Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 238, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 238.

Disarmament Plan Disclosed To UJV.

UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (UPI) —The Soviet Union today proposed creation of an international control organ comprising all the world’s countries to supervise Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev’s total disarmament program in three stages. He also called for punishment of violators. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily V. Kuznetsov told the United Nations main political committee such a control organ should be given all facilities, including aerial observation and photography-, “to carry out strict and effective control.” Kuznetsov said violators of the “general and complete disarmament” agreement should be haled before the U.N. Security Council and General Assembly for punishment. Independent of Problems However, he maintained the Soviet contention that disarmament “cannot and must not be dependent upon the solution of still outstanding international problems.” Kuznetsov was the first speaker as the 82-nation committee began debate oh the proposal put before the General Assembly by Khrushchev on Sept. 18. He added little to Khrushchev’s speech but spelled it out in details of three stages in which the Russians want it to be accomplished. Hie Khrushchev program, Kuznetsov said, would be carried out within a four-year period in three stages: —Reduction of Soviet, U.S. and Red Chinese armed forces to 1,700,000 men each and those of Britain and France to 650,000 each. The reductions would be nnrm at a special session ot the U.N. General Assembly or at a world disarmament conference. Nuclear Weapon Destraction —Complete disbandment of the remaining armed forces, elimination of military bases and withdrawal of troops to their own national frontiers. —Destruction of all nuclear weapons, missiles and air force equipment Prohibition of production and storage of chemical and bacteriological arms and of scientific research for military purposes." Closing of war ministries, general staffs, military and parliamentary establishments and prohibition by law of the military education of young people. Abolition of military service in all forms in all countries and appropriation of funds formerly used tor military purposes to “subsiding national economies and to furnish extensive economic and technical assistance to underderdeveloped countries.” PlKup 3rd pgh: The General the General Assembly’s steering committee this afternoon taxes up Communist China’s bloody suppression of civil and religious rights in Tibet. The 21-natton steering committee was expected, with abstentions, to approve the request of Malay* Ireland for a full assembly debate on the human rights aspects ot the Tibetan suppression. Many powers, although horrified by the Chinese actions in Tibet, were reluctant to vote to put the issue on the agenda lest they open the way for similar debates on the human rights situation in their

Conservatives Win Smashing Victory

LONDON (UPI) — Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s Conservatives smashed the Labor Party today with an election victory that promised more prosperity for Britain and a stronger British voice for—and in—an early summit conference. Macmillan rode high in Britain’s driver’s seat with a third term landslide victory that gave the Conservatives an overwhelming majority in Parliament for the next five years and may have sounded the death knell of the socialist opposition. Macmillan’s majority In the House of Commons was expected to be a crushing 130 votes when finis tabulations from Thursday’s vote is completed. His previous margin was 54. All 630 House of Commons seats were at stake in the elections. Commons in turn elects the prime minister. The reaction among Britain’s Western allies was one of restrained pleasure. Labor also was committed to the same firm Western ties but Washington, Paris and other Western capitals apparently felt safer with Macmillan. ,' Early Summit Talks LONDON (tfPD - Prime Minister Harold Macmillan probably will, use his landslide election victory as an argument in favor of an early summit meeting with Rus-

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own countries. Delegates looked to Kuznetsov for a detailed explanation of how Khrushchev’s disarmament plan would work, especially regarding the foolproof inspection and control system the West demands for any arms reduction program. Kuznetsov told the assembly Tuesday that “in the long run, control should become general and complete, including the possibility of establishing a system of air observation and aerial photography." Allen County Fanner Killed By Tractor Henry C. Hermann, 74, of route 10, Fort Wayne, was fatally injured late Thursday afternoon in a tractor accident on the farm of his nephew, Raymond Doctor, also of route 10. • The victim died while in surgery at the Lutheran hospital following the accident about 3:30 o’clock. Allen county authorities said the two men were operating .a corn dryer, and Horman attempted to engage the power take off. He apparently pulled the hand clutch on the tractor and it moved forward and relied over him. He was run over by the right rear wheel and his chest was crushed. Mr. Hermann was a member of the Trinity Suburban Lutheran church. Survivors include the widow, Sophia; two daughters, Mrs. Ervin Nord and Mrs. Arnold Bultemeier of Fort Wayne: two sons, Carl M. and Clarence Hermann of route 10, Fort Wayne: 10 grandchildren; three brothers, Herman, Fred and William, all of Fort Wayne, and two sisters. Mrs. Hanna Doctor and Mrs. Louise Dressier of Fort Wayne. w Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the E. Harper & Son funeral home in New Haven and at 1:30 p.m. at the Trinity Suburban Lutheran church, the Rev. L. J. Fuchs officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funera! home after 7 p.m. today. Price Discrimination Charged Dairy Firm WASHINGTON (UP) — A Chicago dairy products firm, including an Indiana subsidiary, faced price discrimination charges today filed by the Federal Trade Commission. Beatrice Foods Co., Inc. Chicago, and the Eskay Dairy Co., Fort Wayne, were accused of granting discriminatory price and promotional allowances to favored purchasers. The FTC complaint alleged that the firms charged some retail customers less than competing retailers in Fort Wayne, New Castle. Richmond and other Hoosier communities.

sia, it was reported today. Aides of the prime minister predicted that one of the first acts of his rejuvenated regime will be to press the United States, France and West Germany for agreement to such a conference, perhaps to be held as early as next month. If Macmillan has his way, a summit meeting this year dedicated largely to the issues of Berlin and disarmament would ’ be only the first of a series of toplevel efforts io solve East - West problems. The United States, although it denied Macmillan’s campaign claim that agreement on a summit conference had already been reached, was not believed to be adverse to the idea of an early meeting. In Washington. U. S. officials said an extensive exchange of views* with London, Paris and Bonn would begin soon to review the Western position on Berlin and other critical issues to be discussed with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The British elections largely had held up such consultations but informed sources in London said Macmillan now would take a firmer voice not only in calling for early summit talks but in the talks themselves.

Four Children Die In Fire In Michigan FENTON, Mich. (UPD— Four children, ranging in age from 10 to 14, were burned beyond recognition early today when fire destroyed a section of a large old house here. Police identified the victims as Shirley McKuen, 14, and her three brothers, Lawrence, 13; Stanley, 11, and Donald, 10. The children were trapped inside their bedroom area on the second floor of the building when the fire started, apparently from a small oil space heater. Mrs. Grace Tryon, 34, who had the children by a previous marriage, told police she awoke about 3:45 a.m. when she smelled smoke in the partitioned bedroom where the children slept. She tried to get into the room but the hallway was ablaze. Mrs. Tryon and her husband, William, 23, went around to another section of the building, which was known as “the castle,” and woke Tryon’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tryon, who owned the building. They were unable to get back into the burning section. When the Tryons went outside, the four children had awakened and were screaming to their mother to save them. ~Flremen were unable to take *the children out of the building until after they had the blaze under control. Too Much Leisure For Teen-Agers INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Evangelist Billy Graham says teenagers become delinquents mostly because they have too much leisure and too little self-control. Graham, here for a month-long crusade, talked Thursday night primarily to the young persons among the 11,500 who nearly filled the State Fairgrounds Coliseum. Officials . forecast a capacity crowd tonight as Graham speaks on “America’s Greatest Sin.” He also was to address about 500 Indiana ministers this morning at a breakfast. "The first problem of youth is the problem of security,” the 40-year-old evangelist said. “Young people want a master. That’s what Hitler found out, and nearly conquered the world. Communism has captured the youth of China and Russia. Teens Seek Control “That was practically a group of teen-agers that captured Cuba recently. “Young people want someone or something to control them. They try to find security in narcotics, drink, sex, gangs,” he maintained. Then, addressing the teen-agers themselves, Graham said “you don’t find complete happiness that way.** Sex, which Graham called “a God-given instinct which in your teens is stronger than any other time in your life,” poses “one of the greatest battles of your life...” He assured them “there s nothing wrong with sex” so long as it is not “used foolishly and selfishly." Collection Oct. 29 To Needy Children The Associated Churches of Decatur will sponsor a UNICEF collection for the needy children of the \mrld Thursday, October 29. The theme of this year’s collection is “The trick is to treat all the world'.- children.” Talmadge Campbell, president, announced that the city will be divided into 12 sections. The Sunday schools of each of the 12 churches belonging to the Associated Churches will be assigned a section. Each collector will have a UNICEF tag, and will cafry a container marked with the UNICEF sticker. UNICEF is the United Nations children’s fund. It operates throughout the world to ease the hunger of children of all nations, and nelp cure and prevent disease in youngsters. The nations receiving aid from UNICEF contribute as much or more money toward helping their own children as they receive from UNICEF. The program has received tremendous publicity recently from the efforts of comedian-actor Danny Kaye in his world-wide trips to study the program and entertain the children of the world. Contributors to the cause include the Pope, President Eisenhower, Mrs. Eleanor Rocsevelt and many others.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, Oct. 9,1959.

Ten College Students Killed As Tank Truck Crashes Rear Os Bus

First Winter Touch Arrives In Midwest United Press International Hie first touch of winter arrived in the Midwest today behind a mass of violent thunderstorms and damaging tornadoes. Strong chilling winds out of the Dakotas spread snow and freezing temperatures into Minnesota,' Wisconsin and upper Michigan. Hie mercury dropped to the 30s as far south as northern Arkansas. Thunderstorms and locally heavy rains continued in front of the mass of frigid Canadian, air. Rain fell from the lower Great Lakes and northern Appalachians southward through the central and south Atlantic coast states. Tornadoes raked a three-county area of southeastern Wisconsin Thursday night, leveling some barns and homes and killing several farm animals. Another tornado caused hundreds of thousands of dollars damage in the village of McHenry in northeast Illinois. No serious injuries were reported but about 25 homes were damaged. In the south, tropical storm Irene, bringing heavy rain and gusts of 55 m.p.h. pounded Pensacola, Fla., Thursday. Trees and wires were felled but there were no serious injuries or deaths. Parts of the Dakotas, meanwhile, dug out from a 6-inch blanket of snow and ice that downed telephone lines and shift off service to several families in the Minot, S.D., area. The U.S. Weather Bureau saw a moderating trend in the northern Rockies where the cold front first appeared two days ago. Great Falls, Mont, registered a reading of 46 degrees, 21 degrees higher than 24 hours earlier. Most of the Southwest had fair weather and mild temperatures in the 60s and 70s during the night. It was clear and.cool from central Texas northward through the central Plains.

Ike, Advisers Discuss Steel

WASHINGTON (UPD — President Eisenhower conferred with his top cabinet advisers today on the deadlocked negotiations in the 87-day-old steel strike. The White House was silent on whether he would invoke the Taft-Hartley Act to send the strikers back to work. The President heard reports from Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell on the dim prospects for settlement of the strike by 500,000 members of the United Steel Workers Union. Three other cabinet members took part in the unscheduled conference this morning at the White House. They were Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson, Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers and Commerce Secretary Frederick Mueller, a Afterwards, White House news secretary James C. Hagerty, who also attended the meeting, was asked if a decision was made to seek a back to work injunction to halt the strike for 80 days. Include General Counsel “I have no comment at this time,” Hagerty told newsmen. Others who attended the top level discussions were Wilton P. Persons, assistant to the President, David Kendall, White House general counsel, and Raymond J. Saulnier, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Government officials have been working behind the scenes in what seemed to be a final effort to settie the strike without resorting to the Taft-Hartley Act. But both industry and union leaders anticipated that the President would soon invoke emergency provisions of the law to get the back-to-work injunction that would be good for 80 days. » Mitchell met Thursday in New

A ft Ito® WW- ■ z - w / egg S fl HAD A SPREE ON CONRAD HlLTON—Joseph Miraglia, 19-year-old factory clerk, takes his credit card spree on the Conrad Hilton hotel chain as a big joke as he talks with a reporter in New York. He had a two-month spree of about 310,000 worth . . . plane trips to Miami, Montreal, Havana, Las Vegas . . . hotel suites, clothes, a 3600 mink stole for his girl. Trying to cash a 3120 check at the Plaza in New York was what got him caught, finally.

Gain Is Reported In Job Placements IT’ v ' INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Indiana Employment Security Division offices placed 10,346 persons in non-farm jobs last month — more than in any September since 1955, director William Stalnaker said today. Stalnaker said the 65,000 nonfarm placements made so far this year represent a gain of 17 per cent over all of last year. He said only three offices — Gary, Lawrenceburg and Michigan City—reported fewer placements last month than in August.

York City with Steelworkers Union President David J. McDonald in an apparent mediation effort. Status Not Revealed A Labor Department spokesman declined to say whether Mitchell was acting as a go-between in hopes of getting agreement on a new contract that would send 500,000 Steelworkers back to the mills. Negotiations between the executives of five leading steel companies and the union collapsed Tuesday night. No joint meetings have been held since then. The White House remained silent on whether the President would act now that both sides have failed to make the progress he said he wanted by Oct. 8. The President’s schedule today was filled with appointments exclusively concerned with foreign affairs. Strike Impact Mounting Meantime, government economists said the impact of the steel strike continued to mount. About 200,000 workers not on strike have been laid off their jobs as a result of the steel dispute. Together with the steel workers, they have lost about 790 million dollars in wages since the walkout began July 15. If Eisenhower uses the TaftHartley law in steel, there is little prospect that he will get the same fast action displayed in the eight-day-old dock strike. Federal officials moved at nearrecord speed to obtain a court order directing longshoremen back to work two days after the President invoked the law. The ’ Steelworkers Union, however, have said they will fight the use of Taft-Hartley and this could delay the fact-finding process and stretch out courtroom arguments.

TV Producer Testis ies To Rigged Show WASHINGTON (UPD — A television producer fired by the NBC network, testified today that he advised 25 or 30 persons to lie to a New York grand jury investigating rigged TV quiz shows. Howard D. Felsher, discharged a week ago by NBC as producer of the “Tic-Tac-Dough" program, made the statement in testimony before a House investigating subcommittee. He had testified previously that at least three out of four contestants on the night time version of that program had received question and answer information in advance. Subcommittee counsel Robert W. Lishman asked Felsher about his contacts with contestants prior to the grand jury proceedings. Felsher said he met with four or five individuals but telephoned to 22 or 23 of them. Testimony also has indicated similar rigging on other shows. Some of the witnesses said they entered into the arrangements willingly, seeing no harm in the practice. The subcommittee wants to question Charles Van Doren about the "21" show, on which he won 3129,000. The 33-year-old scholar was suspended Thursday from his 350,000 a year job as a performer on NBC’s “Today” show. Monmouth Student Hurt This Morning An eighth grade pupil at the Monmouth school sustained a badly cut right arm in two places when he rammed his arm through a plate glass door pane at the school this morning. David Fleming, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fleming, of route 3, Decatur, was released from Adams county memorial hospital this morning following emergency treatment that required 15 or 16 stitches to close the two wounds around his wrist. Young Fleming attempted to open a door after coming down the school steps, but missed the edge of the door and rammed his arm through the glass. He was also treated for shock and loss of blood at the hospital. Richard D. Lewton drove the injured youth to the hospital and returned him to his home after treatment.

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N. J. — J UPD — A tank truck crashed into the rear of a bus filled with Trenton State College students at an intersection early today, setting off a fiery explosion. State police said 10 bus passengers were killed. Five persons were hospitalized, one in critical condition, two in serious condition and two in fair conditon. Many were discharged after treatment. • Troopers said a-Layton Co. bus carrying about 41 passengers, apparently all girl students at Trenton State College, had stopped for a red light at 12:45 a.m. A tank truck driven by Roscoe Poe, 54, of Brooklyn, plowed into the rear of the bus, state police said. The bus' gasoline tank exploded with a tremendous roar, sending flames racing through the vehicle. The truck also burst into flames. Fire Blackens Bodies The bus and truck were swiftly charred almost beyond recognition. The bodies of the 10 dead were so blackened they could not be identified immediately. The tank truck had been empty at the time of the collision, but was filled with combustible fumes that added to the fury of the fire, state police said. The students were returning from New York, where they had seen Archibald McLeish’s Broadway play “J. B.”, a modern version of the biblical story of Job in which man questions the reason for the horrible tragedies of life. State police said another bus. also carrying some 41 students back to Trenton, had just passed the light before it turned red. The second bus had to wait—and was rammed by the truck. Flesh Odor Fills Air Rain poured down on the accident scene, south ot the New Brunswick circle in this Middlesex County community. The sickening odor of charred flesh filled the air as rescue workers took the dead, dying and injured. The injured were taken to Middlesex General and St. Peter’s hospitals in New Brunswick. The blackened skeleton of the bus stood in the left lane of the west-bround side of the highway. The truck was in the right lane, almost directly behind it. Filled coffins and a stretcher containing remains of flesh stood beside the bus. Unable to question the injured bus driver, state police could not say why the truck had crashed into the bus. Troopers blocked off the highway for a quarter of a mile and diverted traffic to the Ryders Lane cutoff. NEW SERIAL STORY “Tough S a d d 1 e,” by Matt Stuart, begins in today’s issue of the Decatur Daily Democrat. This is an exciting, romantic novel of the West.

Dock Workers Back To Jobs

NEW YORK (UPD—Longshoremen report to work today from Maine to Texas ending an eightday dock strike that has halted the flow of vital food and raw material cargo to Eastern and Southern ports. First order of business was the unloading of 30 million dollars worth of perishable cargo, some of which was reported just short of the spoiling point. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) ordered its men back to work to conqply with a federal court order issued Thursday night under provisions of the Taft-Hartley law. Judge Grants Injunctions Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman acted on a government request for tiie injunction sought under orders from President Eisenhower who termed the strike as contrary to the health and safety of the nation. Kaufman ageed. He issued a temporary restraining order for 10 days and will hold a hearing

Steuben Co. School Head Bound, Robbed ANGOLA. *lnd. (UPD — The Steuben County superintendent of Schools was robbed and left bound and gagged in his home here Thursday by two escapees from ( the Southern Michigan Prison who were captured on the outskirts of Elkhart a short time later. Arnold Gardner, 28, and Ken- . neth Wertz, 22. were caught after they abandoned a car stolen from Supt. Clayton Elliott, 66. and fled on foot into some thickets. Elkhart police said Gardner had a shotgun, which had the barrel and stock sawed off, and Wertz was armed with a .32 caliber pistol. Both weapons were stolen from Elliott’s home, police said. The escaped prisoners offered no resistance when Elkhart authorities and State Police closed in on them, officers said. Steuben County Prosecutor John McShane said the two men would be charged with armed robbery here. The sheriffs office said the two men stole a car at Jackson, Mich , Wednesday after they walked away from the prison, and drove to Angola where they left the car and hid in a barn until they broke into Elliott’s home. When Elliott came home, the two men, armed with Elliott’s guns, tied him up. "We don’t want to hurt you,’* Elliott said Gardner told him. “We just want your car and your money. Don’t give us any trouble because we haven’t got anything to lose.” Elliott struggled for a half hour before freeing himself. He then called the police who sent out an alarm’ for the fleeing robbers. U.N. Fact Finders Close Laos Probe VIENTIANE, Laos <UPD — United Nations fact finders have finished their investigation of Laos charges of North Vietnamese aggression and U. N. headquarters has instructed them to return to New York next week, informed sources said today. Official confirmation was not immediately available. But it was learned that the fact finding team will leave Laos around Oct. 10 to deliver a report to the U. N. Security Council. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and quite eool tonight with scattered frost north. Sunset 5:15 p.m. c.s.t.. 6:15 р. c.d.L Low tonight 34 to 40. Sunrise Saturday 5:49 a.m. с. 6:49 p.m. c.d.t. Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday, high 58 to 65, low 45 to 55. Outlook for Sunday: Increasing cloudiness and warmer with chance of showers, high 65 to 75.

next Thursday on whether a permanent injunction should be issued so the remaining 70 days of the 80-day cooling off period called for in the Taft-Hartley law. It was expected to take almost a week to clean up the backlog of cargo piled up on docks and in holds of more than 200 ships tied up in ports from Searsport, Maine, to Brwnsville. Tex. Strike Cost Millions - The strike has cost millions of dollars a day in lost wages and business. Manufacturers and construction firms had begun to feel the pinch of a raw materials shortage. Some foodstuffs, like bananas, were in short supply. Negotiations on a new labor contract were expected to be resumed Oct. 19 between the ILA and the New York Shipping Association if the permanent injunction is granted. Employer groups in Southern ports usually follow the lead set by New York negotiations.

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