Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 27 October 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 253.

Second Steel Company Signs New Pact With Steelworkers Union

PITTSBURGH (UPI) — United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald announced today that a second firm—Detroit Steel Corp, —has signed a contract with the union in the 105-day steel strike. Detroit Steel, which produced 447,613 tons of steel last year, was one of the firms operating under a contract extension with the USW. Its employes were not on strike. The announcement, which came only hours before an Appeals Court in Philadelphia was to announce its decision on an appeal of a Taft-Hartley back-to-work injunction, was the second crack in the industry’s “solid front” negotiations. Kaiser Steel Corp., the nation’s ninth ranked producer, signed a contract with the union Monday night after holding separate talks. Detroit Steel employes about 4,000 workers and has its main plant at Portsmouth, Ohio, and other installations at Hamden, Conn-, and Detroit. “I hope this pattern will be adopted by the other firms of the steel industry so that we can get our members back to work,” McDonald said. He added that the contracts signed with Kaiser and Detroit “would restore sanity to labor relations in the steel industry.” '•'ii vidua I bargaining sessions between the United Steelworkers Union and management representatives began at 9 a.m c.s.t — the fourth straight day such talks have been held here in an effort to end the most costly strike in steel Industry history. Before the separate meetings began, an industry spokesman told United Press International that the court ruling on the back-to-work order “probably will be ■ in favor of the government.” He j added, however, that the union has arranged for an immdeiate appeal and that the U.S Supreme Court “has agreed to hear arguments virtually immediately.” The union would not comment. Kaiser Steel Corp., a member of the industry's steel companies coordinating committee, put increased pressure on the other firms by signing a contract agreement Monday night in Washington, following day-long talks. The remaining major steel producers, despite the Kaiser pact, appeared adamant in their unidemands. But reports persisted demands, ut reports persisted that one other company was ready to sign a separate agreement. Pact Provides 22Vz Cents The two-year Kaiser contract provided cents an hour in wages and benefits. Edgar F. Kaiser,, who made the joint announcement with USW President David J- McDorfirld, said the cost to his firm in the first year would

Russia Releases Pictures Os Moon

MOSCOW (UPI) — Muscovites lined up in freezing pre-dawn temperatures today to snatch up special editions of newspapers showing the Lunik 111 photograph of the never-before-seen back side of the moon. ; The official newspapers Izvestia and Pravda were increased from four to six pages to take care of special articles and predictions by scientists that the photographs, radioed back to earth, opened up means of taking closeup pictures of Mars and Venus. Soviet officials released the photographs taken by the third Russian moon rocket but failed to speculate that the Lunik camerawork had spotted any signs of life on the side of the moon which man never had seen before. Given Russian Names The official photograph was dotted with Russian names of craters and valleys on the moon and the Communist Party newspaper Pravda headlined: "The Soviet Union has achieved a new brilliant victory.” The government newspaper Izvestia said: “Great victory of human reason.” Russian television viewers al-

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be 10 cents an hour in insurance, pension and supplemental benefits. The pact provides UVi cents in benefits for the first year and 11 Vi cents, mostly in wages, in the second year. The wage plan, previously rejected by the other 11 producers as “inflationary,” also included a 3.44 cent cost of living boost. The third U.S Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia will announce this afternoon its decision on a USW appeal aganst a TaftHartley back-to-work injunction. However, the court said it would not make its decision known until 4:45 p.m., 15 minutes after the Midwest stock exchange closed in Chicago. Appeal Today’s Decision Federal Judge Herbert P. Sorg here last Wednesday granted the government's injunction under the Taft-Hartley Act for a return to work under an 80-day cooling off period. But the USW filed an immediate appeal until arguments could be heard The arguments were heard in Philadelphia last Thursday by a three-judge court. All seven members of the court must rule on the decision which will be announced today. However, it was understood that no matter what the appeals court decided, the USW or the government would file an immediate appeal with the U.S Supreme Court in Washington. Other Developments Other steel developments: —Alwyn F. Franz, president of Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp., denied Monday night that his firm might break from the industry group and sign a contract. He branded as “entirely untrue” reports that Colorado Fuel would l agree to terms similar to the Kaiser settlement. Mrs. Alta Archbold Dies Last Evening Mrs. Alta Archbold, 77, of Petersburg, died at 5 o’clock Monday evening at a hospital in Evansville following an extended illness. She was born in Mills Springs, Ky.. March 14, 1882, a daughter of Charles and Kitty Conley-Wil-hite. and was married to Zach Archbold in 1918. Her husband preceded her in death in 1943. Mrs. Archbold lived near Decatur for many years until moving to Petersburg about eight years ago. Only near survivor is a sister Mrs. Fred Oakley of Blue Creek township. Graveside services, conducted by the_Zwick funeral home, will be held at the Decatur cemetery at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon.

ready had got their first view of the picture when it was flashed over the air during an evening news program Monday night. nie 35 millimeter camera shot actually pictured only a portion of the unseen side, and Chairman Alexander Mikhailov of die Soviet Academy of Science’s Astronomical Council, said the "unseen part is considerably more monotonous” than the side facing earth. Sees Otter Possibilities But the Soviets said the Lunik-to-earth photography had “opened up broad prospects for studying the planets of our solar system,” Tass reported. (In Manchester, England, Prof A.C.B Lovell, director of the Jodrell Banks radio-telescope, called the picture an outstanding achievement and said it “opens up very great possibilities for photographing other planets, particularly Mars and Venus.” (British moon expert Patrick Moore called the photograph amazing and said, “I was absolutely staggered with its clarity. He thought the other side looked much flatter than the surface facing earth.)

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Indiana Tech Coach Lions Club Speaker The athletic program of Indiana Technical college has expanded greatly since the school moved from downtown to the former Concordia College campus, Murray Mendenhall, Jr., athletic director and basketball coach for the college, told the Decatur Lions Monday night. Allan Kreischer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Kreischer of Decatur, and a member of Lions troop 61 of the Boy Scouts, led the group in the pledge of allegiance. Earl Cass, Prudential Life insurance agent, was introduced as a new member. Roy Price announced that the district governor would speak to the club next Monday, and asked that all members attend, if possible. Nov. 9 there will be a joint meeting with the Rotary and the Boosters club, Nov. 16 there will be a joint meeting with Rotary because of the music program Thursday night of that week, and Nov. 23 there will be a joint meeting with Rotary to honor the adult leaders of the county 4-H program. Nov. 30, the annual pancake supper will be held.. . All-American Speaks Robert Worthman, program chairman for the month, introduced the speaker, who was a member of the Fort Wayne Central state championship basketball team of 1943, and an all-American guard at Rice. Indiana Tech was founded in downtown Fort Wayne in 1930. The campus continued there until 1957. This posed great problems for an athletic program. First, there was no full-time athletic director or coach until 1954. Second, the school had no athletic facilities: basketball and inside sports were practiced at the YMCA, and outdoor sports were practiced in the city parks. Home games were played at Concordia. Labs Interfere Third, then as now, the Tech students had a heavy schedule of labs. This made it impossible to practice more than one or two afternoons a week. In the old days, the ten or 12 best intramural players were placed on the varsity, and practiced a couple of days a week. With Hoosier conference teams, it was inevitable that Tech ranked very poorly. In the summer of 1954, the father of the speaker, Murray Mendenhall, Sr., was hired as the first full-time athletic director. Murray, Jr., joined the staff in 1957. Practice Problems He attempted to work out the best possible practice schedule that could be done, but of course some labs still interfere, as they always will at an engineering school. The engineers carry 17984 quarter hours of work for a three-year course, and 220 to 224 tor a four-year course, which includes more liberal arts work. Even the three-year course includes as much engineering as a regular four-year course, but not the liberal arts courses. Practice is absolutely necessary for a running game, which is 30% faster than games of 15 years ago, Mendenhall brought out. Players run ‘as much as 15 miles in a game. (Contlnned on pace three)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1959.

Automatic Pay Hike For G. E. Employes General Electric employes of the Decatur plant, who are affected by the automatic cost-of-living escalator provisions, received a pay increase of .59 per cent as a result of a rise in. the government’s consumer price index for September. George Auer, Decatur plant manager, stated that the increase is effective as of Monday, for all hourly rated and non-exempt salary employes. The new index is 125.2 as compared to the September, 1955, index of 114.9 against which the cost-of-living adjustments are calculated. Democrats Step Up Election Campaign Democratic headquarters will be open each night now until the election is over, Bernard Clark, city chairman, said this morning. Carl Gerber, candidate for reelection as councilman from the first district, will be in charge of headquarters this evening. Wednesday night, Clyde Drake, Central Soya employe and candidate for reelection from the fourth district, will have charge of the headquarters. Thursday, the Democratic women will serve a lunch to all who are interested in meeting the candidates and finding out more about them. Frank Braun, retired General Electric worker, and candidate at large for city council, will open up the headquarters Friday. Saturday will be an open house with all candidates present. Monday all candidates will be there, and on Tuesday the usual post-election party, with reports on the returns, will be held.

IP „i HP >* Wl ■F - . r* ‘ > J-;* K / - ■ s=*_ r BL *• AißSkK.je ■■■Bl JSI < * OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON—Released by the Tass news agency, this photograph is purported to be the reverse side of the moon never seen by man as taken by the Lunik 111 satellite and transmitted to a Russian receiving station. The left side of the dotted line is portion of moon previously seen and portions identified in Roman numerals. Areas of the huge mass to the right of dotted line were named by Russian scientists. These sights are: (1) Sea of Moscow (2) Astronauts Bay of Moscow; (3) continuation of South Sea previously named: (4) TziolkdVsky hill; (5) Lomonosov hill, a central crater; (6) Joliet Curie crater; (7) Sovetsky mountain range; and (8) Dream Sea. Solid lines across moon shows its equator. Other circled areas are still being classified by Russian Scientists.

Association Plans For Election Day Plans for an election day organization to assist in getting out a favorable vote on the city electric utility sale have been erfected by the Association for the bettermen of Decatur. The members of the association believe that it is in the best interest of the city of Decatur to sell the light plant to the Indiana Michigan Electric company. The association earlier circulated a petition requesting the city council to make such a sale; When more than 2.200 resident voters of the city signed this petition, the council proceeded to take steps to accomplish the utility sale. The association has now organized to get the signers of the petitions to the polls on election day. Captains Listed The organization has set up calls for at least six workers in each of the city’s 11 precincts. Those who are serving as captains or co-captains in the various precincts are: Hubert Gilpin, Everett Hutker, Harry Schwartz, Virgil Krick, Russell Owens, Joe Weber, Dave Ross, Hersel Nash, John A. Baumann, Lloyd Kreischer, Jake Eady, Kenneth Singleton, Cal Magley, Charles Langston, Sephus Jackson, Jack Heller. Fred Kolter, Harry Mauller, T. “C. Smith, Nelson Doty, Doyle Painter, and Lloyd Spiegel. Open Policy, These men will then perfect their complete precinct organization by Friday of this week, and will receive their supplies and guides Saturday morning. The association made it clear that all of their work was open and above-board, and that no one was being pressured in any way, either to work, or to carry petitions. They invite anyone who is in doubt to ask the captains about the work of the association, every meeting of which has been fully publicized. Slight Earth Tremor In South Carolina COLUMBIA, S. C. (UPI) — A slight earth tremor was felt in central and northeastern South Carolina Monday night, the U. S. Weather Bureau here reported. The tremor, which lasted about three or four seconds, occurred about 9:10 p.m. els.t. No damage was reported.

2,945 Property Tax Exemptions Filed A total of 2.945 county residents claimed property tax exemptions totalling $2,530,600 for 1959, according to figures released by county auditor Ed Jaberg this morning. This amount is a little more than 5 per cent of the total assesed county valuation, which is $44,852, 000.00 for 1959. Os the overall total exemptions, 2,191 were for mortgages and valued at $1,983,420, while the soldier exemptions were 353 in number and 395 for old age. Six blind persons received SI,OOO exemptions. The total of the over-65 group and the soldiers in money was $541,180. Decatur Leads County For mortgage exemptions, the breakdown shows that Decatur Root and Washington alone had 139 claimants. Berne had 303 and Geneva had 92 claims filed and allowed. The town of Monroe had 47. The township total was 980. The individual township record shows the following: Union, 66; Root, 119; Preble, 65; Kirkland, 39; Washington, 138; St. Mary's, 80; Blue Creek, 48; French. 64: Monroe, 114; Hartford, 73; Wabash, 133, and Jefferson 71. DecaturWashington had 644, while Deca-tur-Root totalled 95, for the 739 total. Old age claimants, who sign affidavits that they do not earn more than $2,500 a year, totalled 163 in Decatur while 124 filed in Berne, Geneva, and Monroe. In the remaining townships, 98 residents filed. For soldier exemptions, 122 filed in the townships and southern cities of the county. Under the old age exemption, operating since 1957, a person over 65 years old may claim SI,OOO from the assesed valuation of his real estate, if he qualifies under the previously mentioned condition of annual earnings less than $2,500. Record Income Source Persons claiming exemptions under any of the four categories must file with the county auditor, as part of the public record, a sworn statement of his income and its source. Jaberg said that of the 2,191 total, 788 residents filed directly with his office while 1,403 filed with . notary public, a bank, or a realtor. Those filing with the auditor must pay 50 cents, while the other agencies work out a fee with the individual concerned.

$lB6 Billion Soviet Budget

MOSCOW (UPD — The Soviet government presented a 186-billion dollar 1960 budget today which boosts spending for science and for benefits to the average Russian and promises a surplus without cutting defense funds. Deputy Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov, presenting the budget to the second semi-annual meeting of the Supreme Soviet—Russia’s congress, increased amounts slated for pensions, housing, education and culture, and health and physical well-being. He also promised to abolish personal taxes “in the next few years.” The proposed budget would leave an anticipated surplus for the coming year of 27,300,000,000 rubles ($6,825,000,000). Garbuzov outlined a budget calling for the expenditure of 744,800,000,000 rubles ($186,700,000,000), of which 96,100,000,000 ($24,025,000,000) would go directly for defense. He proposed to keep Russia in the forefront of the space race by increasing spending on science by 15-4 per cent, to a total of 32,600.000,000 rubles ($8,150,000,000). (The official ruble exchange rate is four to the dollar, but the widely used tourist and business rate is 10 to the dollar. The dollar figures given are based on the 4-to-l rate.) The Supreme Soviet today also heard a report on economic development and the seven-year plan from Aleksei N. Kosygin, chairman of the state planning commission and a deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers. Kosygin said the pace of industrial development in 1959 had considerably exceeded the average annual targets under the sevenyear plan. He said the planned output of industrial goods would be exceeded by 4 per cent and consumer goods by 10.5 per cent. Before the budget message was delivered, the Supreme Soviet accorded Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev a thundering, standing ovation Os he strode into the House of Unions at the Kremlin. Khrushchev, wearing a dark blue suit and a white shirt, led

Castro Lashes

United States

HAVANA (UPI) — Premier Fidel Castro called in his cabinet today to revive firing squad justice for traitors to the revolution and for the pilots of Ameri-can-based planes he said are bombing Cuba. The bearded revolutionary leader revived the thought of revolutionary justice in an angry, threehour denunciation of the United States Monday night before a crowd of 250,000 peasants and workers jammed into the plaza in front of the presidential palace Castro charged American officials were "accomplices of murderers” or else were “defenseless” to prevent planes from raiding Cuba in spite of the vaunted U.S radar defense screen. He again questioned indirectly the right of the United States to hold the giant naval base at Guantanamo. “What do you think?” he asked and the crowd roared “no, no. no.” “To The Wall” Castro asked for a show of hands on the revival of the revolutionary trials under which more than 600 "war criminals” were executed by firing squads early this year. “To the wall, to the wall,” the crowd thundered as 5 sea of hands was raised. Castro then announced the Council of Ministers (Cabinet) would meet today to discuss a decree to re-establish the revolutionary tribunals. This touched off chants of “yes, yes” and “to the wall, to the wall.” Castro said he realized the action would bring criticisms but “we have no alternative for defending the country and ourselves.” Sugar Mill Bombed Castro dramatically announced that he had been handed a communication from army headquarters in Pinar del Rio reporting that a plane had dropped several home-made explosives and an incendiary bomb on a sugar mill at Nagara. He also said a greniade was tossed at the offices of ■the official revolutionary newspaper Revolucion, causing casualties. 1 Castro was the last speaker at

members of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet onto the platform for a round of speeches on domestic and international issues. Marshal Semyon Budenny, one of the Soviet heroes of World 11, was one of the first Russian leaders on the platform.

Bitter Railroad Labor War Looms

CHICAGO (UPI) — Front line; fighters from management and I union forces skirmished today in J clases that may herald one of j the nation’s most bitter railroad ‘ labor wars. Although contracts covering many rail union members expire Sunday, the Railway Labor Act will forestall an immediate strike. But around conference tables and in hotel rooms, each side will attempt to hammer home to the other the idea of no concessions. , Under terms of the labor act, i mediation began this week in separate disputes involving the Locomotive Engineers, Railway Conductors and Brakemen, and the Switchmen. These unions have asked 12 per cent pay increases and other improvements. The fight went into mediation when national negotiations got nowhere. Met With Engineers Robert O. Boyd, National Railway Mediation Board chairman, and three mediators met Monday with officers of the 50,000-member Engineers Union, and then with representatives of the Eastern, Western and Southeastern Carriers Conference committees. Today the mediators meet with committees from the railroads and from the 30,000-member Conductors and Brakeman Unions. Wednesday they will meet with the Switchmen. Other unions waited back of the front. A three-year “mora-

the rally which was whipped to near - fever pitch by preceding orators. School Committee To Meet Saturday The Adams county school reorganization committee will meet Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the county school office in the court house to elect a president and other officers, Gail Grabill, county superintendent of schools and secretary of the board, said today. At present it is likely that a nonschool member of the board will be elected president. They include August Selking, of Monmouth; Harold Schwartz, of Adams Central; Luther Yager, of BerneFrench; L. A. Mann, of Geneva; and Elmer Dale Johnson, of Jefferson. On Nov. 4, the Adams county committee will join the Wells, Jay, Grant. Huntington, and Blackford county groups at Hartford City to hear J. B. Kohlmeyer, state director, discuss the provisions of the act, factors that may affect the determination of school corporation boundaries, factors appertaining to the power and duties of the county committee, and other items of concern to county committees. Charles N. Shimer Is Taken By Death Charles N. Shimer, 71. .retired carpenter of south of Bluffton, died Monday at the Wells county hospital following an illness of 10 days. He was born in T,ancaster township. Wells county, Oct. 30, 1888, a son of Obediah and Susanna Rob-inson-Shimer, and was married to Laura Beck Dec. 3, 1909. His wife preceded him in death June 3, 1959. Mr. Shimer was a member of the First Methodist church at Bluffton. Surviving are two daughters. Miss Alice Shimer, at home, and Mrs. Raymond Musser of Bluffton; a son, Lawrence 3 Shimer of near Roanoke; five grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Breiner of Decatur, and Mrs. Sadie McCague of Ossian. Two brothers and eight sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. Wednesday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, the Rev. L. G. Sapp officiating. Burial will be in the Elm Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

torium” with the railroads signed by 16 non - operating unions in 1956 expires Sunday. These unions have indicated they will ask for 25-cent-an-hour increases plus other benefitsThere are indications both the unions and the carriers considei the coming talks a test for survival. The railroads, smarting under unrelenting competition, have charged that union practices cost them millions of dollars annually iin money spent for work not received. Charge Featherbedding They charge that many workers engage in “featherbedding,” collecting big pay for little work, and thus putting the carriers into an untenable position with the competition. INDIANA WEATHER Frost or freeie warning. Frost or freezing temperatures most sections tonight with clearing skies and diminishing winds. Lows tonight 26 to 34. Wednesday partly cloudy, somewhat warmer in afternoon.. High Wednesday 48 to 56. Sunset today 4:50 pm. c.s.t., 5:50 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Wednesday 6:09 a.m. c.s.t-, 7:09 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Thursday: Increasing cloudiness with rain likely. A little warmer. Lows mid 30s north to low 40s south. Highs 50s north to low 60s south.

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