Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1959 — Page 3

MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1959

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Oppose Bail Attempt For Finch, Carole, POMONA, Calif. (UPD — The state will move today to have Dr. R. Bernard Finch and his attractive girl friend, Carole Tregoff, tried together on charges of murdering Finch’s wife. Deputy Dist. Atty. Fred N. Whichello told United Press International he also would strongly oppose any attempt to have the wealthy 41-year-old medical man or Miss Tregoff, 22, released on bail. Finch and Miss Tregoff, his former receptionist and admitted mistress, were due in Superior Court today for setting of their trial dates. They were held without bail on charges of murdering Mrs. Barbara Finch, 33, last July 18 following separate preliminary hearings. Whichello said he expected a combined trial of Finch and Miss JTregoff would last at least six w’eeks, while a separate trial for the two defendants would last twice as long. The state charged Finch, partowner of a medical center in nearby West Covina, hatched a murder plan against his estranged wife so he could marry Miss Tregoff. Finch would have had to split an estimated $750,000 in community property with his wife if they went through with a divorce, the state charged. Under California law community property is divided when a couple divorces. “BROASTED” GOLDEN BROWN CHICKEN SHAFFER’S Restaurant 904 N. 13th St. Call 3-3857 Quality | Photo Finishings AD Work Left Befor* 8:00 p. m. Monday Ready Wednesday at 10 a. n. Holthouse Drug Co.

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Whichello charged Finch and Miss Tregoff went to the Finch $65,000 West Covina home to kill Mrs. Finch by injecting her with a sedative, tying her up and shoving her car off a cliff. The plan was foiled when the Finch maid, Marie Anne Lindholm, 19, heard Mrs. Finch's screams and ran to her aid, according to Whichello. Mrs. Finch managed to break away and fled across the lawn of their home with Finch chasing her. She was found shot to death a short time afterwards. Clem M. Colchin Is Injured In Wreck A Decatur motorist is resting comfortably this morning at Adams county memorial hospital and is improving, according to reports, after an accident Sunday morning on the Mud Pike road, about one mile south of Decatur. Clem M. Colchin, 64. of route 4, Decatur, sustained a punctured lung, a lacerated upper lip, and several broken ribs after striking a county bridge abutment, causing $250 damage to the front end of the car and $75 damage to the abutment. Colchin told sheriff Merle Affolder, who investigated, that a car traveling north forced him off the road, resulting in the accident. The mishap occurred at 8.30 a.m. yesterday. Hospital authorities said this morning that he is resting comfortably this morning after spending a painful Sunday. Republican Ticket Is Filed Saturday Harry Essex, Republican county chairman, called the meeting of the central committee on August 22 for 8:15 p.m. at the Decatur Youth and Community Center to fill the vacancies on the Republican ticket. This ticket was filed with the clerk of Adams county, Richard D. Lewton, Saturday. Forty-two precinct committeemen attended the meeting with John Doan, city chairman, presiding. On a motion by Chester Adams and seconded by Roland Miller the following candidates were unanimously selected to match ballots with the Democratic candidates Nov. 3: Donald F. Gage, mayor; Curtis P. Jones, clerk-treasurer; Robert Leßoy August, first district councilman; Edward Deitsch. second district councilman; Ralph E. Smith, third distrit councilman; Harold Eugene Teeter, fourth distric councilman, and Adolph L. Kolter, councilman-at-large. All the candidates are registered and reside in their respective districts. The central committee did not nominate anyone to run for the new post of city judge. Richard J. Sullivan, a Democrat and an attorney, is unopposed for the position.

Race With Hark Is Ended In Berne Instead Os Decatur A two-way race with the stork which was supposed to end in Decatur last week ended instead in Berne. Glen Gerber, of Goshen, took his time answering when the telephone rang last week, but his tempo speeded up when his wife, Patricia, who was on the other end of the line at Berne visiting Glen’s parents, told him, “Meet me at the hospital in Decatur as soon as you can.” Gerber was on his way in a flash. He figured he’d ’have to crowd the speed limit to get to the Decatur hospital “in time.” Feeling pretty much like the tortoise in the story of the tortoise and the hare, Glen finally pulled up in front of the Adams county memorial hospital, went in and inquired about Mrs. Gerber. She hadn’t arrived yet. Glen waited. He continued to wait for what seemed like hours. Finally his waiting was rewarded. A Berne doctor whisked into the drive and in the car were Mrs. Gerber and a new son, Stephen, weighing 7*4 pounds. The stork had worked fast after Patricia had called Glen, and the baby was born in Berne at the home of Gerber’s parents. Confer On Plan For Interstate Highway CINCINNATI (UPD — Governor Handley met here today with Ohio Gov. Michael DeSalle and Kentucky Gov. A.B. Chandler to work out preliminary plans for the location of new Interstate Route 75. They were to discuss whether the highway, from Toledo, Ohio, to Lexington, Ky., should cross the Ohio River east or west of Cincinnati. Handley said if the decision is to cross east of Cincinnati, federal officials indicated they would authorize another Ohio River bridge at Lawrenceburg. If the bridge is located west of Cincinnati, the government would not authorize a second bridge. Handley said it was possible a decision to locate the interstate bridge further downstream would mean that it would be built in the Lawrenceburg-Aurora area. But he said there also was a chance it would be built on the Ohio side of the Indiana-Ohio state line. The federal government will contribute 90 per cent of the funds for the Route 75 bridge. Any secondary bridge would be built on a 50-50 basis, with the state involved .expected to put up half the money. With Handley at the meeting were the three members of the Indiana State Highway Commission. Highway officials from Ohio and Kentucky also were present. Final decision on location of the bridge or bridges is up to the federal government, but it was understood a recommendation of the three governors would be followed. Indianapolis Woman Jailed For Slaying INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — An Indianapolis woman, jailed twice in the knifing of her husband, was held today for grand jury action on charges she killed her husband and beat her uncle with a television antenna. Mrs. Mary Halsell, 43, freed on bond after her arrest on Wednesday, was re-arrested Friday when her husband died. Additional charges of assault and battery were filed by the unclue, Youel Jones, 43.

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Nikita Shows Interest Over Adenauer Plan MOSCOW (UPD—Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev-is interested in a new proposal from West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to resume disarmament talks and wants more details, Tass news agency reported today. Khrushchev said disarmament and other East-West issues “are not insoluble” and reiterated his promise that he was going to the United States next month “with good intentions to help peace” and to “melt the ice of the cold war,” Tass said. The Soviet premier made his comments Sunday while at Veshenskaya, a small town on the Don River, where he and his wife and daughter paid a visit to Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov. During the day Sholokhov was invited to accompany the Soviet premier on his U.S. visit. Khrushchev said the Adenauer letter, which was in reply to one he sent to the West German chancellor Aug. 19, “produces a favorable impression” on first reading. He described it as more restrained in tone” and said Adenauer had expressed a desire to come to a better understanding of acute problems in the “interests of cooperation between our two countries.” The Adenauer letter was sent to Moscow Friday and made public Sunday. In it the chancellor brushed aside warnings about Soviet military might made by Khrushchev in his earlier note, and instead appealed to the Soviet leader to reopen big power disarmament talks. Adenauer said the negotiations should begin where they broke off in August, 1957, before the United Nations subcommittee on disarmament in London. , , “It must be the chief policy goal of every statesman, no matter where he is situated, to bring about controlled disarmament of nuclear and conventional weapons,” Adenauer said. He stressed that the solution to all major cold war issues, including the question of a German peace treaty and German reuni- ■ fication, dependqfl on a resolution of the arms race. Young Driver Fined i On Speeding Charge : City police arrested Frederick Jean Charaway, 111, of Piqua. O„ ! Saturday on a charge of speeding ■ on Mercer avenue, and he pleaded • guilty to the charge in justice of • the peace court, paying $1 and costs. Die sixteen-yearrold youth ‘ was stopped at 8:45 p.m.

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Nixon Warns Reds Still Aggressive LOS ANGELES <UPD — Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Sunday night warned the nation not to expect a new era of sweetness and light to result from President Eisenhower's exchange of visits with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. “Ike will have his guard up in the conversations with Khrushchev,” said Nixon. “They can’t talk one way in one part of the world and have the Communist forces act another way <as in India) in another part of the world. “It is a warning to us that youj can’t count too highly on this being a new era of sweetness and I light, the Communists are still on' their aggressive course.” Nixon made his remarks at a press conference on his arrival here to address the 60th national Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He said he believed. Eisenhower's tremendous recep- ' tion during his current European tour would give him a psycho- ! logical edge when he meets with, Khrushchev. “The President’s tour has ex-1 ceeded expectations. It indicates so far that his prestige and the prestige of the U.S. is higher than at any time since the war. It has demonstrated the unity and will of the free nations.” National Commander John W. Mahan, Helena, Mont., said one of the proposals to be made at the convention was the formation of a new American “Indian Ocean fleet” by taking some ships out of moth balls. “There is a tremendous power vacuum in India and Southeast Asia,” Mahan said. "It is obvious by recent events that the Communist world now intends to start agitating in this area.” He urged the U.S. “immediately make up a fleet to be known as the Indian Ocean fleet, from ships presently in moth balls.” Some 25,000 delegates were here for the five-day convention which officially opened today in joint session with the ladies auxiliary. George Meany, AFL-CIO president. and James Douglas, Air Force secretary, wil receive special awards tonight at the distinguished guests banquet. Geneva Democrats Select Candidates In convention- last week the Geneva Democrats filled their ticket for the November town election. Walter Hofstetter, Democratic town chairman, called the meeting. Named to the ticket for town council seats “were Clarence Buckingham, Ray Umpleby, and Walter Hofstetter. Buckingham replaced Stanley Baumgartner, who is a Geneva town trustee now. Umpleby and Hofstetter are now on the Geneva town board. Mrs. Annabell Parrett was nominated for the I office of clerk-treasurer, replacing | Wendell Long on the ticket.

Richard Speakman Back From Europe Richard Speakman, route six, returned August 20 from a month's tour in Europe with his son Harry and family. Speakman, who flew home by jet, had left Adams county July 18 for the trip, during which he and the Harry Speakman family toured places such as Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, and Ireland. The Harry Speakmans are scheduled to leave for missionary duty in the Belgian Congo in December. Harry Speakman is now 1 taking an extra foreign language | to assist him in his duty in the Congo. The Harry Speakmans, who traveled to Europe a year ago in May, are staying in Brussels, BelI gium.

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Child Has Narrow Escape From Snake Lee Edward Ketchum, 3*4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ketchum of Decatur, had a narrow escape at Oliver lake Saturday. ' Ix>e came running into the cottage Saturday morning where his mother and aunt, Mrs. Claire Nelson, were staying, and told them "I touched a snake, I touched a i snake.” At first they thought the young boy wgs just kidding. They went out in the yard however, and j sure enough, there was a snake, j A neighbor hurried over and killed it, and discovered that it was a rattlesnake. The young boy was thoroughly examined, but had not been bitten. He still stuck to his story that he

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