Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 15 October 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 243.

Fact-Finding Board In Appeal For Resumption Os Steel Negotiations

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower’s fact - finding board urged both sides in the steel dispute today to resume negotiations “pronto” or submit their differences to voluntary arbitration if they fail to settle the 93-day old steel strike. It called upon both sides to reach a settlement before it must report to the White House Monday. Voluntary arbitration means, that both sides in a labor dispute agree to accept the decisions of an impartial umpire. Prof. George W. Taylor, chairman of the three-man fact-finding board, made the suggestions on behalf of the panel at the close of formal hearings into the dispute. Wages and Work Rules R. Conrad Cooper, chief negotiator for the 12 biggest steel companies, rejected the arbitration idea, but said he - was ready to go back into contract talks i with the union. David J McDonald, president of the Steelworkers, told newsmen: “I am in the mood for collective bargaining to try to reach an agreement.” McDonald brushed aside questions whether he would go along with voluntary arbitration. He said he would “never” submit to compulsory arbitration. Taylor said wages and work rules seem to be the “road block issues” preventing settlement of the dispute. The board was told, meanwhile, that even if the strike is settled, ore shortages incurred during the dispute will hamper production for months. Hurt Midwest Areas The testimony came from William K. Montague, a Duluth, Minn., attorney representing the iron ore companies. Montague testified primarily about reduced ore supplies from the Lake Superior area where the winter freeze early in December halts ore boats and all but shuts off shipments. “It seems apparent that in any event there is probably going to be a marked shortage of iron ore from the Lake Superior district before navigation opens in the sping of 1960,” he said. Montague conceded that imports of foreign ores could ease the shortage for steel mills in the east but he doubted that the imports could give much help to steel producers in the Pittsburgh and Chicago areas. The President Wednesday gave the board another 72 hours—until midnight Monday — to submit its report on the issues preventing agreement between management and union. Unless the three-man panel sees signs of rapid progress over the

American Chemists Given xNobel Prize

STOCKHOLM (UPD — Two American biochemists were joint- . ly awarded the Nobel Prize for : medicine today for discoveries that shed light on the chemistry of life and cancer. They are Spanish-born Dr. Severo Ochoa, 54, of the New York University Medical School, and ‘ Prof. Arthur Kornberg, 41, of , Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. The decision to award the prize, which carries a cash awards of , $42,610 was made this afternoon by the professorial staff of Sweden’s Caroline Medico - Chirurgical ( Institute. , The award was based on the biochemists’ discovery of the biological synthesis of nucleic acid ; Reporting on their discovery in 1967, the American Cancer Society , said: “This achievement will shed increased light on the basic chemistry of life, normal and abnormal, and is arleady considered a major step in the study of such abnormal growth as is involved in the cancer process.” The discovery also involves materials determining the nature of the offspring of animals, plants, and bacteria. It may, therefore, some day contribute to the control of the features of offspring, it was believed. > It was not immediately known when Ochoa and Kornberg made

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weekend, Eisenhower is expected to seek a back-to-work court order after he receives the report. Representatives of the smaller steel companies were summoned today to finish presenting management’s views on the deadlocked negotiations. t . No Significant Break Informed sources said there appeared to be no significant break in the stalemate despite the rwraiation efforts of board chairman George W. Taylor and his two associates The board met Wednesday night with Steelworkers’ President David J. McDonald in its latest move to avert the need for a TaftHartley injunction that would send 500,000 strikers back to their jobs for 80 days. There were indications that it met with spokesmen for the “big 12” steel firms, too. Taylor has arranged a special public meeting of negotiators for i both sides on Sunday to give the {nation a first-hand view of what goes on at the bargaining table. Approves Extension Request The President approved Taylor’s request for an extension from the Friday deadline without comment. Taylor was far from cheerful about the prospects after four days of trying but added: "An old mediator never gives up.” He made the remark after accusing both union and company representatives of taking “adamant” positions that torpedoed the bargaining process and triggered the walkout on July 15. R. Conrad Cooper, chief negotiator for the companies, testlfed Monday that they balked at considering any wage demand that would raise steel production costs more than 2 per cent. McDonald insisted the union’s proposals were “negotiable” despite Cooper’s charge that this was a switch from his position during contract talks. Difficult To Define Discouraged by his failure to get clarification on the disputed issues, Taylor announced the parties would be asked to draw up a list of the points of agreement between them on Sunday. He said the conflicting testmony made it dfficult to define the issues for the President. Cooper reiterated that no agreement w’as possible unless the union accepted the offer it decisively rejected last when before negotiations collapsed. McDonald, meantime, renewed his warning that the strike would resume after a court-directed 80day cooling off period unless the union got a “decent contract.” Faced with much the same situation Tuesday, Taylor announced it would take a “miracle of the No. 1 first order” to get a settlement this week.

the discovery for which they will receive the coveted prize from King Gustaf Adolf on Sweden’s Nobel Festival Dec. 10. But it is believed their discovery goes back to 1946 and 1947 when the two scientists worked together in New York. It involved the synthesis in the laboratory of the nucleic acids desoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). Their achievement was hailed by scientists all over the world. DNA is a chemical believed to correspond to genes—the bearers of and appears in the , cell nuclei. RNA appears in the cell plasm and functions as a sort of “mold” for the cellular production of albumin substances. The latter is involved in an elementary process of life. INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday. Warmer most sections Friday, especially south. Sunset 5:06 p. m. CST„ 6:06 p. m. CDT. Low tonight near 38. Sunrise Friday 5:56 a.m. CST., 6:56 a. m. CDT. High Friday in upper 60s, low Friday night 40 to 46. Outlook for Saturday: Mostly cloudy and taming colder, high 55 to 64.

II hk Rl - —I HmffY I fl f . k ■ ; I '|| MUM ON QUIZ “FlXES”— Charles Van Doren, 33-year-old scion of one of the nation’s leading literary families and winner of $129,000 in the now-defunct TV quiz show “21,” faces a jam-packed news conference in New York where he accepted a Congressional subpoena to appear in Washington to answer questions about alleged quiz show “fixes.” He said he was totally unaware that he had been object of a five-day hunt and refused to say anything about the quiz shows until he testifies on November 2.

To Widen TV Show Inquiry

NEW YORK (UPD—The counsel for the congressional subcommittee investigating the rigging of TV quiz shows indicated today the inquiry would spread to other network question aid answer programs. The disclosure was made shortly after Charles Van Doren, onetime champion of the now defunct “21” program, came out of his New England hideaway to be served with a subpena. Van Doren, who claimed he was not aware that U.S. marshals had been searching for him sincb last Friday, accepted service of the summons just before he held a 10-minute news conference in the Roosevelt Hotel. Flunks News Quiz Van Doren flunked his first quiz by newsmen when he refused to answer questions concernng his appearance on the “21” program He said he would have nothing to say about alleged “fixes” on the show until he testifies before the subcommittee Nov. 2. The 33-year-old Columbia University instructor came to the news conference with an attorney, two bodyguards and a brief prepared statement, which he read to the 100 newsmen and photographers. In his statement Van Doren: —Apologized to the press “for my apparent aversion to your company during the last several days;” —Confessed he had been “out of touch” with current events yecently; . —lnsisted he had not evaded service of the subpena but had merely gone to New England “to try and find solace in the beauty

Rockefeller Planning Cross-Country Tour ALBANY, N. Y. (UPD — New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller today announced 9 cross-country tour that will take him into the homeland of Viice President Richard Nixon, his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination in 1960. The move, was widely interpreted as an indication that the 51-year-old chief executive plans a program of testing his strength among Republican delegates. Rockefeller said, however, that he was “not going as a candidate.” He announced a threeday trip to California and Oregon, states considered politically significant because of their primary elections. Vice President Nixon is from California. The governor aaid he would discuss national and international issues during speeches in Los Angeles and at Willamette University at Sglem, Ore.

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of the region;” Investigate Other Shows —And said he thought it would be disrespectful to the subcommittee to discuss the rigging of TV quiz shows with newsmen. A short time later subcommittee counsel Robert W. Lishman said in Washington the group wouls look into another big money quiz show — “The $64,000 Question” — and possibly others. Hal March quiz master of the former CBS program said in Houston, Tex., “I don’t see how the show could have been fixed” but insisted that if it was he knew nothing about it. Other shows expected to fall under the scrutiny of the House subcommittee on legislative oversight include “The $64,000 Challenge,” “Name That Tune” and "For Love Or Money.” Girl Confesses To. Slaying Os Parents OLATHE, Kan. (UPD—The decision rests squarely with a Juvenile Court judge today on what to do with a 15-year-old school girl who admitted she killed her parents with roach poison. Diane Roberts, a sophomore at nearby Shawnee" - Mission East High School, is accused of first degree murder in the deaths Tuesday night of William F. Roberts, 43. and Mrs. Evalyn Roberts, 41. Diane was their only child. Joseph Davis Jr., Johnson County Juvenile Court Judge, set a hearing Oct. 23 on a petition which lists fire degree murder in two instances. “At that time,” Davis said, "penalty will be determined.” He said her mental conditioin and record of psychiatric treatment will possibly “make a great deal of difference” in determining what is done with the girl. Diane had taken out - patient psychiatric treatment at the Kansas State Hospital at Osawatomie since June and relatives said the parents as well as Diane had a record of “emotional difficulties.” Neighbors apparently were unaware of the girl’s problems. They said she was “a nice girl.” "I did it because mom and dad were always criticizing everything I do,” Sheriff Lynn Thomas quoted the .girl as saying. “Daddy beat me Sunday night and threatened to kill zne. I thought I would kill him first.” - - - - • --- 12 Pages

50 Homes Are Threatened By Raging Fires LA CANADA. Calif. <UPD — A giant out-of-control brush fire roared over a hastily cleared firebreak today menacing a group of 50 homes in the Los Angeles hillsfhree families in the El Prieto Canyon flare-up area were forced to flee their homes shortly before dawn. An estimated 50 more famil*s were awakened by sheriff’s deputies and warned to be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice The break through came in an area of lush undergrowth untouched by fire in 25 years. The blaze, entering its third day, has blackened 3,000 acres and was burnrug out of control on an estimated 30-mile perimeter in the Angeles National Forest and suburban Los Angeles areas. Three hundred other homes were threatened in Briggs Terrace West of the new flare up. But firemen said that even though flames were lapping within a mile of the residences there was no mmedate danger there. Some 1,500 firemen battled the blaze while air tankers loaded with a water - borate solution *wmbed” hot spots. . blaze also erupted to the north of Oak Wilde, burning toward Angeles Orest Highway. Firefighters hoped to halt flames at the highway before it spreads over into Dark Canyon and almost i inaccessible areas. Helicopters were used to send {firefighters to clear a fire break in the flare up area, but flames jumped the section despite firemen's efforts. One home has been partially destroyed and four firemen injured so far fighting the blaze. Purdue Enrollment Placed At 14,192 LAFAYETTE Ind. 'UPD —Purdue Umve.sTy’s on-campus enrollment today was announced as 14,192, the highezt since the post World War II boom days. The fall 1958 enrollment was 13,653, officials said, and in 1948. swelled by the return of military servicemen, it soared to 14,674. Indiana Farm Woman Electrocution Victim BLOOMINGTON, Ind. 'UPD — Monroe County Coroner Neal Baxter has returned a verdict of electrocution for Mrs. Lucy Ann Turner. 31, found dead in her rural farm home Saturday night. Mrs Turner was shocked fatally when she came in contact with two hot wires in an electric pump.

Mrs. Grace F. Moser Dies Last Evening Mrs. Grace F. Moser, 72, died at 9:30 p. m. Wednesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Phillip Kohli, Monroe. She had been in failing health since May. She was born in St. Mary’s township Jan. 21, 1887, a daughter of James arid Sarah Ford-Cowan, and had lived in Monroe for the past 12 years. She was married Dec. 24, 1907, to Oscar H. Moser, and he preceded her in death Nov. 24. 1944. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Kohli are two other daughters, Mrs. George (Ruth) Tabar of Cincinnati, 0., and Mrs. Paul (Mary) Wolff of Monroe route 1; one son, Russel Moser of Magley; five grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. W. H. Alexander of Fort Wayne. Three sisters and two brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Garl Shaw officiating, assisted by the Rev. H. E. Settlage. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery at Van Wert. 0. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services.

Dr. Harold Bohnke Opens Office Here Hr Dr. Harold W. Bohnke Dr. Harold W. Bohnke has announced plans for opening a dental practice in Decatur in the immediate future. Dr. Bohnke will be associated with Dr. John B. Sapulding, and his offices will be located in the Med-Dent building on South Second street. Dr. Bohnke, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bohnke of this city, graduated from Decatur high school in 1951. He took his predental courses at Valparaiso University and Ball State Teachers college, and entered the Indiana University school of dentistry in September of 1953. Bohnke graduated from the school of dentistry in June of 1957, and passed the state board of examiners the same month. He assumed a part-time practice in Indianapolis for the summer, and entered the Air Force in October of 1957. After taking basic medical military training in Montgomery, Ala., Bohnke was assigned to Kelly A. F. 8., San Antonio, Texas, for permanent duty. He was discharged this month. While in the service, besides general practice in dentistry, Bohnke had considerable experience as a dental surgeon. * Dr. Bohnke, his wife, the former Jean Von Gunten, and their son, Eric, will make their home in Decatur. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, Xi Psi Phi professional fraternity, American dental association and the Indiana state dental association. U.S. Corn-Picking Contest On Friday STRAUGHN, Ind. (UPI) — A crowd of about 100,000 persons was expected to jam the Sam Goldman farm near here today and Friday for the state and national mechanical corn - picking contest. About 50 Hoosier farmers will compete today for the two-row and the one-row state championship. The winner will join with other state champions Friday for the national title in both categories. Governor Handley and Lt Gov. Crawford Parker opened the festivities today, with Sen. Vance Hartke slated to speak this afternoon. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson heads an imposing list of speakers slated to talk to the farmers Friday. Other Friday speakers include Indiana Secretary of State John Walsh and lowa Gov. Herschell Loveless. Goldman’s farm is located on U.S 40 between Lewisville and Dunreith and was the site of the state and national championships once before. A 25-acre field has been converted into a tent city for the display of more than three million dollars worth of agricultural equipment. Handley told the crowd that “pie in the sky promises cannot take the place of crops in the ground.” “Theories and bureaucratic schemes are unreliable safeguards for America’s permanent prosperity and national secuity,” he said. “Most Hoosier families prefer to rely on their own management of their own fields, rather than on Washington regimentation.” Handley charged that there is “a temporary surplus” of farm commodities because of scientific agricultural progress and “unrealistic federal subsidies.” “Farm income has not kept pace with the rising cost of living, caused largely by federal deficit spending and the resultant decline in the purchasing power of the American dollar,” he said. The governor, a staunch foe of any kind of federal aid. said “tinkering and tampering with the laws of economics and of nature are the principal causes of the present crisis.” Handley said “the past 21 years of failure” should have convinced Congress that a complete new farm policy is essential.

Society Gives Aid To Area Crippled

One of the less glamorous agen-! cies on the list of the Decatur Com- { munity Fund is the Adams county crippled children’s society. This j organization works silently, but i most effectively, throughout the j county with much less of the vi- 1 bratto and acclaim that some of; the others may receive. Principally, the organization' seeks to rehabilitate those children | and adults who have had the mis-1 mortune to be crippled, in one way or another. It does not go about this job with an object of pity or gross charity, but rather with a positive aim at attempting to make the given individual help himself. Sponsors Speech Clinic For six years now, it has conducted a summer speech clinic for county area children with impediments. For anyone who knows any- ’ thing about speech work, the clinician can only guide the child to correction, not do it for him. Such is the philosophy of the entire society. The trained clinicians who conduct the summer classes at Decatur and Berne, the sorority women who keep a workshop going for the children enrolled in the program, and the officers of the group, from president Gail Grabill and vice president Leslie Sprunger, on down to the crippled individual, the aura of assistance is paramount. “We’re here to help you, if you really want help and will work along with us,” seems to be the motto of this

Urges Striving For Top School

Dr. Marian McGhehey told the members of the Adams county school reorganization convention Wednesday night at the Youth and Community Center, ’’We should not be satisfied with minimum schools, but must strive for the best educational institiutioins.” Dr. McGhehey, of I. U.’s school of education and executive secretary of the Indiana school board association, was introduced by county school superintendent Gail Grabill. Judge Myles F. Parrish received the nominations for the nine-man county study committee and will open the envelopes today. He will name the nine Friday and swear them in Saturday. Adds More Data Dr. McGhehey, who started his address to the more than 150 persons attending by saying that he would re-hash what had been said in previous orientation meetings on school reorganization. But, Dr McGhehey did more than this. He dispelled the doubts in many minds that reorganization throughout Indiana. and especially here, was perhaps a idealistic and not realistic enough. Following his prepared address, the Hoosier educator answered questions from the audiience with the aplomb of a man who has been discussing this problem for five years within every county in the state and a few outside the state. Several of the queries from the floor and Dr. McGhehey’s answers were: Will new school corporations have a detrimental effect on farm land in the immediate area of the schools? He answered that while no one can ascertain the price of real estate in advance, short of speculation, nothing in the new school act would be a factor to reduce ttie worth of farms. More Questions Question: Why does the I. U. school of education feel that larger schools are better than smaller schools? Answer: The I. U. board of trustees has taken no official stand on the matter, but personally he felt that some of the smaller schools are not adequately providing its enrollment with the basic fundamentals needed in this day and age. He specifically mentioned laboratory sources in physics. chemistry, and others, and the lack of good foreign language programs. In answer to a query about bonded indebtedness and the possible loss of some school buildings, Dr. McGhehey said, the new act would actually decrease the school building program in the long run and would not be detrimental to the bonded indebtedness of school corporations. He told another questioner that, in his opinion, the optimum school would have 2.000 pupils,' which would allow better facilities for study, extra curricular activities.

group. Board members are Deane T. Dorwin, Marie F Iber, Gwen Mies, and the Rev. William C. Feller, and many more volunteer workers who must remain nameless because of their vast number. The crippled children’s society also unites with other organizations to purchase special hospital equipment. In the past, they have assisted in the purchase of a respirator, wheel chairs, a lift, and other major items. On its own, it has bought hearing aids for those suffering audio loss, wheel chairs for the invalid, and other necessary equipment for those needing their care. On the national scale, Easter Seals usually supplant the local chapter’s funds. Most of the local budget, therefore, can be directly used within the county. GO Children Attended Last summer, 60 children attended the speech clinic with the improvements noted being well above average. In the sixth year, the program of speech clinics has grown and is still growing. If it is to provide assistance for everyone who requires it, the crippled children’s society needs your support. When you are contacted by the Community Fund volunteer collector, respond with honesty. The goal this year is $20,429 for the eight agencies involved. This is the first year for the crippled children society in the single drive. This cuts down the extra drives that are usually associated with such organizations.

and other ,yested interests now operating in .the schools. He added, however, that high schools with enrollment could also' provide the same facilities in areas where such an enrollment proved advisable. How To Study < When asked how the educators would get the pupils to take these ’’harder” courses, such as chemistry, physics and foreign language, he said that by proper guidance and parental persuasion the problem could be resolved. In the meat of his talk, Dr. McGhehey told how the Midwest possessed one-fourth of the states, one-fourth of the population, onefourth of the income of the United States, but had two-thirds of the school districts in the country, which he said is certainly too many. He elucidated by pointing to a certain area where the school board members outnumbered the pupils enrolled, which is certainly a waste of funds and efficiency. He briefly outlined the history of the school system of Indiana from the onset to the present. He told of the variability of assessed evaluation behind each school pupil within the state. For example, the range in Indiana is from SI,OOO per pupil to $389,000. This should be made more consistent with the average. The high school enrollment. too, he said, should be more consistent as the spread is from 4,000 to 17 pupils. He also told how the new study committees would receiye guidelines to be distributed at regional meetings. These meetings will start late in November when all the counties have appointed their groups. He dismissed the fear of counties losing state aid should they fail to consolidate. He told, and Judge Parrish later reiterated, that the voting public must mandate to the general assembly what they wanted in the way of improved education. Could Start In 1960 He cited a hypothetical case on the study committee’s possible plan of action. Should the committe ecomplete its survey by May of 1960, a referendum can be put on the primary ballot that month. If the plan is refused, *a revised version can be set up on the November ballot in 1960. The same plan can not be entered on the ballot twice in the same year. Os course, the plan may be adopted by a pettion with 55 per cent of the registered voters in the proposed school district. The Rev. Edwin A. H. Jacob gave the inVocation before the group pledged their allegiance to the flag. Judge Parrish closed the meeting after the Lutheran minister again -gave a few solemn words of encouragement to meet the problem at hand.

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