Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 254, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 254.

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U.S. Protests Are Rejected By Castro

HAVANA (UPI) — Premier Fidel Castro’s government flatly rejected Tuesday night official Washington protests that his an-ti-American statements before a massive rally Monday were untrue and a threat to U.S-Cuban frjendahip The rejection was announced following a meeting of the cabinet at which the ministers endorsed a constitutional amendment to revive firing squad justice for traitors to the revolution. Ratification is scheduled for today. making it the law of the land. The United States complaint against the allegation made by Castro at a massive rally Monday was presented to President Osvaldo Dorticos by U. S Ambassador Philip Bonsai in a 55minute meeting. Bonsai said the United States considered “utterly unfounded” Castro’s charges that American officials countenanced the “bombing” of Havana by planes supposedly based in Florida last WednesdayIn a bitter three-hour speech at the rally, Castro charged American officials were “either the accomplices of murderers or had left the American people defenseless” against attack. He asked how it was possible for planes to fly undetected through the vaunted U.S radar defenses to attack Cuba. At the same time, he said planes were taking off from Florida to bomb Cuba and that a sugar mill in Pinar del Rio had attacked from the air. He read a report that six or seven planes had', taken off from southern Florida to “bomb” Havana Monday. Castro summoned the cabinet to approve the reinstatement of the revolutionary trials and firing squad for counter-revolutionaries. His announced decision to revive the courts which condemned more than 600 “war criminals” to death earlier this year was greeted with wild enthusiasm by the 250,000 Cubans at the rally.

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Community Fund At 65 Per Cent Os Goal The Decatur community fund reached $13,175.50, 65% of its goal, during the first week of the drive, James Basham, drive announced today. It had been hoped tht the total goal could be reached in a oneweek drive, Basham said, but since it has not, the drive will continue another week, or until the goal is reached. -The Adams county memorial hospital, several industries, and -several captains have not yet made final reports. A total of $7,253.50 remains to be raised, Basham stressed. Anyone who has not given to the fund for the eight member agencies rtfhy mail in his contribution to James Basham, 527 Limberlost Trail, Decatur. All in all, the drive was successful, Basham explained, since a large proportion of the goal was attained during the one-week period. Next year a more concerted drive, with more advance publicity and planning, should attain the goal of a one-week drive. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy extreme north, fair south and central this afternoon. Partly cloudy and not so cool tonight. Thursday considerable cloudiness and somewhat warmer with chance of rain north by afternoon or night. Low tonight 34 to 40. High Thursday from lower 50s extreme north to near 60 extreme south. Sunset today 4:58 p.m. CST., 5:58 p.m. CDT. Sunrise Thursday 6:10 a. m. CST., 7:10 a.m. CDT. Outlook for Friday; Mostly dloudy with rain and mild but turning cooler late Friday. Lows 40 to 45. Highs 58 to 67.

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Government Asks High Court Speed Action On Steel Stride Injunction

Driver Award Week Opens Here Monday Courteous drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists will be honored next week in Adams county as the Chicago Motor Club’s 14th annual “Courtesy Driver Award Week” gets under way Nov. 2 through the 7th, with special judges scrutinizing the highway habits of local residents. The kick-off luncheon was conducted at the Fairway Tuesday afternoon with Donald E. Caster, assistant district manager of Adams, Wells, and Huntington counties, serving as master of ceremonies. Caster named the judges who will choose the seven courtesy drivers, one youthful driver, one pedestrian, and one bicyclist during the following week. Local Judges Named The judges, who will report their courteous winners to the Daily Democrat, are: Mayor Robert Cole, sheriff Merle Affolder, police chief James Borders, fire chief Cedric Fisher, Fred Kolter of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, Lions president Roger Gentis, Moose governor Ed Voglewede, Steve Everhart of Decatur high school, L. R. Zintsmaster of the Decatur auto-dealers, and a state trooper to be named. Kolter will select the courteous pedestrian, while Everhart will watch for the most courteous cyclist. Chief Borders will select the teenage driver with the best enforcemnt of highway rules and courteous application of the same. The other judges will choose the city and highway drivers who adhere to the traffic code with extra care. Only Adams county drivers will be eligible for the $5 awards which will be presented on the spot. The checks were made available by the Chicago Motor club. The safety contest is being sponsored by the club and the Daily Democrat. Daily Winners The name of a courtesy winner will be announced daily in this paper with a little story on how the driver obtained the prize. The story will also contain items of drivers who failed to qualify and what they did to lose out on the award. The emphasis on courteous driving is especially pertinent this season, with the highways slick and slippery and children travel(Contlnued on page «lx>

Ike Puzzled By Castro Attacks

WASHINGTON (UPI) _ President Eisenhower announced 'today that the United States is using every facility available to prevent airplanes based in Florida from malting unauthorized flights over Cuba. The President made the announcement at his news conference in commenting on Premier Fidel Castro’s angry charges that the United States has countenanced the "bombing” of Havana by planes flying from U.S airfields. Eisenhower told reporters that Atty. Gen William P. Rogers is making every effort to keep planes from taking off in Florida and flying illegally over Cuba. He said, however, that this is a difficult job because there are more than 200 airfields in Florida and most of them are crowded with private planesAt the same time, the President said he was puzzled by Castro’s bitter attacks on the United States, particularly in the light of the long record of American assistance to that country. In effect, fte gently reminded Cuba that the United States is her best trade customer.

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Election Workers Reported By Clerk

The election boards in Decatur and Berne were completed this morning and affirmed by county clerk Dick Lewton for the Nov. 3 general election. Lewton also reported that the inspectors and judges will meet with the county election board Thursday at 7 p. m. at the county court room for an instructional clinic in handling the ballots. Election Board Clinic Lewton, Mrs. Edith Beer, and Cfel Peterson, the members of the county election board, will instruct the inspectors and judges on the correct procedures of accepting valid ballots. Hie meeting is to orientate those who are serving the first time and as a refresher for tijose who have served in the past. Because of the unusual ballot in Decatur, where a special electric uitlfty vote will appear on the ballot, the inspectors and judges here will have added instructions, he added. The clerks of the various precincts are also asked to attend if they desire, but their attendance is not required. The Democratic board members and their offices in Decatur’s precincts are: 1-A—Beatrice Melchi, Inspector; Mildred C. Wendel, judge; Magdalene E. Butcher, clerk, and Amandus J. Zelt, sheriff. 1-B—Helen Cowens, inspector; Joann Hoffman, judge; Arline Colter, clerk, and Mathias Minch, sheriff. 1-C—Francile Mclntosh, inspector; Mary Baker, judge; Elizabeth Hersh, clerk, and Roy Runyon, sheriff. 1-D—Helen Hutker, inspector; Martha Rawley, judge; Evangeline Wittham, clerk, and George Squier, sheriff. 2-A— Robert Boch, inspector; Jessie Brunton, judge; Betty Terveer, clerk, and J. L. Ehler, sheriff. 2-B—Katharyne Nelson, inspector; Mary Butcher, judge; Ruth Keller, clerk, and John Beineke, sheriff. 2-C—Glen Potts, inspector; Donntf Roth, judge; Frances J. Bohnke, clerk, and Otto Koeneman, sheriff. 3-A—Mary Jane Runyon, inspector; Vera Kleinhenz, judge; Goldine Magley, clerk, and William Gillig, sheriff. 3-B—Alva Buffenbarger, inspector; Alice Schooler, judge; Flossie Bogner, clerk, Adolph Schamerloh, sher-

The State Department Tuesday denounced Castro's accusations as “utterly unfounded” and voiced U.S “shock and amazement” at them. Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos rejected the U.S “viewpoints” presented to him in a memorandum and said Cuba was considering sending a note to Washington. Eisenhower pointed out that the United States helped Cuba gain its independence from Spain and had a long history of trying to help that country solidify its independence and increase its trade. When asked what he thought was "eating” Castro, the President replied that he vyould not discuss possible motivations of the man. He added, however, that he did believe that Cuba was a country which one might think on the basis of past history would be a real friend of the United States. Meanwhile, Enrique Perez Cisneros, Cuba’s delegate to the Organization' of American States, urged that the United States take “firm and precise measures” to prevent anti-Cuban activities on I U.S soil. He said recent incidents have caused “reasonable and unIderstandable” indignation in Cuba.

iff. 3-C—Orie Newhard, inspector; Ethel Foor, judge; Irene Schafer, clerk, and Clifford Steiner, sheriff. Decatur-Root—Edith Walters, inspector; Phyllis Hutker, judge; Dorothy Sheets, clerk, and Sam Diehl, sheriff. Republican Workers The Republican precinct workers are: 1-A — Melvina Eady, judge; Norma Rowland, clerk, and Charles Stonestreet, sheriff. 1-B— J. William Rentz, judge; Jeanette G. Plasterer, clerk, and Ted J. Sudduth, sheriff. 1-C—Betty Weber, judge; Edith Soliday, clerk, and Isabel Bowman, sheriff. 1-D —Mervel Beery, judge; Helen Reynolds, clerk, and Forest Brown, sheriff. 2- Cordelia Townsend, judge; Jennie Edwards, clerk, and Lawrence Morgan, sheriff. 2-B—Mat-tie Fisher, judge; Faye Ahr, clerk, and Thomas Andrews, sheriff. 2-C — Josephine Andrews, judge; Frances Borders, clerk, and George Tricker, sheriff. 3-A—Lola Gould, judge; Ruth Feller, clerk, and Gail Baughman, sheriff. 3- —Florence Kohls, judge; Hilda Staley, clerk, and Agnes Sprague, sheriff. 3-C — Lucy I. Daniels, judge; Fern Augsburger, <4erk, and Gregory Zimmerman, sheriff. Decatur-Root—Theola Poling, judge; Donna V. Snyder, clerk, and Raymond H. Snyder, sheriff. The Berne ward workers with the Democrats listed first and the Republicans second, are: Berne A ---Christian H. Muselman, inspector; Mildred H. Stahly and Anna Ruth Nagel, judges; Treva Lehman and Lovina Allspaw, clerks, and Chauncey Sipe and Glenna Mo-1 ser, sheriffs. Berne B— E. J. Schug, inspector ; Donna Habegger and Arlo V. Lehman, judges; Pat Schindler and Modjeska Neuenschwander, clerks, and Fred Mettler and Howard M. Culp, sheriffs. Berne C—Leslie Sprunger, inspector; Jean Sprunger and Hulda Nyffler, judges; Margaret Fenstermaker and Juanita E. Herman, clerks, and Leonard Baumgartner and Waldo J. Stauffer, sheriffs.

One Man Killed In Jet Bomber Crash HATTIESBURG, Miss. (UPI) — A sleek, delta-wing 858 jet bomber crashed and exploded in a wooded area near here Tuesday night. One of the three civilian crewmen aboard was killed. The batlike Convair plane, the Air Force’s fastest and most modern bomber, came in low and exploded near ground level. Then a second, louder explosion, heard for about 30 miles scattered wreckage over 60 acres, setting trees and grass afire. The stricken plane just missed crashing into the Oak Grove school building where 12 adults were meeting. “All three Convair crewmen parachuted from the plane from an altitude of 25.000 feet. One, Harry N. Blosser, 35, Lake Worth, Tex., was found dead early today near the crash scene. Pilot Everett L. Wheeler, 41, Fort Worth, Tex., was taken to a hospital with a broken arm. Michael F. Keeler, 41. Fort Worth, apparently was not injured. * Blosser was found still strapped in his ejection seat about three miles from where the plane crashed. His parachute had not opened. It first had been reported that the plane carried a nuclear device but the report later was denied by Convair officials in Dallas.

Historical Society Hears Mrs. Lochner The good times and real pleasure found in active genealogical research were explained to the Adams county historical society Tuesday night by Mrs. Ervin Lochner. Mrs. Lochner, speaking to an overflow crowd at the Decatur li- * brary, told how she had become interested in her ancestry by ap- ' plying for membership in the ' Daughters of the American Revolution. She then had to prove that she was descended from a patriot of the Revolutionary War period. Myron Frank and Dick Heller, Jr., were named to the nominating committee, to report back at the Nov. 24 meeting on a list of candidates for president, vice president, secretary-treasurer, and two trustee terms. Present officers are: president, Gerald R. Durkin; vice president, Robert H. Heller; secretary-treasurer. Nelson Doty; trustees whose terms expire this year, Eli Stuckey and Richard 1 Mailand. Finding Baltzells Mrs. Lochner described the many troubles she had in tracing the Baltzell family. Three generations had been left orphans, and much of the family history had passed from the memory of the later generations. However, by diligent search of county records, including marriage records, land records, estate settlements and wills, and census records, it was finally possible to trace the family, through dozens of variations in spelling of the last name, to the patriot who fought in the American Revolution. She then spoke about the Andrews family and the Archbold family, and close ties between them, three brothers and a sister of one Archbold family having married three sisters and a brother of an Andrews family. Interest in Graveyards *=* Interest in her own family led her to search through many graveyards, and photograph the tombstones of her own ancestors. She chalked in the information on the stones before photographing them with a small camera. Her husband would often drive her to a graveyard, and then return several hours later. So she decided that she would just record all of the tombstones in the graveyard. This led to a project in which she was actively helped by a number of Adams county ladies, and she read the list, mentioning especially the ladies who read German and helped her with the Lutheran cemeteries in Preble, Root, and Union townships, Mrs. Arthur Koeneman and Mrs. Rudy Meyer. Family Bibles are a big help in tracing a family, Mrs. Lochner pointed out, since they usually include a whole family. Copy oi History Mrs. Lochner has a bound copy of her history of the Baltzell, Andrews, and Archbold family story in the library, and it has a complete set of references. This means that any other genealogist who has similar problems can find out very easily where Mrs. Lochner got her answers, and search the same sources. A full discussion of the poor condition of many cemeteries took place, especially those containing grafts of former soldiers for the United States. The law requires the township trustees ,to maintain these, if they are petitioned to do so by someone interested in the grave. Work on List Mrs. Lochner is now working on a township-by-township list of all tombstone recordings in the county, and has only two or three small cemeteries to visit as yet. In some cemeteries is was necessary to fit the stones back together. and in others they had to be turned upright to read the face of the stone. Mrs. Lochner often worked with (Continued on page three)

WASHINGTON (UPD—The government urged the Supreme Court today to speed up action on an injunction to send the striking Steelworkers back to work, but the union said a delay would not “irreparably damage” the nation. The Justice Department asked the court to set up a timetable requiring the union to file by noon Thursday its appeal against a back-to-work order or lose the sixday stay set by an Appeals Court. The union, in a counter-brief, declared readiness to file a petition for refiew of the case by Friday morning but opposed any speed up that would interfere with the six-day stay. In the midst of the legal maneuvering, President Eisenhower again urged that steel managemen and union continue with utmost efforts to settle their dispute by negotiation. He told his news conference that the national benefits of full employment and production should override any selfish interest of both sides. Says Delay Won’t Hurt In papers filed with the Supreme Court, the union said the case “involves serious and important statutory and constitutional questions” It contended that “a delay of a few more days, indeed of a few more weeks, would not irreparably damage the national interest.” The union petition noted that President Eisenhower “waited 86 days” before invoking procedures of the Taft-Hartley law which call for the injunction. It also pointed out that he gave a fact-finding board a three-day extension to report to him and argued the Supreme Court was entitled to at least as much time as the fact finders to consider the case. Today’s legal maneuvering began when the government filed its motion for accelerating a showdown on the union’s appeal against the back-to-work injunction. The Justice Department cited “the outst anding emergency created by the steel strike” as grounds for the speed up. Suggest Compromise Formula The union then submitted its counter-argument. It suggested a compromise formula for expediting Supreme Court action. This hinged on the government agreeing not to oppose the union’s appeal to the Supreme Court to review the injunction. If the government did this, the union said it could file its full argument on

Progress For Western Meet

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower reported progress today toward a Western summit meeting. He said French President Charles de Gaulle would be ready for a meeting with his Allies sometime in mid-Decem-ber. Eisenhower said the actual time and place would have to be worked out. But, judging from the readiness of De Gaulle and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to have a Western conference, the President anticipated agreement on the mid-December timing suggested by De Gaulle. Other highlights of the President’s news conference: —He announced that every facility available to the federal government is being used to prevent illegal flights from Florida air fields over Cuba. Eisenhower said the United States did not want to annoy her neighbors, but he gently ! reminded Cuba that the United States is her best trade customer. —He thought both sides in the steel dispute should continue with utmost effqrts to settle their dispute by negotiation. He said the national benefits of full employment and production overrode any selfish interest of management and labor. The President thought the Kaiser Corp, agreement with the union should be a signal to the union and "big steel management to find a basis on which they can get back to full production. —Eisenhower saw no immediate prospect of making a significant

the case by Monday. The Steelworkers have fought the injunction action through two lower courts. Tuesday, an Appeals Court in Philadelphia ruled 2-1 that the back-to-work order was justified but granted the six-day stay to allow the union to carry the case to th? Supreme Court. At his news conference, Eisenhower said a separate settlement reached by the union and th a Kaiser Steel Corp, should be a signal to the union and other steel firms to find a basis to end the strike. He declined, however, to say whether he approves of the terms of the Kaiser settlement or considered it a formula that might be accepted by other companies. He expressed his views shortly after the Justice Department submitted its brief to the court. The Justice Department said if the union brings is appeal to the court by Thursday noon, the government will provide its answer later the same eay. The government petition “respectfully” suggested that the justices consider the matter on Friday and if they wish to hear oral arguments, that they do so next Monday Gives Two Reasons The Justice Department pointed out that unaer this procedure “the courts will be in a position to render a ruling on the merits (if it desires to hear the case) by or near the end of the six day stay.” The courts will undoubtedly want to obtain the union’s view of the government’s proposal before deciding whether to agree to it. * ' The government, at the order of President Eisenhower, sought the 80-day back-to-work injunction on grounds the 106-day-old strike has created a national emergency. The injunction is provided for under the Taft-Hartley law. The Justice Department motion was filed with Edmund P. Cullinan, deputy clerk of the court. Ordinarily, a losing party in a lower court has 90 days in which to file a petition for Supreme Court review. But under regular procedure, the lower court’s decision takes effect. The government’s petition, signed by Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin, gave two reasons for requesting a speed-up: —A “pressing need” for a court ruling on the union's appeal because of the national emergency. —The ability of both the government and union to present their cases quickly. All Records Available On the first point, the government noted that the strike, affecting 85 per cent of the steel industry’s capacity, has been in effect since July 15 and it has been eight days since the President determined that its continuance “will imperil the national health and safety.” The government said both the District Court and the Court of Appeals have upheld the President’s view. On the second point, the government said the record of proceedings in the Court of Appeals has already been printed and is available for use by the high court. The government said it understood that the union could file its appeal “in a very short period i of time.”

reduction in defense expendituresThis subject came up in the light of new Russian claims that their percentage of national income devoted to defense spending would be reduced next year. —in the field of foreign aid, he said the United States should not be regarded by other nations as an Atlas able to carry the whole world on its shoulders. Other nations, he said, should help in the development of underdeveloped nations. Eisenhower, meeting with 228 reporters, showed little, if any, effecst of the cold which has lingered for several weeks. He held a news conference in Augusta Ga., last Thursday and pictured himself as a sufferer from chronic bronchitis. There was no mention of his health today. Because many of the reporters present today were not on hand for the news conference in Georgia last week, much of today’s questioning covered the same ground. Eisenhower referred questions back to his answers last week. This was particularly true in his discussion of foreign aid and his instructions to the government agencies involved to examine the possibility of requiring that some percentage of foreign aid funds be spent in the United States as a guard aganst the increasing annual gold deficit.

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