Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 269, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 269.

" Mtv ip' gsl flEs9| I ■> • u CONVALESCENT—British actor Martyn Green reads telegrams in New York’s Knickerbocker Hospital. Green’s leg was amputated in an emergency on-the-spot operation when it was crushed by a freight elevator in a multi-story parking garage.

Handley Retains Republican Hold

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Edwin W. Beaman, Governor Handley’s administrative assistant, was elected unanimously as the new chairman of the Indiana Republican State Committee Friday and immediately announced he would ’’give my all” to the GOP. "The 1960 campaign is on as of now," Beaman, a former state senator and state revenue commissioner said. Beaman’s selection as party chairman, succeeding the resigned Robert W. Matthews, was a convincing victory for Handley, who holds a powerful patronage whip over party followers. The governor went before the committee and recommended Beaman because "he has his roots in labor, business and with the farmers.” ts The new party chief promptly declared that the GOP in Indiana "must take off its white gloves if we want to win elections.” "Can Win Elections” "We can win elections if we work,” he said in an acceptance speech. "Pick your candidates at home and in your districts. Give careful thought to the kind of people you want, and then go out and elect them. “Pick upstanding, fearless people in our conventions —ones who are not afraid to face the Redskins with all their warpaint and horrifying yells — let’s get that pioneer spirit again ” Beaman said he belongd to only one faction —“the Republican faction—and for it I will give my Sobering Picture Os Soviet Economy . WASHINGTON (UPD — Central Intelligence Director Allen W. Dulles has given Congress a “sobering” picture of the Soviet economy, one that tries to explode some myths about Russia’s weakness and strength. It was Dulles’ first public testimony on world affairs before a congressional committee. He said Soviet industrial growth could be dangerous to the US. by 1970 unless the rate of U.S. industrial growth was boosted "substantially” also. Some of his testimony debunked the boasts of Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev. Some of it deflated the theories of other public figures who have made bearing statements about Russian industrial strength. “The Communists are not about to inherit the world economically,” he said. “But while we debunk the distortions of their proparanda. we should frankly face up to the very sobering implications of the Soviet economic prorim and the striking progress they have made over the past decaoe.” Tie CIA director also testified that: —Russia was not an industrial midget before the Communists won power after World War 11, but the sixth or seventh largest industrial producer of its time with abundant raw materials and “a tradit’on of excellence in pure science and mathematics." —Russian economic growth can not be attributed in any large degree to the looting of German and Manchurian plants after World War II That statement “does not stand up if closely examined,” he said.

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“It makes no difference if today you were for or against me,” he told the committee members. “My door will be open to all of you. Solve your local differences at home and bring me the cooperative results. I will then —and only then—try to help you.” Beaman’s acceptance of the chairmanship meant he will not seek an elective office in 1960. Handley assured the committee that Beaman would not be a candidate. ending speculation he would run for lieutenant-governor next year. Willkie Will Rua This paved the way for Philip H. Willkie of Rushville, son of the 1940 GOP presidential nominee and a former state legislator, to seek the office. Willkie promptly announced he would run for lieutenant gomernor ahd formally declare himself soon. Beaman was elected without opposition from an “anti-Handley” faction headed by Sen. Homer E. Capehart, who had favored delaying the election for 30 days so the party factions could try to agree on a successor to Matthews.

Raze Covered Bridge At Pleasant Mills The Pleasant Mills covered bridge, one of two such bridges remaining in the county, will be torn down, according to word received today from the state highway department. The following word, in reply to a second letter requesting information (the first was not answered) was received today: Text of Letter “The covered bridge on road 101 across the St. Mary’s river at Pleasant Mills will be maintained yet awhile during the construction of a new bridge to be built parallel nearby. "Following completion of the new structure, it is our understanding that the old bridge will be removed. I believe you will find this decision based on the necessity for maintaining an adequate channel in the river in that area.” The letter was signed by Larry Richardson, public relations director for the state highway department. Interest in Bridge Much interest has been shown in the Pleasant Mills area for saving the old bridge, a landmark for many years. Many people feel that it is not only unnecessary to tear it down, but that it would cost more to do so than it would to maintain it as an historical relic. Several people also laughted at the idea that tearing down the old bridge would “maintain an adequate channel.” They pointed out that by the time the bridge interfered with high water, the river had long since overflowed its banks, and that the main flow of Water at such time crosses the fields lying north of the river. It would be necessary to raise t he river banks eight feet for several miles to prevent this overflow, and the removal of the bridge will not affect it, they maintain.

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Spain Likely To Finally Win Seat In U.N. WASHINGTON (UPD — Time and the economic facts of life combine to hasten the day when Spain eventually will be admitted to membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This was the view expressed today by well-informed U. S. officials. They emphasized, however, that Spain’s admission to the Atlantic Alliance still is probably several years away. American officials said neither they nor Spain is pressing the matter for the time being, preferring to let the course of events lessen further the opposition of a few of the other members of the allianceMeanwhile, they cited President Eisenhower’s decision to visit Spain on his«forthcoming Eu-ropean-Asian tour and the flight today of 18 new American jet fighters to bases in Spain as evidence of the close strategic cooperation already existing between the two countries. Two factors are listed as certain to play a part in bringing about the eventual membership of Spain in NATO. They are: —As time passes, the opposition of Norway and some other NATO members — stemming from Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s wartime collaboration with Hitler and Mussolini — tends to diminish Britain, once a strong opponent of admitting Spain to NATO, now is believed to feel much less intensely about ft. —When the time comes for the individual members of NATO to assume a greater share of the alliance’s financial costs, the other members will* be more apt to welcome the addition of another dues-paying member. Two Pages Added To Saturday Edition Two new pages have been added to Saturday’s Decatur Daily Democrat in an effort to bring all the news to the area readers. A farm page, with the latest news from local farm leaders, from Indiana generally, and from the various agricultural research stations located in all parts of the country, has been added, and will become a regular feature on Saturdays. A page of coupons, each valuable to the reader as part payment on a current item of merchandise in Decatur, has also been added. By using the coupons to reduce the cost of goods purchased, subscribers will be able to stretch their money considerably.

Cold Wave Warning Issued In Indiana United Press International Temperatures plunged toward near-zero levels today as a wintry storm blew across Indiana, creating highway hazards in a swirl of snow and sleet in the north portion and ending spring-like warmth in the south. t Forecasts called for lows as cold at 10 above zero throughout the state tonight, even in portions of the state’s southern extreems. Snow, sleet and freezing rain fell or was forecast. The north already had it. The south was due to get it. Downstate, the mercury shrank more than 40 degrees in only a few hours, from a high of 73 at Evansville Friday to a low of 32 this morning. The 73-degree top at Evansville Friday was a far cry from the high readings in the north, where Fort Wayne, South Bend and Lafayette recorded highs between 33 arid 35. Snow as deep as four inches in the extreme north Thursday night mostly melted in a, messy rain which dumped 1.78 inches of precipitation Lafayette, 1.21 on South Bend and .72 on Evansville. A cold wave warning called for windy and snow flurries, climaxed tonight by temperatures between 10 and 16 degrees above zero from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River except in the east central and southeast portions where lows will range from 14 to 20. Sunday highs will range from 24 to 33. The outlook for Monday was generally fair and warmer.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, Nov. 14,1959.

Second Blizzard From Canada Readying New Hard Blow At Montana

Interest Grows In Possible Recount

Interest grew today in the possibility of a recount in the race for mayor of Decatur, which was apparently won by Don Gage over incumbent mayor Robert D. Cole by four votes, 1708 to 1704. The election statutes of Indiana point out that any candidate has 15 days after the day of the election in which to ask for a recount if he feels that through a mistake the votes were not correctly counted and returned. The deadline for filing would then be next Wednesday. Committeemen Meet The Democratic precinct committeemen from the city met with county chairman Harry H. Hebble Tuesday night of this week, and voted unanimously to back up Mayor Cole in any action that he decides to take. The committeemen felt that with the margin of votes, four out of 3,412 votes, or just .11% of the total cast, that an honest mistake by any of the many groups concerned in the count would be possible. If the mayor does file a petition for a recount. Gage would have 25 days from the date of the election to file a cross-petition. That would be Saturday, Nov. 28. Cost To Petitioners ; The mayor may ask for any one precinct, any group of precincts, or all of the precincts, to be recounted. Gage may ask for any additional precincts. Hie mayor would have to file th cash bond of sllO at the time of filing. The opposing candidate will be served with a notice by the sheriff if the recount is requested. The law also states that the judge of the circuit court shall on the 25th day grant the petition and cross petition and order the recount. The judge will then appoint a recount commission, which will recount all of the votes in the precincts asked to be counted. The persons appointed must be qualified to have voted in the disputed election; the Democrat and Republican county chairmen will each select a member, and the judge will select the third member. Each member will be paid $lO a day for the counting. The petitioner and cross-petitioner 'Will

Castro Ready To Go Alone

HAVANA (UPD — Cuban rejection of two U. S. protests of “malicious” denunciations of the United States was seen today as an indication Premier Fidel Castro’s government is prepared to “go it alone” in its relations with other Western Hemisphere nations. The 33-page note handed U. S. Ambassador Philip W. Bonsai Friday indicated Cuba would be unwilling in the future to unquestionably follow the dictates of any “bloc.” This appeared to mean Cuba would not consider itself bound to march in step with the other Latin American nations, on which the United States has traditionally depended for support, or with the nations of the West in East-West policy. * Viewed As Moderate It was pointed out, however, that for the immediate future Cuba intends to fulfill its “international obligations to the United Nations and the Organization of American States-’’ The note delivered Friday, although sharply-worded, was viewed here as “moderate” in tone. Generally it was a reiteration of past charges against the United States. It rejected as “absolutely false”!

pay the cost of the recount. Might Start Dec. 3 The commission will convene not sooner than five days after the recount is ordered, or not sooner than Dec. 3,' at a point to be fixed by the court. They shall expeditiously complete the count (not waste time). Each candidate has a right to be present at the recount, and has the right to name a watcher to be present with him. The press also has a right to attend the recount. Local politicians could not remember the last time a recount was requested in Adams county. Monmouth Native Is Taken By Death Mrs. Bessie Kain Turner, 62, a native of Monmouth, died Friday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where she had been a patient five weeks. She was employed at Hutner’s in Fort Wayne, where she had lived for 40 years. Mrs. Turner was a member of the Crescent Avenue, Evangelical United Brethren church and the ! Auxiliary of American Legion Post 47. Surviving are the husband, Grover H. Turner; a son, John F. Kain of Berkeley, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Richard Shaw of East Longdale, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Lance T. Johnsho of Findlay, O„ Mrs. Richard Harkless of Decatur, and Mrs. M. G. Buckley of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. Monday at the D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home, the Rev. A. Hunter Colpitts officiating. The body will be brought to the Decatur cemetery for burial. INDIAN AWEATHER Windy and colder today with snow flurries today and tonight. Cold wave warning tonight. Sunday fair' and cold. High today low 30s. Low tonight 10 to 15. High Sunday 24 to 27 north, 28 to 33 south. Outlook for Monday: Generally fair and warmer.

U. S. protests that “deliberate and concerted efforts” were being made to end the traditional friendship between the United States and Cuba. The government appeared to have backed down from its former charges that the United States permitted the “bombing” of Havana last month. The note did not refer to “bombing” but to “criminal air-borne incursions” and said Cuba now accepts United States assurances all possible measures are being taken to prevent further flights. Answer Expected On two points in the note, it was expected the U. S. State Department would have more to say. The first was the suggestion relations between the countries would be bettered automatically if sugar quotas were determined jointly instead of unilaterally by the United States. The other point was Cuba’s demand that the United States explain why American press and wire services allegedly "have propagated and are still propagating most flagrant falsehoods and humiliating insults aginst the revolutionry government and iits foremost figures.”

Nixon Warning On Steel Strike Issue INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Vice President Richard M. Nixon warned Friday night that unless the steel strike is settled. Congress may take an election year “political decision in the heat of emotion” which would harm the nation. Nixon spoke at the 50th anniversary convention of Sigma Delta Chi national journalism fraternity. He also said : —A major issue in the 1960 campaign will be farm prices. —Republicans should declare a moratorium on factional ping—There should be no federal laws now to regulate television quiz programs. —Russians won’t catch up and pass the United States as a world power “in 7 or 70 years.” —He is not ready to declare his presidential candidacy intentions. —Americans have made unprecedented progress in social security under President Eisenhower. During a question and answer period following a short talk, Nixon said the administration hopes there may be a settlement in the steel strike soon during the current 80-day waiting period. “Give TV A Chance” But he warned that unless union and management get together, Conors may step in with the possibility of compulsory arbitration. “That would be detrimental to both sides,” Nixon said. If the strike extends much longer, Congress “may feel that each side is so big, action must be taken,” Nixon said. It would be bad for the country he said, if it became an explosive issue in Congress in an election year with the heat of emotion perhaps resulting in a political decision. Nixon urged caution in regulating television in the wake of disclosure that quz shows were rigged. ’*

Youth Services Here On Sunday Evening Young people of the churches of Decatur will have their united youth meeting at 6 o’clock Sunday evening at the First Baptist church. Young people of the various churches will conduct the service, and Dr. John L. Schmidt will be the speaker. The service is part of the Spiritual Emphasis week meetings, which will close at 7:30 p. m. Sunday at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Henry Ehrsam Dies Suddenly Al Berne Henry J. Ehrsam, 51. a lifelong resident of the Berne community, died at 5:40 p.m. Friday at his home in Berne • following a heart attack. He had been suffering from a heart ailment for several years, but his death was sudden. He was born in Linn Grove Jan. 26, 1908, a son of Morris J. and Emma Braun-Ehrsam. Mr. Ehrsam was a member of the Cross Evangelical and Reformed church and was a charter member of the Berne Lions club. Surviving are the widow, Virena; a son, Tom Ehrsam, student at Butler University; two brothers, Edward J. Ehrsam of Convoy, 0., and Robert J. Ehrsam of Elkhart, and four sisters, Mrs. Walter Reusser, Mrs. Homer Niederhauser and Mrs. Clara Schug, all of Berne, and Miss Mynne Ehrsam of Columbus, O. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Yager funeral home, the Rev. C. A. Schmid officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m. Sunday.

HELENA, Mont. (UPD—Winter readied another savage blow today at Montana villages and ranches already reeling under record - breaking cold and snow. The U. S. Weather Bureau said the second blizzard was sweeping down from Canada and would invade the hard-hit state late today. The forecast was bitter news for ranchers struggling through waistdeep drifts to reach millions of cattle and sheep stranded and near starvation high in the Rocky Mountains. The early storm raged out of the Rockies Friday to - -ound the Midwest and Great Lakes and pierce deep into New York state atid the south. Animals Trapped Freezing temperatures were expected throughout Oklahoma, western Missouri, Northwest Arkansas and Texas as far south as Alabama and eastward to the Appalachians. Cold wave warnings were issued for Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Lower Michigan and the U.S. Weather Bureau warned of heavy snow squalls which would dump one to three inches of snow from the upper Great Lakes into the northern Ohio Valley. But temperatures were on the rise in parts of Montana today. The north central part of the state reported readings 15-40 degrees above those of Friday morning and Cut Bank, a traditional icebox, warmed 39 degrees in the past 24 hours. Stockmen estimated millions of sheep and cattle were trapped in three-foot drifts high in the Rocky Mountains. Temperatures down to 46 degrees below zero had crusted the snow, preventing livestock from foraging. Ranches broke through the drifts with tractors Friday to reach 'part of the herds and flocks. But more animals were marooned on islands when the frigid temperatures froze an ice jam on the Missouri River at Townsend. 32 miles southeast of Helena. The jam’s backwater was reported sending ice streams flowing into ranchhouse basements. But rescue parties said no more hunters were stranded in the mountains. Two Montana State University students — Richard [ Maxwell, 20, and Bob Amick, Jr., 21—were saved in dramatic res- ; cue operations late Friday. Still Warted Elk The youths almcrct had been giv- , en up for dead when Maxwell

Ike Works On" % Tour Speeches

AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPD -President Eisenhower worked today on seperal big speeches for the European and Asian tour, including a major address Dec. 11 in New Delhi, India. One of Eisenhower’s frequent speech writing aides, Dr. Kevin McCann, was due at the Augusta National Golf Club for a conference on the New Delhi speech which will be part of the opening of the World Agricultural Fair. In this speech, the Chief Executive was expected to make the major presentment of his December tour to the people of Asia, a region never before visited by an American president. It is an area beset with problems due to Communist beligerence and expansion. McCann is not at the White House full time, but is carried on the staff in the unpaid status of a special assistant to the President Unless summoned for special chores by McCann devotes most of his time to being president of the Defiance (Ohio) College. Malcom Moos, the chief White House speech writer, is busy in Washington assembling data and suggestions for the President’s Union Message which goes to Con-

stumbled out of the mountains and telephoned the sheriffs office in Missoula: “I'm home. Were you looking for me?” Maxwell, a rugged former football player, said he left Amick nursing an injured knee in a ratinfested cabin in the ghost town of Reynolds. Amick was found resting on a mattress and warming himself before a blazing fire. “It was cold up there,” Maxwell said, “but as soon as everything kind of dies down, I’ll go again. I’ve still got to get my elk, you know.” At least 28 persons lost tbeir lives due to the storm. Most deaths occurred in auto accidents. Illinois reported eight dead, Michigan had seven killed, Montana and lowa had six each and one person died in Kansas. Mrs. Emilie Macke Is Taken By Death Mrs. Emilie Macke, 89, a resident of Preble township for the past 67 years, died at 3:10 o'clock Friday afternoon at the home of a son, William, five miles northwest of Decatur, where she resided. She had been in failing health 10 days. She was born in Root township June 23, 1870, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bulmahn, and was married to Christ Macke, Sr., Feb. 28, 1892. Her husband preceded her in death Nov. 21, 1945. Mrs. Macke was a member of' the St. Paul Lutheran church at Preble. Surviving in addition to the son are one daughter, Mrs. Theodore (Clara) Ewell of Preble township; three other sons, Henry of Preble township. Christ, Jr., Macke of Fort Wayne, and August Macke of Marion township, Allen county; 14 grandchildren and 21 greatgrandchildren. Three brothers and three sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Monday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p. m. at the St. Paul Lutheran church, the Rev. Louis Schulenberg officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services

normally massive State of the gress shortly after the House and Senate convene early next January. This is one of the reasons McCann has been asked to work with speech preparation for the trip. As a prelude to his five days in India, the President sent a particularly warm message Friday to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru who was 70. It was more than a *'happy birthday.” but lavish praise of the Indian leader and his inspiration to ” missions outside of India,” as well as his own people. “Although any man could well be proud of this record of ao hievement,” Eisenhower said in his message to Nehru, “I know that your thoughts are not directed to the past but to the present and the future. “You have devoted your life to the realization of a just and peaceful world order; but many problems remain to be solved before this goal can be reached. I am looking forward to seeing you in a few weeks.” NOON EDITION

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