Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 249.

"wi '■••.■. . L -4Bu — > r'T WIPa»AS ■ il £T L* - **to SHAKEUP IN SPACE— Defense Secretary Neil McElroy (left) and Navy Secretary Thomas Gates leave a White House meeting with President Eisenhower and top military and financial leaders which resulted in announcement that the Army would be taken out of the nation's space program. The President’s decision came from Augusta, Ga., where he flew immediately after the meeting, in an announcement that Dr. Wernher von Braun space team “can best serve the national interests as an integral part of the National Aeronautic and Space Agency,” contributing the capabilities directly to the civilian space program.

Opposition To Castro Mounts

HAVANA (UPD — An air battle over Havana and bombings throughout the city Wednesday night climaxed an upsurge of opposition to Premier Fidel Castro that put one of his top aides in prison and drove another to suicide. At least two Cubans were killed here and more than 30 were injured by gunfire from warplanes trying to shoot down a plane that flew over the city at dusk, dropping leaflets that denounced alleged Communist incluence of the Castro regime. So far as is known, the leaflet raider was not hit. Other persons were believed to have been injured by motorized, raiders who sped through the city later Wednesday night, tossing home-made bombs or hand grenades out of the windows of their cars. Delegates to the convention of the American Society of Travel Agents that opened here Monday watched excitedly as warplanes roared low over Havana, machine guns spitting fire. None of them was injured. Life As Usual The air battle and the bombings caused momentary panic in the heart of Havana but the city’s life went on much as usual. Night spots and gambling places remained open although there were few tourists on hand. The leaflets that showered down on Havana were signed by Maj Pedro L. Diaz Lanz, a former commander of the Cuban air force who resigned and fled to the United States last spring in protest against what he described as growing Red infiltration of Castro’s revolutionary regime. Thousands of leaflets fell in the vicinity of the hotels where the ASTA delegates are staying, but few of the American visitors could read them because they were written in Spanish. Earlier Wednesday, Castro flew to Camaguey to deal with a new “Diaz affair”—the resignation of Maj. Hubert Mptos, military commander of Camaguey Province, in protest against “Communist influences within the government.” The suicide was Capt. Jose Manuel Hernandez, commander of the Florida post 25 miles from Camaguey. He faced a crowd which threatened to march on anti-Castro elements at Camaguey, told them Castro would settle their problems, entered his office and blew his brains out. Calls Matos Traitor In an island - wide broadcast, Castro denounced Matos as a "traitor” and an “ingrate.” The bitter attack recalled the broadcast last July which forced the resignation of President Manuel Urrutia, who had also charged that Castro’s government was unduly influenced by the communists. Castro spoke directly to a crowd of about 5,000 workers and farmers, many of them armed with jungle knives, who had converged on Camaguey in response to a radio appeal in anticipation of a possible battle. No trouble developed. Matos surrendered peaceably to Maj. Camilo Cienfuegos, commander of the army, who flew to Cfimaguey with Castro. He was promptly clapped into prison. Matos, who is 41, quit a job as sociology professor at Santiato University to join Castro’s rebels in the Maestra Mountains before

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the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista. Indiana Teachers Hold Convention INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Robert H. Wyatt, executive secretary of the Indiana State Teachers Association, said today that 1959 has been one of the most satisfactory years, frojtf the standpoint of educators, in the 21 years he has headed toe ISTA. Wyatt cited a favorable legislative program enacted by the 1959 General Assembly, and the results of a survey showing that teachers are more generally esteemed than they had believed Die executive secretary spoke at the opening business session of the ISTA in Indianapolis, where about half of an estimated 35,000 teachers and school administrators are attending the 106th annual convention of the Indiana State Teachers Association. The two-day convention provides nearly a million public school pupils a holiday, while their teachers are being lectured at meetings in seven cities. Incentives Strengthened In addition to the Indianapolis sessions, meetings of the ISTA also are being held simultaneously today in Muncie, New Albany,' Hammond, Fort Wayne, South Bend and Evansville. Wyatt, in his report to the membership, noted that the- 1959 legislature enlarged the state foundation program for school finance by about 50 per cent. “All of the incentives to school progress were preserved and substantially strengthened, new laws wre enacted for the improvement of teachers’ salaries, retirement and sick leave which seemed to give teaching a new attractiveness for capable young people,” Wyatt said. He said that the ISTA had been so alarmed by destructive criti- < cism of teachers and teaching practices that it had—with Indiana University—made a poll in 13 communities to see what parents . and others with first-hand knowledge thought about their school systems. Quality Understood “The results revealed that the ; rising quality in classroom teach- ; ing is widely understood and recognized by persons who try to know what is going on in the classrooms,” Wyatt reported. He said 67 per cent of the parents , and 73 per cent of the school ■ board members replied that high school teachers were well-pre- ; pared and a somewhat higher ■ number (72 and 76) made the ; same comment about elementary teachers. ■ Only three per cent of the par- , ents thought teachers were poorly prepared. Youth Killed When Truck Hits Bicycle KOKOMO Ind. (UPD — Gregory Reprvgle, 8, Kokomo, was killed when a gravel truck hit his bicycle on a county road just south of here Wednesday. The truck swerved out of control after hitting the bicycle and overturned in a field, injuring Harold Beckmon, 25, Kokomo, the driver.

GIVE TODAY -- THE UNITED WAY

Foresee Quick Approval For Space Plans WASHINGTON (UPI) — Administration sources said today they hoped Congress would give quick approval to President Eisenhower's latest reshuffling designed to speed the nation’s space effortThe administration wants to avoid a long drawn - out congressional inquiry into the transfer of the famed Wernher von Braun rocket team from the Army to the civilian space agency will be avoided when the Senate and House reconvene in January. But initial reaction from congressional military experts indicated the lawmakers want to take a careful look at the shift. The reorganization would become effective 60 days after Congress was officially notified of the plans unless rejected by the Senate or House. Call For Studies Chairman Chet Holifield (DCalif.) ordered the staff of his House military operations subcommittee to make a thorough study of the shift. Sen. Stuart Symington (D - Mo.) called on Chairman Lyndon B. Johnson ,DTex.) of the Senate Space Committee and Chairman Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.) of the Senate Armed Services Committee to undertake separate investigations. Von Braun said he looked forward to working with the civilian agency. He said the “major concern” of his team was to continue to take part in the U.S space program. One of the chief advantages of the shift, administration sources said, could be a speed-up in development of the Saturn rocket booster which will have 1,500.000 pounds of thrust — more than twice the power of the rockets Russia is believed using in its Lunik programsMajor Army Project The Saturn is the major project at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Ala., where the team of scientists and techni-, cians headed by Von Braun is based. Eisennower announced at his vacation headquarters in Augusta, Ga., late Wednesday his de- ( cision to reverse a 1958 ruling and transfer the main part of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). TICKETS AT DOOR Announcement was made this afternoon that a number of tickets are still available for the rural-urban fish fry, which will be held at 6:30 o’clock this evening at the Decatur high school gym. These tickets, priced at $1.75, will be for sale at the door tonight.

Ike Favors Allied Talks

AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI) — President Eisenhower said today that he still strongly favors a Western summit conference as soon as possible, but he told reporters he does not feel the same sence of urgency about a full-scale summit meeting with Soviet Russia. At an unusual news conference here with about 50 reporters, Eisenhower also disclosed that he plans in his budget next year to ask for increased funds for the American space program. The chief executive, spending this weekend in the South in an effort to relieve stymptoms of what he described as chronic bronchitis, said he does not believe the American, space program should be regarded purely as competition with Soviet Russia., In the field of military missiles, he said, the progress of the United States had been remarkable and this country now has operational intercontinental ballistics missiles. Other major news from the President’s conference with reporters: —He called "fixed” television quiz shows, as revealed in recent congressional disclosures, a terrible thing to do to the American people. He said he had asked Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers to look into the situation to determine the proper role of the Federal Communications Commission. —Despite his use of the TaftHartley labor management law, he is still hopeful that both sides

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, Oct. 22, 1959.

Back-To-Work Order In Steel Strike Blocked Indefinitely By Union

Langelle Says Charge Is Fantastic Lie WASHINGTON (UPD—The man the Russians accuse of being an American spy came home today—- ' tired, nervous and protesting it was all “a fantastic lie ” Russell A. Langelle stepped off an airliner at Washington Nation- • al Airport holding a brown briefi case tightly in one arm and his sleeping 2-year-old daughter, Mary i in the other. ' He goes to the State Depart--1 ment today to give top officials a first-hand briefing on his ouster from the Soviet Union where he • served as security chief of ’the ! American embassy in Moscow. Langelle’s only explanation of why the Russians charged him with espionage was this: “My 1 duties put me into direct opposition to them so many times.” > Langelle would not elaborate but he left the implication that the • Russians wanted to get rid of him ! because he had successfully foiled their attempts to get at American embassy secrets, not once, but 1 several times. The 37-year-old former agent, accompanied by his attractive blond wife, Miriam, 35, Mary, and their two .other children, David, 5, and Linda, 7, stood wearily at the airport. “We’re beat — exhausted,” he ' said, “but very happy to be back home.” i - , Langelle forcefully Denied Russian charges that he had used bis embassy post as a front for cloak- | and-dagger activities against the Soviet Union. “Such charges are utterly untrue,” he said. Instead, he accused the Russians of seizing him and attempting to coerce him into spying for them. No Saturday School At Lutheran Church The Saturday school of the Zion Lutheran church will not meet this week because of the Lutheran teachers convention in Fort Wayne. The school will resume Saturday, Oct. 31.

of the steel strike will, as he put it, awaken to their obligations to the American people and resolve their differences in free collective bargaining. —He looked askance for the time being at additional labor legislation, saying he opposed the idea of adding to punitive laws. But on the other hand, he said, if the American people do not exercise the required self discipline in their economic disputes the role of government in such disputes will have to be re-examined-—He disclosed that the “cold” he contracted three years ago actually was bronchitis w'hich has become chronic. He said that in late September he found himself suffering from an acute cold and, as he put it, a flu attack on top of it. This was why he went to Palm Springs, Calif., and why he has been searching for warm weather since then. The President seemed to be feeling fine and in excellent spirits today. —He told reporters that only a few days ago the Army informed him that Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris, commander of the Army Ordnance Missile Command, was happy and contented in his work. Medaris earlier this week announced his intention to retire Jan. 31. Eisenhower said today that if the Army missile boss has any disappointments and complaints, he, the President, would like to hear them.

1 Boy Scouts One Os ; Vital Fund Groups

t A young boy assisting an elderly; man across a foggy London street i f one night many years ago has led I - to the formation of the most in-! - elusive boys organization in the ■ s world—The Boy Scouts. f As one of the agencies of the I Decatur Community Fund, which . is in its third day of the week--1 long drive, the Boy Scouts in De-; r catur are one of the most energetic » and productive organizations in the e city. Five troops for boys more than 12 years old, and three Cub if packs comprise the organized units n of the city, with an additional pack y being contemplated, as well as a - new troop by St. Mary’s Catholic church. e Decatur Scouts e Troop 61, sponsored by the Roj tary club; troops 62, Lions club; j troop 63, the American Legion; , troop 65, the Trinity E.U.B. t church, and Explorer post 2062, an Elks organization, are the Scout troops in the city. The packs . are: 3061 and 3062, sponsored by - the Lincoln school PTA; 3063, the I Northwest school PTA. • Steve Everhart is the assistant ! district commissioner, having charge of the Adams county part , of the three-county setup. , What is a boy? This question can be answered with varying decrees of accuracy in (a multitude of ways. Another question is, “What can we do to make a better boy?” The best answere lies in the creed of the Boy Scouts of America. The youth of the nation are often called the future citizens of America. This they certainly are, and credit must go to those dedicated few who volunteer their efforts to direct these junior citizens down the proper path. Scouting can teach a boy many of the rudiments of living that he must exercise daily when he becomes an adult. It provides a basis for learning to live with his fellow

Dishong Child Dies Early This Morning Eai) Ray Dishong, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dishong. 421 South Fifth street, died at 4:30 o’clock this morning at the Adams count r memorial hospital. The boy had been ill for the past week with pneumonia. The boy was a fourth-grade student at the Lincoln grade school and a member of the First Missionary church. He was born in Bluffton May 31. 1948, the son of Earl and Dorothy Hill-Di ihong and had lived in Decatur practically his entire life. Surviving in addition to the parents aie five sisters, Ella, Donna, Emma, Patricia and Violet Dishong, all at home; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Dishong of Ossian, and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Hill of Huntertown. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Black funeral home, the Rev. Gerald Gerig officiating. Burial w’ll be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. Dr. Martin Is Named Taylor U. President UPLAND, Ind. (UPI) — The appointment of Dr. B. Joseph Martin of Macon, Ga., as the new president of Taylor University was announced today by school officials. Dr. Martin, who now heads Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga., will assume his new duties Jan. 1, 1960. He succeeds Dr. Evan Bergwall, who retired last spring tc become minister of Simpson Methodist church in Fort Wayne.

scout; builds a degree of initiative, an alertness to comprehend, and j a desire to learn. His camping trips afford an opportunity of ! learning how nature works her wonderous miracles. Another aspect of scouting is the citizenship -I appeal. He participates. A feature I that, if carried over into adult living, can make life a more pleasant thing. The local scouting chapter provides all of these benefits for Decatur youths. Like anything else that is worthwhile, ,s cout in g costs money. While the local troops and packs provide much of their own funds for needed items, a great deal more is needed from volunter donations. Need Top Leaders As is the case of other agencies, the training of adult supervisors plays a main part in the scouting system. Without adequate counselors acting as scoutmasters, assistants. and higher echelon officers, the movement could falter and eventually fade. But, the earnest desire of civic groups will not let this movement fade. That is why the Boy Scouts are one of the eight agencies. The boy’s formative years are vital. With proper guidance, good instruction, and opportunity to express his knowledge, he* Will grow and the nation with him. Your help will be greatly appreciated. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, a little warmer north and central tonight. Friday mostly sunny and pleasant. Low tonight in the 40s. High Friday 65 to 73. Sunset today 4:56 p.m. c.s.t., 5:56 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Friday 6:03 a.m. c.s.t., 7:03 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and continued mild. Lows in the 40s. Highs in low and mid 70s.

Fear Hoosier Flier Dead In Air Crash VERSAILLES, Mo. (UPD—Two airmen, one of them a Hoosier, were missing and feared to be dead today in the fiery crash of a huge six-engined jet plane in Central Missouri’s rugged Lake of the OzarksMissing were Lt. Col. William R. Lett, 42, Franklin, Ind., and 2nd Lt. Thomas D. Ackley, 23, Seattle, Wash. Air Force authorities said at least one and possibly both of the missing men died in the crash, which occurred seven miles south of here. Two of the four crewmen on the RV-47, the reconnaisance version of the B-47 jet bomber, parachuted to safety. They were Ist Lt. Richard Bowen, 25, Kearney, Neb., and Capt. Warren Schwartz, 29, Topeka, Kas. Bowen was pulled out of the lake by two fishermen who witnessed the crash at sundown Wednesday. The plane was on a routine training flight out of Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, Kas. Witnesses said the plane appeared to stall as it passed over the lake, then dived into the rugged terrain surrounding the lake, sending a sheet of flame shooting 200 feet into the airIntersection Crash Kills One Driver RICHMOND, Ind. (UPD — Riley Preston Lee 23, Centerville, died in Reid Memorial Hospital today shortly after his car collided with another at the intersection of U. S 40 and a county road west of Richmond. Donald Rudd. 25, Richmond driver of the other car, and William Ketchum, 31, Richmond, a passenger in one of the vehicles, were injured and taken to Reid.

I PHILADELPHIA (UPI) — A back-to-work court order in the 100-day steel strike was blocked for an indefinite period today when the United Steelworkers Union attacked the Taft - Hartley Act as unconstitutional. The union also challenged the government's claim that the strike imperiled the nation and said the walkout “could continue until 1960 without any adverse impact on the economy ” A panel of three judges ordered an indefinite stay of a back-to-work order handed down Wednesday in Pittsburgh. But the stay merely supported another ruling Wednesday by Judge Austin L. Staley which staved off enforcing the injunction. Arthur J. Goldberg, 53, general counsel for the union, said the court should toss out the injunction on grounds that the TaftHartley law was unconstitutional and the nation was not imperiled 1 by the strike. “I would say our evidence shows that the strike could continue until 1960 without any adverse impact on the economy,” • Goldberg said. 5 Burden of Plaintiff ( He was asked by one of the • judges whether he had any idea - how long it would take to settle - the dispute. r "President McDonald (union - President David J. McDonald) t says were it not for the fact that s the companies count on these 80 » days, the strike would be quickly settled,” Goldberg said. » John Biggs Jr., chief judge of I the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- . peals which is bearing tbe union’s t plea to dismiss the bacMo-work , injunction, said the “stay will be continued until the arguments on the merits have been heard.” He then began taking testimony on the merits of the injunction appeal. Goldberg told the court that the burden of the government to supply testimony to support its conclusion “is not met simply by submitting an affidavit or simply stating that conclusion.” The union attorney said the government in its appeal for the Taft-Hartley back-to-work injunction—did not explain its contention that production in “unstruck mills cannot meet the defense needs.” “It is not the burden of the defendant union to show that there is no peril to national health and safety,” Goldberg said. "It was the burden of the plaintiff to show that there is.” Goldberg said Congress “did not mean to entrust to a single district judge” right to “require free men to work or requie free industry to operate.” “Once the injunction becomes effective, the damage is done,” he said. Appeal From Final Order Goldberg opened arguments on the union appeal to the injunction. But Judge Biggs granted a 10minute recess at the request of the government to allow Asst. Atty. Gen. George C. Doub to consult with Washington by telephone. Biggs said that the court would act on "an appeal from a temporary restraining order” issued Wednesday by Federal Judge Herbert P. Sorg in Pittsburgh. Goldberg contended the appeal was "not from the temporary restraining order, but from a final order in the case.” When court resumed after the recess, Doub said the government wanted “no delay in this criticai national emergency ” Goldberg said because of the stay of execution by Judge Staley,

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it appeared that the "stay depended on the filing of an appeal before the court.” Judge Biggs agreed that the record should be clarified since “Judge Staley’s order might be ambiguously interpreted.” McDonald in Courtroom Judge Biggs then said the stay will be continued until the arguments on the merits have v been heard —which is what judge Staley’s order Wednesday intended. Italian Poet Wins Nobel Prize Award STOCKHOLM, Sweden (UPD — The 1959 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded today to Salvatore Quasimodo, a left - leaning Itailan poet who once wrote that the Soviets took over God’s work when they launched their first Sputnik. It appeared the awarding of the prize to the 58-year-old Quasimodo might touch off a major controversy in Italy where Roman Catholics were outraged by his reference to “God's work” in his , poem “The New Moon.” The winning of the prize also J may alienate anti-Communist elet ments who look askance at Quasij modo’s falling in step with Comr munist attacks last year on Russia’s Boris Pasternak who won [ the 1958 Nobpl Prize for Litera- . ture. Quasimodo described Pas- ■’ 5 ternak as a little bourgeois who t lives like a kn-d. » , Resigns From Party , Quasimodo, the first Italian in , 25 years to win the coveted $42,- ■, 610 prize, received it for “his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expressed the tragic experience of life in our times,” the Swedish Academy of Literature said. Quasimodo was a member of the Communist Party for three months at the end of World War II but he said he resigned because he wanted all my freedom and “I could not limit my activity to a political field.” Gets Sputnik Award Quasimodo suffered a heart attack while in Moscow early this year and was treated successfully by Russian scientists. Already he had written a poem of praise about the Russian Sputniks. As a result he was awarded a goldplated Sputnik by Alexei Surkov, chairman of the Soviet Writers Union. Except for the accolade, accorded Soviet scientists, Quasimodo's poetry generally is non-political. He has written many volumes of poetry but it was for the following five books he received the Nobel Prize: “And Suddenly It Is Evening” 1942; “Day After Day” 1947; “Life Is No Dream” 1949; "The False Green and the Real” 1956, and “The Matchless Ekirth” 1958. Quasimodo, who is not an antiCommunist, has denied that he is an atheist despite his writings about the Sputniks. “I believe in God myself.” he said, “although I don't observe any religious rules or proceedings.” 12 Pages * ■