Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1959 — Page 1

Vot. LVII. No. 207.

Decatur Residents To Vote Nov. 3 On Sale Os Electrical Utility

The sale of the city electric util* ity for 52.099.100 to Indiana-Mich-igan Electric Co. will be set before Decatur voters for the second time in the November 3 general city election. The Decatur city council Tuesday night passed a special ordinance authorizing city officials to arrange for the election, in response to a petition dated July 7, signed by 147 qualified freeholders and taxpayers of the city. The petition was submitted after the council adopted resolution 200 June 10, authorizing the sale of the municipal electric utility system, with some exceptions, to Indiana and Michigan Electric company. Reviewing the steps taken after the first sale offer was rejected at a special election April 14. resolution 200 states that immediately after the April 14 election, the council adopted a resolution authorizing that steps be taken to make urgently needed improvements to the electric system and to obtain the necessary funds through an increase in electric rates and the issuance of more revenue bonds. Users CMapiaia Just before the election, a power surge caused when lighting struck a line, blew a hole in the interior of the steam engine* and necessitated $42,000 in repairs. While this was going on, and immediately after the election, the diesel engine, which was taken from standby and run regularly for a few weeks to provide the electric current needed here, went out of order and caught fire, necessitating $17,006 in repairs. Meanwhile, immediately following the election the rural users called a mass meeting with the city council at the Youth Center, ami more than 400 irate rural users complained bitterly about the high rates and poor service which

Strike In Rubber Industry Averted

United Press International Labor peace returned to the airlines and rubber industries today, but strikes or the threat of strikes continued to rock the business boat in rocketry, railroads, insurance and steel A threatened flight engineers’ strike against Pan American World Airways was postponed indefinitely Tuesday night when flight engineers refused to teach classes training "third idiots” in the cockpits. A second major strike in the rubber industry was averted Tuesday night when the United Rubber Workers Union and Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. signed a contract calling tor 10-cent hourly wage increases tor 18,000 workers. But little progress was reported in other labor disputes around the nation: —Negotiations were to resume today in New York in the nationwide steel strike after a fiveday breathing spell. No progress was evident. Canaveral Workers Idled —A strike by equipment operators at Cape Canaveral Fla., idled 800 construction workers engaged in building missile facilities at the major rocket testing site. The Air Force said the strike, now in its third day, had affected "work on all construction projects at Cape Canaveral,” but added thatt he walkout had not delayed missile launching /schedules. —The chairman of the Western Carriers Conference Committee, a railroad management group, criticized labor leader George E. Leighty tor threatening a strike by 850,000 nonoperating rail workers. *. ■ Theodore Short said Leighty seems “more interested in force than negotiation ” Agents Demonstrate —lnsurance company agents pressed their demands for wage and job security improvements with a sign-waving demonstration at the Prudential Insurance Co. of America headquarters in Newark. N.J. ■ Union leaders have warned that 10,000 Prudential agents in S 4 states may strike Sept 8 unless

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they receive. The rural users organized and started proceedings to force the sale of the lines, and block any city attempts to repair and continue service. At the same titne, industrial users also complained about their rates and service, and demanded more standby power and adjusted rates. The industrial users also organized. Many Decatur merchants were the targets of bitter hatred in the following two weeks. Petition Far New Sale May 19, the resolution continues, 2966 local voters, more than a majority of all the voters in Decatur, petitioned the council to take steps to authorize a new sale. After the board of public works conferred with Indiana and Michigan, the company indicated that it would present a new offer. In the agreement between the council «hd Indiana-Michigan, the total purchase price tor the property was set at $2,099,100. with $2,064,378 of this in cash, and the remaining $34,722 paid in street lighting tor two years. The agreement would exclude all transportation equipment, the land and all buildings at the steam generating plant site; and the land and building at the city’s line department operating headquarters. Arrangements Per Election Tuesday evening’s special ordinance, No. 1959-9, sets the election to coincide with the general city elections November 3, authorizes city officials to make arrangements ofr it, and provides for legal notice of the general election. It also orders copies of the special ordinance and of resolution 200 to be printed and made available to voters of the city in the office of the clerk-treasurer.

the company agrees to a new contract by Saturday. —Members of the United Steelworkers Union walked out at eight northeastern Ohio steel fabricating plants when negotiators faded to reach agreement before contracts expired. In Chicago, two meat industry unions and Armour and Co. meat' packers reached a last - minute agreement. Spokesmen said the pact would probably head off a threatened industry-wide strike. Oil Tank At Lima Hit By Lightning LIMA, Ohio (UPl)—Ohio Oil Co. officials said today that damage from an explosion of a huge oil tank, touched off after it was set afire by a lightning bolt, would probably run to several hundred thousand dollars. No one was injured Tuesday in the fire and earth-shaking blast that sent flames ted by crude oil hundreds of feet in the air. The tank, which held 100 thousand barrels, was nearly toll. About 30 families in a six-block area on the southern edge of the city were forced to leave their homes, but they returned after die flames were brought under control. The fire was set during a violent thunderstorm that dumped nearly three inches of rain in the late afternoon. Police ordered families to move out of the immediate area while firemen and company employes erected barriers to keep the flames from spreading after firemen had run out of water. Then about four and a half hours later, the tank exploded with a tremendous roar, sending aloft flames and thick smoke. —■ ■■■ "•"»»« ■ ' 11 Pl|M

10 Building Permits Issued Last Month v City engineer Ralph Roop released the building permits today that were issued during the month of August. Ten permits, totalling an esimated expenditure of $3,840 in improvements, were granted. Six of the permits were for garages or additions to present garages. Ivan R. Howard, of 516 Closs, will spend S3OO on a new garage, while Robert L. Swygart, of 734 Spencer, will build a S2OO structure. Jess Daniels, of 710 Indiana, will make a SSO addition to his present garage, and Richard L. Hendricks, of 121 N. 15th, a S7OO garage. Wesley Kallenberger, of 425 Grant, will build a $l,lOO garage, and Melvin H. Tinkham, of Homestead 40, will spend S2OO for an addition to his garage. Kenneth W. Nash, of 920 N. Second, will make a S4O addition to his house, while C. W. DeLong, of 822 N. 12th. will make a $950 addition to his home. Leland May, 1223 W. Meibers, will add a SIOO tool storage building, and Ronald R. Black, of 816 Line, will add a bathroom to his residence at a cost of S2OO.

Ike, de Gaulle JT W~ ' # Meet In Fans

PARIS (UPl)—President Eisenhower arrived in gaily decorated Paris today and received a new triumphal welcome. He promptly plunged into cold war talks with President Charles de Gaulle. Their first session was described as “good and encouraging.” Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the two leaders were so pleased with their initial meeting that they decided to extend their talks by at least one hour Thursday. Hagerty announced that Eisenhower and De Gaulle will leave an hour earlier than planned for Rambouillet, the French president’s official country residence, where they will spend Thursday night They may drive. in the same car to Rambouillet — presumably to give them further time to talk. The President stepped from his plane at Le Bourget Airport into a brilliantly colorful welcome. Paris was bathed in warm, clear sunshine that brought tens of thousands into the streets to cheer him. De Gaulle at Airport The welcome was cordial and friendly, but more restrained than those in Bonn and London where the crowds almost mobbed the President’s car in their frenzied enthusiasm. De . Gaulle met Eisenhower at Le Bourget find the two greeted each other with the warmth of old friends. However, the Paris phase of toe Eisenhower international peace crusade before his talks with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is apt to prove the toughest of any on his tour. Within an hour before his arrival at toe Quai d’Orsay — toe French Foreign Office which is toe temporary White House while he is in France — Eisenhower drove to toe Ely see Palace tor a preliminary talk with De Gaulle. All along toe. route from the airport to the Foreign Office and back to toe presidential palace, Eisenhower received warm and friendly greetings. Cannon boomed in a 21-gun salute, guards of honor snapped to rigid attention, band* played brisk military airs and thousands cheered as Eisenhower moved about toe city. Tackle Ticklish Subjects Hagerty said that it was "reasonable to assume” the President and De Gaulle began preliminary discussions about Algeria and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—two of toe most ticklish subjects facing them. r De Gaulle is trying to win from Eisenhower a pledge of U.S. support tot French policy in Algieria

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One Killed, Two Are Critically Injured MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (UP!) — George A. Raines, 44, Bloomington, was killed and two other persons were injured critically Tuesday in a collision of two cars and a big truck on Ind. 67 north of here. Taken to Morgan County hospital were Arnold Svanascini, 47, Bloomington, and Miss Bessie Bannon, 37, Worthington. State police said the accident occurred when an auto driven by Miss Bannon attempted to pass the truck and smashed head-on into the Raines car, then careened into the truck. INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers or thundershowers this afternoon. Mostly fair and cooler tonight. Thursday mostly sunny and pleasant. Low tonight mostly In the 50s north, 57 to 64 south. High Thursday 75 to 84. Sunset today 7:15 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 6:14 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Fair and pleasant. Lows low 50s north to near 60 south. Highs low 70s north to near 89 south.

j before toe issue goes . before the * United Nations General Assembly ' later this month. De Gaulle also is known to be angry and disappointed because j toe United States has not supported French plans for setting r up a “Big Three” political directorate of the United States, . France and Britain to run NATO. I The President ended his memorable five-day visit in Britain with a plea that the United States and Britain maintain their close bonds for the sake of world peace.

Informally Agreed On Labor Measure

WASHINGTON (UPI) — HouseSenate conferees reported today they have informally agreed on all but one point in the labor reform bill and may put off action on this disputed provision until next year. Such a course would pave the way tor the joint conference committee to stamp final approval on a compromise measure later today. Sen. Barcry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) and Rep. Robert Griffin (R-Mich.) confirmed that the 14-man committee was ready to write into specific language its verbal agreements on everything except so-called "common site” picketing in toe constructoio industry. They said there was some question whether this complex provision, advocated by Senate Democrats, should go into the comprmise bill because it was not in either of the measures riginally passed by toe House and Senate. The provision in effect would exempt building trades unions in some instances from toe Housepassed secondary boycott curbs. It would permit them to picket at construction projects where members of other unions are wen-king. This practice has been declared by toe Supreme Court to be illegal under toe Taft - Hartley law. Goldwater said union officials had been assured that if toe conference committee dropped the proposal now, it would be considered again by both the House and Senate next year. He said several other provisions favored by construction unions also would be considered then by the Senate Labor Committee. Griffin said toe House Labor Committee also was willing to

Petition Against Heavy Truck Traffic A petition to stop heavy interstate truck traffic in the areas of Tenth, Dayton, Washington, and Thirteenth streets came before the city council Tuesday night. The council also heard a remonstrance on dust on Twelfth street between Nuttman and Jackson; approved the completion of work on the sewage system improvements; heard a request from the Limberlost Texaco station to make % curb cut; and heard that the goCart rides at Thirteenth and Nuttman had been removed at the recommendation of the owner of the land. Signed by 26 residents of the Tenth street area and submitted by Doris G. Leonard, the petition stated that the dust, fumes, and noise from the heavy interstate trucks that travel on the streets constituted a hazard and asked that the truck traffic be stopped. Mayor Robert D. Cole apjjointed Lawrence Kohne, Clyde Drake, and Carl Gerber as a committee to inspect the conditions. The jnatter was also referred to the city street department, the board of works, and the police department. Receiving a letter from consulting engineers reporting that the work on two sewage works improvement contracts was complet- • ed, the council made the communication a matter of record and ordered payment of the work be made. Twenty-seven persons in the area of Twelfth street, between Nuttman and Jackson, signed the remonstrance against dust in their area. Mayor Cole told the council he would check into the matter personally. The letter of request to make a curb cut at the southwest corner of East Monroe and Limberlost streets was referred to the board, of works. The letter, from L. E. Krauss. district real estate agent tor the Texaco company, asks for a 35-foot cut in the approach to the Limberlost service station. A similar request filed in 1956 had been denied.

consider a separate construction industry package bill next year. If toe "common site” exemptidh were put into toe conference report, Griffin said, it might be knocked out in the House on a parliamentary point of order. The struggle within toe committee on “common site” picketing led to a sideline fight Tuesday between Goldwater and Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell. Goldwater criticized Mitchell for saying that the Eisenhower administration still supported toe “common site” picketing proposal. Under toe proposal, a union would be permitted to set up a picket line against one contractor on a construction job even though it had no dispute with other contractors also working there. Senate Democrats have been trying to write toe provision into the secondary boycott section of the Landrum-Griffin bill passed by the House. Mitchell said in a telegram to President Richard J. Gray of the AFL-CIO Building Trades Department that the administration favored it Two-Months-Old Baby Killed In Accident EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPI) — A two-months-old baby died today of injuries sustained in a traffic accident Tuesday night. Sharon Renner, daughter of the Leonard Renners, Cynthiana, died ia Deaconess hospital where toe parents were in fair (Condition after toe family car collided in Ind. 85 northwest of here with an auto driven, by Patrick McClean, 18, Owensville.

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Urges Parents Aid School Authorities Parents are asked to cooperate with school authorities when school begins next week by sending their children regularly and on time, Mrs. Mildred Foley, county and city attendance officer, said this morning. “Regular, on-time school attendance will lead to other regular habits long after the student has been graduated from school, *’ Mrs. Foley pointed out. “Habits formed in youth carry over to adult life in far more ways than we realize,’’ she stressed. Absenteeism Barometer “Children with records of juvenile delinquency often have poor . attendance records,” she stated. . “School absenteeism is a barome- . ter by which we may be warned . of more serious things to .uti* j Therefore, parents, school offi- , cials, and the children themselves must place special emphasis on regular, on-time attendance. ' “Attendance officers cannot do , the entire job alone. Parents must ' understand that they are contri- ’ buting to juvenile delinquency | when they fail to demand daily ontime attendance by their children. 1 “Every child between the ages ■ of 7 and 16 must attend school. 1 Any parent who willfully neglects i to send his child to school is liable . to a fine or imprisonment, or both, i according to Indiana state law. Courts Interested “Prosecuting attorney Severin H. j Schurger and Judge Myles F. Par-; rish have both taken a special interest in attendance cases,” Mrs. Foley pointed out. “Education is free. Why should you as a parent neglect to send your child to schoool? An education is the one thing you can give your child that will pay both'him and you big dividends. “With special effort on my part, I hope to form a close liaison between the child .home and school, and help save the children from getting into trouble,” she said. You Can Spot It “Remember,” Mrs. Foley pointed out,” you can spot budding delinquency. First, there will be a marked falling off in grades. “Second, the attendance record will be spotty, with numerous tardies. This is almost always the first step towards delinquency. “You, as a parent, must step in and deal firmly with the problem at this point. Tardiness and ab-„ sences must be stopped; study habits and use of spare time must be improved; otherwise, disaster may result for your child. “If you, as a parent, meet your responsibilities today, you may be assured that your youngsters will meet theirs tomorrow,” the attendance officer concluded. Wounded In Case Os Mistaken Identity EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPI)-Ben Carter, 62, was in serious condition today with a bullet in his head as the result of a case of mistaken identity. Carter, of Evansville, was shot with a pistol Tuesday night as he walked out of a tavern. Police arrested James Taylor, 62, Evansville, who admitted firing the shot at a man he said he’d had trouble with for a long time. But when Taylor told police the name of the man he shot, it wasn’t Carter at all. It developed Carterand Taylor were strangers 1b each other.

Nehru Reports India Defense Crisis Eased NEW DELHI (UPI> — Premier Jawaharlal Nehru told a tense capacity crowd in Parliament today that India’s defense crisis had been esed by the withdrawal of Lt. Gen. K.S. Thimayya’s resignation as army chief of staff. Nehru heaped praise on Defense Minister V.K. Krishna Menon, making no mention of the fact that he too had offered to resign in the crisis touched off by his alleged playing politics with die armed forces. The premier also had nothing to say about the nation’s other chiefs | of staff, Vice Adm. R.D. Katari Marshal S. Mukerjee, ‘ who handed in their resignations along with Thimayya. It appeared * likely, however, that they would 1 follow the general’s example and continue in their posts. > Nehru said there is no truth t to reports that Menon had been - allowing favoritism or political r factors to influence army promo- ■ tions. “I myself have seen the files,” : he said. "There is no truth to the charge.” Confers with Dalai Lama The crowd that jammed into Parliament to hear Nehru’s statement was a token of the grave concern felt here by the sudden upsurge of dissension among the officials responsible for India’s 'defense at a time when the nation’s northern borders have been crossed by Communist forces from China. Nehru also conferred today with the Dalai Lama, who came here from his refuge in Mussoorie to urge Indian leaders to support his protest to the United Nations over Communist aggression in Tibet. The premier has already expressed his opposition to a U.N. debate on Tibet, but the huge crowd which turned out to welcome the refugee god-king appeared to indicate wide popular support for his plea. As the Lama left his special airconditioned railway car, the crowd surged forward shouting “Long live the Dalai!” ‘‘Down

House Fails To Override Veto

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The House refused by one vote today to override President Eisenhower's veto of the $1,206,748,549 public works bill to give him a stunning legislative victory. The vote upset ail advance predictions and kept intact Eisenhower’s record of never having lost a veto showdown with Congress. In a stunning setback to Democratic leaders i the House voted 274-138 to override. This was one vote short of the required twothirds margin. The narrow margin was achieved when several Republicans who had voted to override the veto changed their votes after the roll call had been completed. They did so after some Democrats who had voted to sutain the veto switched and voted to override. As the switches in votes were announced, there were bursts of applause — first from the Democratic and then from Republican

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with Chinese imperialism!” and “Chinese, get out of Tibet!” Police had to form * flying wdge to force away through the cheering crowd to the car waiting tor the Dalai. The Communist conquest of Tibet set the stage for the reported Red invasions of India and the protectorates of Bhutan and Sikkim which have caused considerable concern here. Pakistan’s President Mohammed Ayub, who talked with Nehru during a stopover here Tuesday, urged settlement of seething differences between India and Pakistan so the two nations could present a united front to the Red threat. Mrs. Otilla Yoder Dies Tuesday Night || Mrs. Otilla Yoder, 79, a native 1 of Wabash township and a resi- ’ dent of Linn Grove, died at the | home of her daughter, Mrs. WalI ter (Ruth) Liby, Muncie, at 9:10 I p.m. Tuesday. She had been a patient in Ball i memorial hospital, Muncie, for [ eight days before she moved to [ her daughter’s home two weeks ago. She had been bedfast three weeks. She was born February 29, 1880, in Wabash township, the daughter of Gottlieb and Katherine Speicher Gerber. Her husband, Joseph ,K. Yoder, died in 1944. She was a member of the Cross Evangelical and Reformed Churdh, Berne. Sur/iving in addition to the daughter in Muncie are two sons, Theodore Yoder, Linn Grove, and Woodrow W. Yoder, Muncie another daughter, Mrs. Milton (Beulah) Kruetzman, route two. Decatur; one sister, Mrs. Levi Mesbberger, Linn Grove; 13 grandchildren. and five great-grandchildren. One son died in infancy, and two daughters and two sons are deceased. — r —-<•;■■■ -jv The body has been returned to the Yager funeral home, Berne, where friends may call after i p.m. Thursday. Funeral services will be conducted in the Cross Evangelical and Reformed church. Berne, the Rev. C. A. Schmid officiating. The day and time have not yet been announced. Burial will oe in the M. R. E. cemetery, west of Berne.

side. The margin was so close that Speaker Sam Rayburn (Tex.) ordered a recount before announcing the result. Seventeen House members crossed party lines. Voting to ; override the veto were 263 Democrats and 11 Republicans. Those voting to sustain were 132‘Republicans and 6 Democrats. It was the 143rd time Eisenhower had vetoed a bill since entering the White House in January, 1953. The President vetoed the bill last Friday because it carried $51,510,600 for starting 67 flood control and navigation projects in 31 states. He had told Congress in his budget message last Janu- ■ ary he wanted no' new projects started this year. During Eisenhower’s 614 years ■ as president, the House has never ; overridden one of his vetoes. The ■ Senate has done so twice but both t times he was upheld in the House.