Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 245, Decatur, Adams County, 17 October 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 245.

Three Trapped By Cave-In

TONOPAH, Nev. (UPD—Rescue crews worked in relay teams to- „ day in an effort to clear away tons of earth believed to have buried three miners in a massive silver mine cave-in. Authorities feared the men were dead. “They’re buried under thousands of tons of dirt,” a Nevada highway patrol radio report said. “It Will take weeks to get to them.” It was at first believed that the trapped miners were blocked in a passageway, giving rescuers a slim chance for success. The mine is located in a nearly inaccessible part of the Nevada desert, 50 miles northwest ofhere and 23 miles from the nearest telephone at Silver Peak. The cave-in was discovered early Friday when the day shift went to relieve the trapped men, who comprised the overnight crew at the mine. A spokesman for the United States Milling and Minerals Corp., which owns the mine, said everything possible was being done to save the trapped men. Thirty miners worked in relay teams through the night at the 300-foot level, where the mine passage was blocked by tons of earth. “We don’t know where they ®re,” the spokesman said. “We’re doing everything in the world that can be done .We’ve got a doctor, two ambulances and a helicopter standing by.” The missing men were identified as James Robertson, 33, Mina Nev., Samuel Sickles, Tonopah, and William Ddlorme, Redding, Calif. The company had been milling ore from the recently reopened Mohawk mine for only two weeks when the disaster was discovered. School Study Group Mgets This Morning The nine-man county study committee retired to the judge’s chambers this morning after being sworn in by Judge Myles F. Parrish and conducted the first organized meeting since its recent inception. Election of officers was one of the purposes of the first meeting and the outlining of its course of action for the study of school facilities in the countv. Standards Given Gail Grabill, county school superintendent, was elected secretary of the group, but they did not select any other officers because one member, Elmer Dale Johnson, could not attend. Johnson was sworn in last night prior to leaving on a business trip. The group will then conduct its first organizational meeting on Oct. 31. The members are: W. Guy Brown, of Decatur: L. A. Mann, of Wabash township; Eugene Burry, of Hartford township: Harold Schwartz, of Adams Central: R. H. Everett, of Pleasant Mills; Luther Yager, of Berne-French; August Sei king, of Monmouth, Grabill and Johnson. The members received their oaths separately from the judge and in return! received impressive looking documents certifying thtjir acceptance. The ewearing in ceremonies took place at 10 a.m. at the court room today. The group will attend regional meetings in November to get further data on just how to attain the best results from its survey. The guide’ines of procedure will be issued by the state commission at these regional confabs. Grabill Elected The group already has its minimum standards from the state, but state commission chairman stated that more would be added shortly as the first section of the standards was more of a philosophy of action rather than a committment of facts In a recent talk at the county convention. Dr. Marian McGhhey urged the study group not to use the minimum standards as the final answei, but rather to seek the best possible educational system for the county. Charles Hite Named Citizens Director Directors of the Citizens Telephone Co., in a meeting Friday afternoon, elected Charles E. Hite, owner of Hite’s grocery on Winchester street, as a director of the company. , , Hite will serve the unexpired term of his father, S. E. Hite, who died recently. The board also adopted a resolution citing the splendid service given to the telephone company by S. E. Hite during the more than 30 years he was a director and officer of the company.

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Chill Canadian Air Sweeps Into Nation United Press International Chill Canadian winds blew out of the Rockies early today to' drop temperatures as much as 30 degrees in the north central part of the nation. The cold blast enveloped Nebraska, Kansas and the Dakotas eastward to the mid and upper Mississippi Valley. North Platte, Neb., reported a drop of 29 degrees in 24. hours—train 55 degrees Friday morning to 26 degrees* today. Twenty-degree dips in the mercury were reported at Concordia, Kan., Grand Island, Neb., Sioux City and Mason City, lowa, Pierre and Huron, S.D., Alexandria, Minn., and Grantsburg, Wis. Skies were clear over much of hte nation, with the only rain reported in the Gulf states and the Carolinas, in the northern Great Lakes and in isolated spots in the upper and mid Mississippi Valley. Most of the rains were brief and light, except for a one-inch fall at the Key West, Fla., Naval Air Station and a hour-long storm that bought a half-inch of rain to Daytona Beach, Fla. The U.S. Weather Bureau predicted the cold air would invade northwestern Texas today and spread eastward to the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes. Anti-Trust Threats Cancel Out Mergers WASHINGTON (UPD —The Justice Department's top trust buster said today the cancellation of planned oil company and bank mergers proved the success of a ww approach to anti-trust action. Robert A. Bicks, acitng chief of the department's anti-trust division, made the statement after Friday’s decision by two big Con- : necticut banks not to go through with a planned merger because of the threat of anti-trust prosecu- ] tion. i Bicks also cited the agreement < two weeks ago of Texaco Inc. i and Superior Oil Company not to < go ahead with merger plans. He said these incidents showed ; that advance warning of anti- i trust prosecution would be an es- 1 fective way to combat industrial 1 concentration. < In both cases, the government 1 broke precedent by warning the i companies involved that it would 1 prosecute under the anti-trust < laws if the proposed consolida- i tions took place. Bicks said the Anti-Trust Division had taken six anti-trust ] cases into court so far this year. , It prosecuted only five such cases in all of 1958. The proposed bank merger abandoned Friday, involved the ! First New Haven National Bank < and the Union and New Haven i Trust Company, the two largest . banks in Connecticut.

Steel Leaders Discuss Offer

NEW YORK lUPD —Steel industry leaders meet here today to consider a union contract proposal that could lead to a quick settlement of the 95 - day-old steel strike. Industry leaders of the 12 companies affected by the strike were expected to prepare a counterproposal to take back to joint in-dustry-union negotiations in Washington this afternoon. The hope of a settlement in the long steel shutdown was sparked by reports that some of the 12 companies in the industry group were pressing for a settlement. Hie auto industry also was feeling the pinch of a steel shortage and the government put a priority order on steel suited for defense needs. Both union and management were reported pushed closer to agreement by the threat of a Taft-Hartley law injunction which would require the strikers to return to work for 80 days. It was believed that unless a settlement is arranged this weekend, the government invoke the Taft-Hartley law <m Itakday. James P. Mitchell, secretary of

One Killed As Greyhound Bus Is Overturned PRINCETON, Ind. (UPD — A woman was killed and 28 other passengers treated at a hospital when a Florida-to-Chicago Greyhound bus overturned in a highway where a dual-lane stretch narrowed into a two-lane pavement. The woman, a Negro, was not identified hours after the accident. She was crushed beneath the heavy coach after being thrown out on the pavement. Gibson County Hospital said three women passengers were injured seriously among 28 persons who were admitted for examination and treatment. Twelve passengers were admitted as bed patients. It was learned one of the injured passengers was Steve Pejs kins, a sportswriter for the Evansville Sunday Courier-Press. It was believed Perkins may have been enroute to Peoria, Hl., to cover the Evansville-Bradley college football game this afternoon. Police said the accident happened at 12:50 a.m. c.d.t. as the bus headed north on U. S. 41 about three miles south of here. Otis M. Rieber, 38, Paris, Hl., the bus driver, said he was on the last leg of a run from St. Petersburg, Fla. when the coach went out of control at a point where the road narrows from a dual-lane to a two-lane highway. The woman who was killed was hurled through a window, possibly the windshield, and crushed beneath the coach when it rolled over, police said. Nine hours after the accident, the hospital issued names, ages and addresses of 12 passengers admitted as bed patients and 16 persons, including the bus driver, treated for injuries and released. Five of the injured were from Indiana. The other 23 listed addresses in eight other states. The long delay in compiling casualty lists was blamed by police and hospital officials on overcrowded conditions and confusion at the hospital. “We just had two doctors,” a hospital spokesman said. “We called in one extra nurse.” The accident occurred in the early morning darkness as the coach, confining 31 passengers and the driver, headed north towards Terre Haute after a stop in Evansville, Ind., a few minutes earlier. Police said the driver did not appear to be injured. They said it appeared the bus slipped off the pavement at the point where the highway narrowed and that it overturned when the driver attempted to edge back into the road. Police said they believed Rieber had taken over operation of the bus at Evansville, relieving another driver. Last Saw Wife In 1919, Asks Divorce SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPD — Louis Davis of South Bend has filed a divorce action in St. Joseph Superior Court against his wife. Davis said he last saw his wife, Estella, in 1919 in Mississippi.

labor, termed the possibility of a settlement better than at any other time during the strike. The union made its proposal in a negotiating session in Washington Friday. It was reported to call for a 21% cents an hour money package over a two-year period. The reported proposal also limited the first year’s increase to insurance and welfare items which would not show up as direct wages. This apparently follows the industry’s position during the long strike that any wage increase at this time would heighten inflation. It was believed that the main area of dispute still existing was in work rules changes which the industry has asked to keep abreast of automation. The work rules were not mentioned in the union’s pared-down demands, it was reportedSteelworkers wages averaged $3.10 hourly before the strike. The union’s original new contract proposals were reported to have totaled 30 cents hourly over a two-year period.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, Oct. 17,1959.

Gen. George JMarsha.il, Military Genius, Dies After Lengthy Illness

One Network Drops Lavish Quiz Shows

WASHINGTON (UPD — A decision by the Columbia Broadcasting System to drop all lavish TV quiz shows and give-away programs brought both praise and doubt from Congress today. Rep., John J. Flynt (D-Ga.) said the action was a “healthy sign and in keeping” with a congressional investigation of rigged TV shows. However, Rep. Peter F. Mack Jr. (D-Ill.) another member of the House Commerce Investigating Subcommittee which has been conducting the inquiry, called the move an effort to "head off” new legislation. “I would want Congress to go ahead and plug up loopholes regardless,” Mack said, “so that we can be certain” fixed TV shows won’t happen againThe CBS deefston was announced by .its president, Frank Stanton, who said the shows the network was considering dropping included "The Big Payoff,” “Top Dollar” and “Name That Tune.” He said other give - away programs like “The College Bowl” were not considered lavish enough to encourage any repetition of the scandals aired by congressional investigators. Also in this category apparently were other such CBS programs as Got a Secret, "To Tell the Truth,” “The Last Word” and “What’s My Line?” Stanton, with obvious bitterness, said “millions of Americans were duped by what went on behind the scenes during the production of McMillen Award To Norman Witte Norman H. Witte of Decatur was honored in absentia with the “Dale W. McMillen” award at the 25th annual sales convention of the McMillen Feed Mills division of Central Soya. The meeting was held in French Lick October 15-16. Witte is currently in Europe on company business. Dale W. McMillen, founder of the company, made the presentation to Witte and three other award recipients: Thomas J. Suelzer, Fort Wayne; Harold A. Glazner, Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Walter Bain, Chicago, who is also overseas. The awards were presented in recognition of the men's contributions to the company's growth. They were selected on the basis of ability, an inquiring mind, character, humility and determination. These are the qualities that “Mr. Mac” deems the most important and necessary. yritte is assistant technical director; Suelzer is manager, meal and oil sales department; Glazner is southeastern district sales manager, and Bain is manager, industrial protein sales and service. Okinawa Raked By Typhoon Charlotte NAHA, Okinawa (UPD — Typhoon Charlotte raked Okinawa ( today with 90-mile-an-hour winds . and tcirential rains but the ’*but-toned-up” U. S. military installations escaped major damage. Allen County Amish Ordered To School Judge William H. Shannen, of J Allen county, Friday afternoon or- ] dered three Amish children back J to school, and told the parents they • would be held responsible if the pupils did not appear in their assigned classrooms. The trial, held in juvenile court, ’ in Fort Wayne, set a pattern for i nearly a score of other Amish chil- ’ dren in the 14-16 age bracket who had drepped oot of public schools to attend a' “vocational” school built by the Amish parents.

’ many quiz shows, and so were r we.” He told a meeting of radio and I TV news directors in New Or--1 leans that “we have indeed failed I fully to meet our duty with rek gard to quiz shows —the kind of responsibility which the Amerir can people expects us to discharge.” However, Stanton said also his r network did not believe “any sys- . tem of policing, public or private, however carefully devised , can plug all the possibilities for J hanky-panky in the production of tjhe programs.” • > Judge John Decker : Dies At Bluffton I r John F. Decker. 80, former judge » of the Wells circuit court at Bluff- ’ ton and former state senator, died • Friday at the Wells county hospital.' He had retired from active 1 practice only a short time ago. ‘ Judge Decker was judge of the L circuit court from 1930 to 1942, and served as Democratic state ' senator from Adams, - Wells and ’ Blackford counties in 1919 and 1921, also, in three special sessions of the legislature. A lifelong resident of Wells county, he taught in county schools there until entering law practice in 1910. Judge Decker was a member of the Masonic lodge and the Rotary club. Surviving are his wife, Carrie; one son, Mark J. Decker of Indianapolis; two grandchildren; two brothers, Rufus Decker and D. Nelson Decker of near Bluffton, and one sister, Mrs. Ella Hoover of Huntington county. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, the Rev. Ralph Koch officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery. Quiz Show Sponsor Shocked At Rigging NEW YORK (UPD — The sponsor of the under - fire TV quiz “Twenty - One” today expressed shock at testimony indicating the program was rigged and said the firm is continuing .to cooperate with congressional investigators of the quiz show scandals. Spokesmen for sponsors of two other programs under investigation, “The $64,00 Question” and “The $64,000 Challenge,” did not comment on any phase of the investigation. Charles Revson, head of the Revlon cosmetic firm which sponsored both programs, was said to have left town Friday for an unknown destination from which he would return “sometime next week.” A public relations organization to which inquiries were directed said the Revlon firm had no statement to make at this time about new charges of rigging on the two shows. 'A spokesman for P. Lorillard Co., which shared sponsorship of the “Challenge” and of the “Question” for a brief period, said it would have no comment on the rigging charges. The spokesman for both firms said they had no knowledge of any congressional inquiries to the sponsoring firms. A vice president of Pharmaceuticals Inc., Edward Kletter, testified before the congressional hearing last week on his firm’s sponsorship of “Twenty-One” during the 105 weeks it was on the air. The firm issued a statement today saying it is “cooperating fully by making available to the committee all pertinent information and records and by appearing and testifying in public hearings.” NOON EDITION

WASHINGTON (UPD — General of the Army George Catlett Marshall, who proved his military genius fighting tyranny in three wars and then won the Nobel Prize as a toiler for peace, died Friday night. The soft-spoken soldier - statesman passed away at Walter Reed Army Hospital where he had been undergoing treatment for a stroke he suffered last winter. He was 78. His long-time aide said Mrs. Marshall took the death “very hard.” President Eisenhower, whose own rise to military glory was helped greatly by Marshal, led the worldwide tributes to the fivestar general whose Marshall Plan is credited with saving Europe from economic collapse after World War II and ebbing the tide of Communism there. Eisenhower said Marshall’s death was a “cause for profound grief throughout the United States.” The president praised Marshall as “one of the distinguished military leaders of our century, an example of devotion to service and duty, an outstanding American.” Marshall, who served his nation in war and peace as Army chief of staff, secretary of state and defense secretary, will be buried Tuesday with simple military honors beside the country's other heroes among the green hills of Arlington National Cemetery. Proclamation Issued Funeral services will be conducted by Canon Luther D. Miller of Washington National Cathedral. The honorary pallbearers will include some of the nation’s most famous military men and diplomats plus two master sergeants who served as Marshall’s orderlies. Eisenhower issued a proclamation immediately after the death ordering that all U. S flags be lowered to half staff until after the funeral. The Defense Deaprtment said Marshall’s death, at 608 p.m e.d.t., was caused by age combined with complications resulting from cardiovascular renal (kidney) disease and cerebral vascular accidents which began when he suffered a brain spasm last Jan. 15. After the initial spasm at his winter home in Pinehurst, N. C, Marshall was taken to Womack Army Hospital, Ft. Bragg, N. C where he suffered a more severe stroke Feb. 17. He was flown to Walter Reed March 11 where he was a fellow-patient for a time of the late Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Survived By Sister The department said Mrs Marshall, his second wife, had been in “almost constant f attendance since the general’s initial accident.” But Lt. Col. Clarence J. George, Marshall’s aide for 13 years, said she was not at the bedside when the end came. In addition to Mrs. Marshall, the general is survived by a

High Wind s’; Fear ed ( In Angeles Forest

LOS ANGELES (UPD—Adverse weather conditions today threatened the battle of 2,100 firefighters against an 8,200-acre brush fire that has raged unchecked for four days in Angeles Forest. Fierce winds of 15 to 25 m.p.h. and possibly higher at loftier ridges wei;e expected to whip through the blackened valleys that are now blazing in two widely separated areas. The latest hot spots were located at Switzer’s Camp in the northeast section and Mig Tujunga Canyon in the northwest portion of the mountainous forest, located 20 miles from Los Angeles. The gigantic brush fire claimed its first life Friday when Leo Poblano, 50, a Zuni Indian from Zuni, N. M., received a fatal head injury while climbing up the rough terrain. Officials said he and four other Zuni Indians, apparently fell while escaping from a water - borate solution that had been dropped

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sister, Mrs. John J. Singer of, Greensburg, Pa,, and a step-, daughter, Mrs. James J. Winn of] Leesburg, Va. As Army chief of staff, Marshall directed tfee» greatest military force in U. S' history to victory over Germaqy and Japan. At war’s end, he retired to his country home in Leesburg, Va. Just seven days later Truman tapped him for an urgent job as his personal envoy to China, then plagued by civil strife between the Nationalists and the Communists. His mediation efforts in the China crisis later became involved in the domestic controversy over Communists in government. Marshall was attacked by the late Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.l In 1947 Turman named Marshall the nation’s 54th secretary of state. In this role he conceived the Marshall Plan of economic assistance to help the war-ravaged countries get back on their feet. Awarded Peace Prize For this and his other efforts for peace Marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. Marshall retired again in 1949, but again for only a short period. With the Communist invasion of South Korea in 1950, he was recalled to duty in his second cabinet post — this time as secretary of defense. The soft-spoken general retired to his tree-shaded Virginia home near Washington for the third time in September, 1951. There he was able at last to devote his time to one of his favorite pursuits — tending his garden-

by a low-flying aerial tanker. The other Indians, Tom Luna, 59, Collecion Lamentino, Callico Lancesion and Dempsey Chapito were plucked from the danger area by rescue helicopters along with Poblano, who died on the way to a hospital. Thirteen firefighters have been injured in the blaze to date. Firefighters had to evacuate 100 homes as a precautionary measure when the blaze spread to the most populated area. Big Tujunga Canyon. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cooler today. Mostly fair and cooler tonight. Sunday fair and continued cool. High today mid - 50s north ,to high 60s south. Low tonight 33 to 40. High Sunday mid 50s north to mid q 60s south, - Outlook for Monday: Partly:cloudy and a little warmer.

Gen. George C. Marshall

J 4,624 Decaturiles Registered To Vote ( If Mayor Robert D. Cole or . Donald F. Gage wants to win the Nov.’ 3 election, either had better get 2,313 votes to assure himself 1 of victory. According to official records released this morning by county clerk Richard D. Lewton, 4,624 Decatur residents are validly registered for the election. Os course, the 2.313 vote tally is purely hypothetical as everyone knows that not everyone exercises his privilege of voting. A breakdown by precinct shows the following: Decatur 1-A—466 Decatur 1-8—365 Decatur 1-C—37l Decatur 1-D—479 Decatur 2-A—537 Decatur 2-8—314 Decatur 2-C—3l4 Decatur 3-A—s3l Decatur 3-8—471 Decatur 3-C—339 Decatur-R00t—396. A total of 1,648 are registered for the Berne city election as well with the breakdown of wards as follows: Berne A—369 Berne 8—549 Berne C—73o. The overall total compiled by Lewton for the two city elections is 6.272 registered voters. Truman Speaker At Texas Rally Tonight DALLAS, Tex. (UPl)—Former President Truman promised he will not deliver a “give ’em hell” speech at a rally here tonight, but some conservative Democrats still say they will boycott his appearance. Truman was in his second day of a Texas tour during which he frankly admits he wants to talk politics. Democrats in the State already are split over his appearance. The Truman visit has renew’ed a bitter feud between conservative and liberal-loyalist factions of the party. The consevatives bolted in 1952 and- 1956 to vote for President Eisenhower. The liberalloyalists of Dallas County stuck with Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson. But Truman refused to comment on that split or its renewal on his arrival here Friday. He said he didn’t even know Ed Drake, chairman of the Dallas County Democratic Committee, who clainas he will lead the boycott. At a press conference, Truman said, “I didn't come here to talk about foreign policy. I came to talk about politics.”

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