Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVI I. No. 226.

Eight Amish Children Attend School Today Under Court Orders

The strife and controversey in the Amish-school question has apparently ended today as the eight school children returned to Adams Central and Geneva as ordered by Judge Myles F. Parrish Thursday afternoon. A check of the schools this morning shows that four of the eight are enrolled at Adams Central, with tKb other four enrolling at Geneva. The four at the Monroe school all boys, while two boys and two girls are at Geneva. Judge Delivers Verdict Judge Parrish delivered his judgment late yesterday afternoon after a full day of explanations and arguments on the Amish school question. County probation officer Chris Muselman and John Preston Ward, executive director of the Indiana Civil Liberties union, represented the Amish, who did not hire any legal counsel. Muselman presented the Amish case in the interest of the children and Ward volunteered his services because he heard that some unconstitutional practices were involved in the case. He admitted to Judge Parrish after the hearing that the rumor was mbst certainly unfounded. In his decision ordering the ch? dren back to school. Judge Parrish said that the children should attend authorized schools only until they (the Amish) can build an accredited school of their own. He also said, that if the children defied the order, he would amend it so that they would be placed in private schools, but not of their own choosing. The threat implied that they would be taken from their parents and put into foster homes and private schools. Whatever the situation, it apparently worked. The entire Amish school question started a few weeks ago when the Amish group started a back-porch school at the home of C. P. Neuenschwander, rather than send then children to public high schools. They contended that the schools were “too worldly” and against their religious beliefs.

Ike, Nikita Meet Tonight

WASHINGTON (UPD — Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said today he thinks his tour of the United States contributed to a lessening of international tensions "to a certain extent.” But the Soviet leader added that he will know more about that after his face-to-face cold war talks with President Eisenhower beginning tonight at Camp David, Md. Khrushchev also told an impromptu news conference outside the Soviet embassy that he hopes the President will make an extensive trip through the Soviet Un ion—a trip longer than he took in the United States — “since our country is bigger.” Both Khrushchev and President Eisenhower held separate strategy conferences with their top advisers during the morning to prepare for their talks. The two top-level huddles toofc place about 200 yards apart—the President meeting with his aides in the White House while Khrushchev talked with his in Blair House, just across Pennsylvania Avenue. The White House announced that Eisenhower * and Khrushchev wduld fly to Camp David by helicopter, taking off from the White House lawn at 4:15 p.m. c.d.t. Awaits Talks Outcome After asserting that he thinks his tour lessened international tension “to a certain extent,” Khrushchev added, that “we will know more about it after my discussions with the President.” Khrushchev, obviously in good humor from the reception he got on his transcontinental tour, gave every indication that the top-level talks would get underway in a friendly atmosphere. He told leading U. S. businessmen at a dinner Thursday night

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After being rebuffed by school superintendent Gail Grabill and the state board of public instruction, the parents persisted in keeping their children out of school. The state then pressed charges of violating the compulsory school attendance act after an investigation by Supt. Grabill, Mrs. Mildred Foley, county attendance Officer, and the high school principals. Ward Files Dismissal The charges were filed by Muselman and the hearing was set for yesterday. At the hearing. Ward, the blind Negro, entered his appearance as a friend of the court and after the judge read the law and the rights of the accused. Ward entered a motion to dismiss the charge, on the grounds that the compulsory school attendance act is aimed at the prosecution of the parents only in the event of a violation. Judge Parrish, of course, overruled because the law in effect states that action can be taken against either or both, the parents or the children in such violations. After a 20-minute confab with Muselman, Ward closed his case after the prosecution had presented witnesses for the state. After another short recess, the judge read his verdict and the case was closed. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy to cloudy this afternoon and tonight, followed by scattered thundershowers spreading over north and west portions tonight. Saturday partly cloudy and warm, scattered thundershowers most sections ending north during the day. Low tonight <4 to 68. High Saturday mostly in the 80s. Sunset today 6:38 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 6:36 a. m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy and a little cooler. Lows in the 60s. Highs 72 to 80.

that he believed “the United States does want agreement with us and wants to live in peace.” But he said the question of whether the U. S. government is as psace - loving as its citizens would be answered by the official American position on disarmament and trade. "If the U. S. government renounces disarmament, one would doubt its sincerity,’’’ he said. Khrushchev did not say whether he meant disarmament on his own terms or with some inspection and control provisions demanded by the United States. Called Key Problem It was obvious that the arms issue vould be a chief topic between Eisenhower and Khrushchev, both of whom have described it as the key problem in the cold war. Other subjects are expected to be the German problem, EastWest trade, peaceful co-existence, more person-to-person contacts and Red China. PTA Committee To Name New President The executive committee of the Lincoln school PTA will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. David Heller to name a new president of the organization to succeed the "Rev. Carroll Myers, who resigned when transferring to a church at Dayton, O. Officers of the organization are Mrs. Heller, vice president; Mrs. Paul Wolfe, secretary, and William Christen, treasurer. Members of the PTA who would like to submit nominees for president are asked to contact any member of the executive committee prior to Monday’s meeting.

; East Half Os Indiana f • Stays On Fast Time

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Almost 1 the entire eastern half of Indiana will remain on “fast” time this winter, virtually ending years of * confusion during which the line of t demarcation looked like brush . strokes in a surrealist painting. 1 Richmond and Anderson, two ! major adherents of "slow” time » last year, decided Thursday night , to remain on "fast” time the year ; around. t Earlier decisions by many of * their neighbors had made it clear f they would be islands of “slow” ! time in a portion of the state that has gone through a legal loophole . in a 1957 time law. Official city t hall. Courthouse, school and other j clocks are changed to conform ‘ with the five months of Central Daylight and seven months of Central Standard but the life of the residents stays on "fast” time. 1 New Castle, Muncie, and Mar- ■ ion, all on CST last winter, earlier ■ decided to switch to year-around ■ "fast” time and the entire east : central area now has joined them, i Cambridge City, Portland, Winchester all went along with the swing to year-round “fast” time which practically wiped out a bulge in the time map. The rest of eastern Indiana and the capital city of Indianapolis remained on “fast" time throughout the winter. The time map still is a jigsaw puzzle, even with the movement of eastern Indiana cities into the same clock zone. Change Due Sunday The latest decisions came scarcely 72 hours before the hour for the annual fall changeover under the terms of a state law which decreed that daylight savings time shall be dissolved on the last Sunday of September for a seven-month period ending the last Sunday in April each year. The switch in those communities which do change time will occur at 2 a.m. Sunday. This group of • Treasury Surplus Depends On Strike WASHINGTON (UPD — The fate of the Eisenhower administration’s first treasury surplus in three years appearde today to depend on early settlement of the steel strike. A mid-year budget review issued by the administration Thursday forecast that the government would wind up the current fiscal year next June 30 ninety five million dollars in the black—a surplus 25 million dollars bigger than had been anticipated last January. Budget Director Maurice H. Stans said that despire the increase, the anticipated surplus was still a thin one and that he saw no chanre for a tax cut before mid-1961. He also disclosed that the administration would ask Congress next year to increase postal rates again to help end the red-ink op- ( eration of the Post Office Department. Stans warned that the surplus could be wiped out if the steel strike continues longer than “two or three more weeks.” It is now in its 11th week. He said the steel shutdown could cause enough of a drop in the profits of steel companies and related industries to seriously reduce tax receipts that would help build the surplus. Stans’ mid-year review forecast that government spending, as well as income, would be higher than original estimates. He said spending would run about $1,875,000,00 higher than President Eisenhower had planned earlier this year and revenues would be up by $1,960,000,000. This would raise estimated spending for the year to s7B,r 905,000,000 and estimated tax receipts to 79 billion dollars. In the fiscal year which ended last June 30. the government plunged $12,500,000,000 into the red—a record peacetime deficit. For the previous fiscal year,, the deficit was $2,800,000,000.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, Sept. 25,1959.

L communities was made up largely i of the entire western half of the ; state, n ota b1 y Evansville and f Terre Haute. ’ A small area in the north and i northwest, and a small area in the south, will remain on “fast” time i another month to conform with an ■ end-of-October changeover time at : Chicago and Louisville. At the end of September last year, a six-county central Indiana ' island around Indianapolis stayed ■ on “fast” time. ‘lt was joined weeks later by Franklin, Shelby- ; ville, Rushville ad Greensburg . with belated decisios to keep their clocks on EST. This year, those cities planned to leave their clocks untouched. The cities of Kokomo, Peru, ■ Lafayette, and apparently Logansport form a frontier of "slow” time observers whose residents will turn clocks back Sunday. Chicago Area Waits The Chicago area counties of 1 Lake, Porter, LaPorte and St. Joseph follow the lead of the Windy ’ City and make a switch on Oct. 25. Rochester also has decided to ig- ' note the Sept. 27 switch and wait until he last Sunday in October because of South Bend. The area surrounding Fort ’ Wayne in northeastern Indiana, ’ comprising some 13 counties, is sure to remain on “fast” time. Fort Wayne has been a leader in the campaign to put the eastern half of Hoosierdom in an EST zone, as observed by neighboring Ohio. In southern Indiana, Madison appeared likely to again be the farthest western outpost of yeararound EST on the Ohio River. The southeastern corner of Indiana, under Cincinnati influence, also stays o “fast” time. Although the state time law specifies that state support shall be withheld from any communiy not observing the specified time, the Indiana attorney general has held that a token observance by governmental units is all that is required. Governor Handley put the words in the mouths of nearly everyone trying to figure out a time problem by saying the clock situation in Indiana "is a hopeless muddle.” “I’m stuck right in the middle of a controversy that nobody can win,” Handley said. “I will not defy the intent of the Legislature but I must compromise or unduly penalize state employes working in year-around fast-time areas such as Indianapolis.” So the governor decided state offices should be open for a nine and a half-hour period, with some of the help starting their 8%-hour day early and others coming in later. State offices will be open at 715 a.m. CST and close at 4:45 p.m. CST. Annual Rally Day Parade Saturday The annual rally day parade of the Sunday schools of the Decatur churches will be held Saturday afternoon, starting at 2 o’clock. The parade was launched here several years ago and is designed to encourage people to attend the church of their choice. Saturday also marks the beginning of Christian education week. Most of the Protestant churches of Decatur, the fire department and police department will participate in the parade. Announcement was also made today that awards will be given for the best float, best decorated bicycle, toys and pets. The public is invited to view the parade, which will start at Five Points, move north on Second street at Marshall street, east to First street, then south to the county jail, where it will disband. The Decatur ministerial association is placing a large banner across Second street, reminding of two dogs outweigh the whole shipping God.

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I French Liner 'Explodes, 53 Aboard Killed BORDEAUX, France (UPD—An American-made French airliner exploded, crashed and burned near here Thursday night, killing at least 53 of the 65 persons aboard and injuring the 12 survivors. So far as was known, there were no Americans among the casualties. The four-engined DC-7, on a flight from Paris to Bamako in West Africa, stopped in this Atlantic port to pick up 20 passengers. Airport officials said the big plane, operated by France’s TAI Airline, appeared to have trouble with its engines during the takeoff. About a minute after it left the runway, they said, it was shaken by a “tremendous explosion” and nose-dived into a clump of pines about three miles away. Flames fed by high-test gasoline from the plane's ruptured fuel tanks belched from the broken fuselage and set fire to trees and undergrowth nearby. Jean Peylet, a veteran airman stationed at the Bordeaux airfield, said the flames converted the plane’s cabin into a "roaring furnace” in which no one could survive. The 12 persons who escaped death apparently were thrown clear at the moment of the crash. The first rescuers on the scene found one survivor, a badlyburned Italian teen-ager, standing as close as she could get to the flaming wreckage and whimpering “Mama ... Mama ... Mama...” Her mother was located later among the other survivors. Wreckage and bits of personal property like pocket flashlights, cigarette lighters and compacts were scattered for hundreds of yards around the scene of the crash. Appraisers Named On City's Utility Judge Myles F. Parrish today appointed the three appraisers for the city-owned electric utility plant when he named Harley J, Reef Henry I. Rumple and Mark Morin to evaluate the electric system. The action results at the request of the city officials who petitioned the court to appoint the appraisers. Reef, a former county commissioner for two terms, and Rumple, i hospital board member and local Angus breeder, are both from Jefferson township, while Mor>n, an attorney, resides in St. Mary's township. All three comply with requirements asked by the city, that the appraisers not be residents or taxpayers of the city of Decatur; none lives in the territory served by the city or Indiana and Michigan Electric Co., and none is a customer of either power company. The trio will be sworn in by the judge as soon as possible and will be instructed to conduct a fair and just appraisal of the Decatur electric utility plant and franchise. The city has asked that the reply be filej with the court and with the city council prior to the Nov. 3 election, when the sale of the plant to I&M is a question on the ballot. The judge will provide the appraisers with maps of the city by the city plant; an inventory of utility setup; of the area served plant equipment; the resolution drafted by the city for the sale; the ordinance and contracts involved, and book containing the names of all the electrical engineers in the country, any of whom they may consult if they so choose. The appraisers will file their evaluation with the court and the city promptly after completing their study.

Siamese Twin Girls Die In Vain Surgery CHICAGO (UPD—Surgeons sacrificed the life of a Siamese twin girl Thursday night in a valiant but unsucessful effort to save the life of her sister. The other girl, who was given the heart and liver both shared, died four hours after an operation which separated them. Dr. Willis J. Potts headed the 2% hour operation on 5-day-old Mary Helen and Marie Ellen Schultz at Children’s Memorial Hospital. Potts said before the operation the chances of saving both children were almost nil. During the surgery it was found the babies, joined at both the chest and abdomen, had only one heart* and liver between them. One of the little girls .Mary Ellen, had virtually no lung structure. “It was just about the size of the end of a man’s thumb," Potts said, “and she couldn't live.” "The attitude of medical surgery is that every child is entitled to a chance to life—if there is a chance. So we gave Marie her chance.” "Potts said that even the heart and liver the two girls shared were imperfect. The organs were given to Marie Elen because she seemed the stronger of the two and had the larger lungs. Mary Ellen died on the operating 'table. Marie became weaker and weaker and joined her sister in death four hours later. Potts said the decision on which child to save “was one of the toughest I’ve ever had to make. I don't think I’ve ever had such a heart-jerking experience in my life.” The girls were born Sunday to Mrs. Marilyn Schultz, 28, of Chesterton, Ind., in a four-hour Caesarean section in a Valparaiso, Ind., hospital. She was still hospitalized today but her husband, Elvin, 28, an insurance claims adjuster was present for the surgery Thursday. Both parents agreed they had nq choice. Doctors said that after the girls were transferred here Wednesday “their breathing and pulse rates became rapid and they refused more than a taste of food at feeding time.” Schultz was resigned beforehand that the babies probably would not survive. “If neither of them live, well, then I feel it was probably meant to be that way,” he said.

Ceylon Leader Badly W ounded

COLOMBO, Ceylon (UPD — Prime Minister Solomon W.R.D. Bandaranaike, 60, was gravely wounded in an assassination attempt today when one of two visitors wearing the saffron robes of a Buddhist priest shot him point blank with a .45 caliber automatic. Gov. Gen. Sir Oliver Goonetileke proclaimed a state of emergency — virtual martial law — throughout Ceylon and called up the army, navy and air force reserves to aid police and the regular armed forces in preserving order. The man who shot the premier aS he scrambled to his feet after prostrating himself before the two "monks” was shot by police. The other was captured. A bystander who threiv himself between the premier and the two assailants was gravely wounded when the triggerman fired four more shots. Pleads for Restraint The shooting took place early this morning on the veranda of the prime minister’s bungalow in Colombo. The slight, bespectacled premier had stepped out on the veranda to welcome his early morning visitors when the gunman shot him in the abdomen. Bandaranaike, a contemporary of Sir Anthony Eden when he studied at Oxford, suffered a ruptured liver and spleen. He was rushed to the General Hospital where three surgeons began an operation they hoped would save his life. Bandaranaike, though gravely wounded, remained conscious and issued a formal statement in which he pleaded tor calm throughout the country and for mercy for the “foolish man” who had shot him. Moments afterward doctors said his condition was ".very low.” Immediate cause of the shooting was not known. Ceylon has

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Steel Talks Are Recessed

NEW YORK (UPD-Steel contract talks went into indefinite recess today after the United Steelworkers of America refused to schedule another "futile” bargaining session next Monday. Chief Federal Mediator Joseph F. Finnegan called the halt in bargaining sessions but said the government does “not intend to allow this situation to drift.” “I will advise memos the time of the next meeting,” Finnegan said. Asked if the union refusal constituted a “collapse” of negotiations in the 73-day-old strike, Finnegan said: “I don't want to characterize the . situation." Finnegan said the industry proposed at the end of a meeting today that the talks be resumed Monday. He said USW President David J. McDonald met with his bargaining team and then announced they believed further talks would be "futile” and the union would not be present on Monday. Asked if he felt there was “any spired to lose the World Series to use in holding any further meeting,” Finnegan replied: “Mediators never give up.” He said that when the Industry proposed further discussion of the subcommittee work on Monday, McDonald replied that if the industry was still insisting on its 8point demands, he felt such meeting would be futile.

been torn by religious, racial, economic and labor strife for months and there have been riots and strikes which paralyzed the nation’s economy and left thousands unemployed. Lost Much Blood Police announced at one point the hero who threw himself between Bandaranaike and the assailants was Labor Minister M P. De Zoysa but ( they issued a correction later and said De Zoysa was not hurt. Goonetileke said the prime minister suffered multiple injuries of the stomach and was near death from loss of blood and shock. One of the two men whipped out the automatic from under his robes and fired two shots at the premier who clutched his abdomen and ran into the house. The second victim—an unidentified visitor—threw himself between the “monks ' and the premier and was shot when the assailant fired four more shots at Bandaranaike. Bystander Stabbed , Police guards standing by opened fire on the assailant and mowed him down. They captured the other man in a violent struggle in which a bystander was critically stabbed. Bandaranaike had been scheduled to visit New York Oct. 1 and address the U.N. General Assembly Oct. 2. He then was to have gone to Washington on Oct. 3 for three days of talks with President Eisenhower. He last visited the U.N. in 1956, soon after becoming prime minister. Ceylon has been torn by political, religious, labor and racial strife for months, with a strong communist faction fomenting labdr disorders and playing off one religious group against another in an effort to weaken Ceylon's ties with the West.

The eight demands referred to were industry proposals for changes in work rules. The industry had refused to discuss any wage increase unless the union accepted the changes, which the industry said would promote efficiency and make it easier to cut costs. • R. Conrad Cooper, head of the industry negotiating team, said it would be unfair to drop any of these demands, Finnegan reported. Earlier today McDonald said he was “heartily in favor” of a proposal by Sen. John F. Kennedy <D-Mass.) that Congress investigate the nationwide strike. Kennedy had announced he would recommend that Senate hearings be set up to consider the matter. “We think Sen. Kennedy’s suggestion is a fine one,” said McDonald. “We would be pleased to appear before his committee and present our point of view.” “We would reemphasize to that committee, that in all these weeks of bargaining, and despite the fabrications of the steel industry there has not been one single offer made to us except the notorious zero-minus offer and the break-the-union offer.” The “zero-minus” proposal suggested a one-year freeze on present wages and benefits. The socalled break-the-union offer referred to industry’s eight - point proposal to change local work rules in plants to eliminate alleged waste and inefficiency. McDonald had no comment to make regarding the work of the subcommittee. Interesting Film Is Shown To Rotarians A film, “The Medicine Man,” produced by the American Medical Association pointing out the fraudulent claims made by unscrupuloui health food salesmen, was showt to the Decatur Rotary club Thursday night at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Dr. William C. Freeby spoke briefly. Richard Childs was the program chairman. In his preliminary remarks. Dr. Freeby asid that the medical profession recognizes the real value of vitamins, but that certain charlatans and quacks often advocated weird mixtures, possibly even containing a few vitamins, but primarily made up of unusual materials like kelp, carrott juice, alfalfa, etc. to which these door-to-door salesmen attributed miraculous cures at extremely high prices. The film showed a so-called “doctor" lecturing and selling his book on various health foods'. He denounced doctors and pharmacists and suggested that only his product with certain “natural” products could possibly benefit its user. He even promised miraculous cures for cancer, nervous seizures, etc. Later in the film, it was shown through the U.S. pure food and drug administration and through university nutrition experts that these claims were absurd. Aside from their extreme high prices of these “health foods,” their greatest danger comes when patients postpone treatment while depending on them. Larry Sheets, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sheets, representing Decatur high school, and David Gage, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gage, from the Decatur Catholic high school, were last night’s high school guests.

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