when a variety show of local talent entertains, beginning at 8 o’clock. On schedule are the Pleasant Mills high school boys’ qpartet, piano and organ numbers, a baton twirling exhibition, and the Monmouth high school German band. Friday and Saturday nights will see the Miss Adams county contest in session. Friday, beginning at 8 p.m., will be the talent contest, with each entrant presenting an act for the judges. Saturday evening the contest will come to a climax and the community days, 1959, will conclude with the coronation of Miss Adams county, 1959, at 9:30 o’clock. That Cool Breese The current August heat wave, running into its seventh day with temperatures in the 90s, seemed to cool down a little, with a cool breeze—probably the tail end of the scattered thundershowers that hit north of Fort Wayne last night, hardest around Kendallville. The stirring of air made for a pleasant atmosphere as the parade opened the community days celebration shortly after 6 o’clock. Five county high school bands paraded near their Miss Adams county contestants and set the tempo for the parade. Led by Adams Central high school band, the host band, these groups followed: Hartford. Monmouth, Pleasant Mills and Berne. The Monroe Boy Scout troops, pony carts and riders, as well as cars, trucks, and implements, accompanied the 10 high school beauty queens. Heading the parade listing were two Monroe rural and city fire department trucks and the Adams county sheriff’s mounted posse. As no decorated kids’ bicycles appeared, no prizes were awarded. Soon after the parade ended, the early crowd milled up and down the midway, as the rides—all except the ferris wheel, which should be in operation tonight—and the concessions became busy, with activity picking up a little later in the evening. Publish Book Lists L For Public Schools Complete book lists for the De- f catur public schools are published on page two of the second section of today’s Daily Democrat. The ( complete lists are for the Decatur , high school and the two grade schools. Pupils will register next week at the three schools, following the schedule announced yesterday, with clases opening Wednesday, Sept. 9. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy with no important temperature changes tonight and Friday. Some scattered thundershowers likely mostly in afternoon and evening. Low tonight in the 70s. High Friday 88 to 94. Sunset today 7:24 p.m. Sunrise Friday 0:09 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy, continued warm and humid 'with some afternoon or evening thundershowers. 1

BONN, Germany (UPl)—President Eisenhower talked for two , hours with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer today and then told newsmen his forthcoming exchange of visits with Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev may help break the cold war ice jam. Die President also said it would he and Adenauer hoped “srfnething good" would come out of his meetings with the Soviet leader. Th* President also said it would be a “grave mistake” to hold a summit conference Uiiess the West were confident some real progress could be achieved. He said he woulo not attend a summit meeting that would amount to a propaganda mill. Eisenhower said the promise, or assurance ot progress, for a summit meeting could come from another meeting of the foreign ministers. Eisenhower addressed a prece-dent-breaking news conference in th West German foreign ministry here after another overwhelming ovation from tens of thousands of Germans and a first round cold war talks with thee 83-year-old chancellor. Mum on Details It was the first time he ever had held a news conference abroad as President of the United States. . Die chief executivee said his conversations today with Adenauer had not reached the point where he wanted to discuss them in specific detail. But he said the West German chancellor shared his hope at the the forthcoming exchange of visits with Khrushchev might make some sort oh progress toward “melting a little of the ice” between East and West. Eisenhower said he could not believe any world leaders today were “stupid enough” to want a general war. He indirectly suggested that Khrushchev, from the enthusiastic welcome given the American President here, might bet the idea that the German people were, in effect, stating their firm belief "in human dignity and individual free meod.” Berlin Remains Problem He was asked whether he thought hostilities could grow out of the Berlin situation. He conceded that Berlin reremained “a real problem” but added forcefully, “I am not going to be classed as a bomb-rattler and I don’t believe any one is stupid enough to want one (a general war.)." The conference dealt entirely with foreign policy and from the questioning that lasted nearly 30 minutes came these' other highlights: —He anticipates a statement shortly from Washington on whether the United States will continue its voluntary ban on testing atomic weapons. (It was

Khrushchev In New Warning

MOSCOW (UPI) — Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev has fired off another warning to West Germany about Soviet military might but he said East-West relations may be at an historic turning point. The letter was sent to West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer Aug. 19 but was not published in the Soviet press until today. In the main it appeared to be telling Adenauer not to rock the boat; that big things could come of the forthcoming meetings between President Eisenhower and Khrushchev if Adenauer did not interfere. Publication coincided with the meeting between Eisenhower and Adenauer in Bonn today. Issues Warning The Soviet premier accused the West German government of being more interested in arming the West German army with nuclear and missile weapons than with reunification of East and West Germany. He warned Adenauer that not even the combined military might

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announced in Washington Wednesday night the ban had been extended from Oct. 31 to Dec. 31. > —He has detected no evidence of weakening Allied unity because of his planned exchange of visits with Khrushchev. On this point, he said Adenauer shared with him the hope that from his meetings with the Soviet premier would come some tangible idea of how to improve East - West relations. Lauds Europe Integration —He described the closer political and economic integration of western Europe as “the hope of salvation for the world." —He said that rather than just negotiating with West Germany, Britain, France and the North Atlantic Treaty countries on specific subjects during his current tour, he was “trying to get a little better atmosphere” in preparation for new dealings with the Russians. Horace 6. Troutner Is Taken By Death Horace Greely Troutner, 87, retired laborer and resident of Adams county most of his life, died at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been ill of complications for the past year and in serious condition for the last month. He was born at Willshire, 0., July 5, 1872, a son of George and Catherine Troutner, and had lived for many years on Decatur route 6. - Surviving are-one daughter, Mrs. Clarence (Isabel) Williams of Decatur route 6; three sons, M. F. and Clarence Troutner, boht of South Bend, and Lester Troutner of Cincinnati, O.; 25 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. One son and one brother are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Gillig & Doan funeral home, the Rev. Vernon Riley officiating. Burial will be in the Reynolds cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until tiMie of toe services. Local Lady's Mother Dies Last Evening Mrs. Warren T. Rowley, 88, mother of Mrs. Glenn Hill, of Decatur, died Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Ella Nora nursing .home in Worthington, O. Mrs. Rowley had been ill for several years. Other survivors besides Mrs. Hill are: another daughter, Mrs. Helen Luce, of Columbus, O.; three grandchildren, and five greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at the Rutherford funeral home in Columbus, O.; Saturday at 10:30 a.m., with burial also in Columbus.

of the West could equal the power of the Soviet bloc. Tass news agency said Khrushchev did not say this for “the purpose of intimidation” but rather to tell Adenauer that war would be “tantamount to suicide and the destruction” of West Germany. ' Cites Exchange Visits Khrushchev said he attached great significance to his forthcoming exchange of • visits with Eisenhower and that important questions would be discussed. “It may be we are on the eve of an historic turn in the policy of the two blocs — from further isolation to gradual rapprochement and adjustment of the outstanding issues to ensure the peaceful coexistence of all states,” the Khrushchev letter said. Khrushchev said Soviet Russia and West Germany have ideological differences but “no sane thinking man could think that they could be overcome byway of war.” ,