Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 286.

Eisenhower, Italian Premier Confer Over Declaration Os Unity

ROME (UPI) — President Eisenhower stood bareheaded in a pouring rain for the second straight day today to pay homage to Italy’s unknown soldier then sat down with Premier Antonio Segni to write a declaration of Italian-American unity. The declaration, first major milestone of Eisenhower's 11-na-tion quest for peace, is to be published later today following a second meeting this evening with Segni and other high Italian officials. Eisenhower, apparently none the worse for his exposure to the rain Ifriday, braved the possibility of a cold again today to stand bareheaded twice during solemn ceremonies at the tomb of the unknown soldier in front of the majestic memorial to Victor Emmanuel. Eisenhower sped then to the U. S. embassy to meet the 900 Italian and American employes. As he left the memorial hundreds of multi-colored balloons, released with shrill cries by schoolchildren, soared into the leaden skies. President Explains Missiotm At the embassy Eisenhower said: “We all want peace. Since I have four grandchildren I’m very concerned that they have the same opportunities, that they have a better life than I have had.” He explained the purpos of his peace mission: “I want to try to explain America to other people more emphatically and more accurately. We do know that the United States is not always admired, that there is sometimes suspicion...we want to, help, other people to raise their standards ’* About 1,000 Italians and 100 student priests of the North American College gathered in front of the memorial half an hour before Eisenhower arrived in a black limousine. But the rain lashing Rome kept down the huge crowds expected. The student priests roared "We like Ike.” Yell “Ike, 1ke...” From there Eisenhower rode to the Italian foreign office to meet Segni and Foreign Minister Giuseppe Pella. As he entered the viminale clerks leaned from the windows and waved at him yelling the Italian version of- “Ike... 1ke...1ke.” It came out “Eekay.” He entered the building then to work on the Italian-American declaration. The joint statement involved key issues facing the Western Powers in their relationships with Russia, and Eisenhower was expected to give a strong endorsement of Italy’s support of the

Order Record Firms Report

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The government today gave nine record companies 30 days to answer charges they “deceived the public’’ by giving hidden gifts or cash to radio and TV disc jockeys to have records plugged. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took its first firm action to'crackdown on reports of wide-, spread payola practices Friday by filing separate complaints against three record manufcturers, including the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and six distributors. The FTC did not disclose the names of any disc jockeys, who, it said, took under-the-table payments to play a single record as many as six to 10 times a day on their popular music programs.

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North Atlantic Treaty Alliance. Wants More Voice h Italy has demanded a greater voice in overall NATO policy and Segni journeyed to London early this week for talks with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in preparation for the Eisenhower conferenceEisenhower began his quest for peace Friday night in talks with his host, President Giovanni Gronchi, in rambling Quirinal Palace. They were reported to have ht it off in ultra-friendly manner. Friday night, before retiring so the evening, Eisenhower grasped Gronchi by the hand and told him how much he had enjoyed their “goods talks” before a black tie dinner and reception. Eisenhower showed no ill effects of his rain-soaked arrival when he stood bareheaded in the open at Ciampino Airfield and presidential press secretary James Hagerty took particular pains to deny he had got the sniffles. Consult Policy Specialists During the Eisenhower-Gronchi “good Talks” they sat down with their foreign policy specialists, Robert D. Murphy, undersecretary of state and special adviser to the President, and Italian Foreign Minister Giuseppe Pella. Murphy, U. S. Ambassador James D. Zellerbach, and Maj. John Eisenhower were attending today’s two business sessions. Italy was represented by Pella, Manlio Brosio, Italian ambassador to Washington and Umberto Grazzi, secretary general of the Foreign Ministry. The opening talks were informal but effective and diplomatic sources said there were no appreciable differences between the two nations as their leaders canvassed the cold war front from Berlin to disarmanent. As Eisenhower pointed out before he left Washington he was not negotiating in the literal diplomatic sense but exploring with friendly nations the best possible methods for assuring a continuing, equitable peace. Indian General To Take Over Command UNITEp NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) —Maj. Gen. P. S. Gyani of India has been named to succeed Canadian Lt. Gen. E. L. M. Burns as commander of the U. N. emer-. gency force on duty in the Middle East. Burns resigned the post Friday. The Indian general will take over command of the U. N. force in the Gaza Strip the day Burns leaves for Canada.

Names Record Firms The federal agency, in addition to naming RCA of New York, also filed the coiriplaint against two other record manufacturers — London Records, Inc., of New York and Bernard Lowe Enterpises, Inc., of Philadelphia. The six record distributors ' named in a separate complaint were Edward S. Barsky, Inc.; Chips Distributing Co., Inc-; David Rosen, Inc.; Universal Record Distributing Corp., and Sparks Music Distributors, Inc., all of Philadelphia; and Main Line Cleveland, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. In Cleveland Main Line advertising director James Shipley admitted his company had sent tegular checks to disc jockeys Joe Finan and Wes Hopkins, who were fired Thursday by station KWY in Cleveland for accepting payola. “Middleman In Deal” But Shipley said his firm was only a middleman — “the deal was between the factory (RCA? and thde disc jockey.” Edward S. Barsky said his firm had “no comment” to make on the federal action, but he acknowledged it had received the FTC complaint. RCA and London records in New Yotk also withheld comment. The FTC charged that the nine firms had “deceived the public’’ by paying platter spinners to popularize their records through repeated plays of the product on the at

Monkey Fished Out Os Ocean

WASHINGTON (UPI) — A U.S. destroyer steams into Norfolk Naval Base today with Sam the monkey, pioneer of a 55-mile-high rocket flight designed to test escape equipment for the future man in space. ‘ , Sam was fished out of the Atlantic safe and sound Friday- He was sealed in a capsule which parachuted out of the sky from “Little Joe” rocket The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said Sam was in fine shape — “alive and kicking.” The little fellow chomped down half an apple, half an orange and a cup of water. Once the destroyer, the U. S. S. Borie, arrives, he will be examined and then hustled aboard a plane for the Air Force School of Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex. There he will go through an intensive series of tests. Sam's capsule was similar to the one the first American will ride into space as part of “project Mercury.” The device will enable human astronauts to “escape” and return to earth if their blastoff into space goes wrong. The rocket flight fiom NASA's Wallops Island, Va., test station was the first time the Mercury capsule had been tested with a living creature aboard. Sent along with Sam were some tiny samples of living matter which were used to test radiation effects. Among them were nerve cells from a rat, barley, cultures of bacteria, spores, and eggs and larve of the flour bettie. Preliminary examination of the monkey aboard the destroyer indicated no signs of injury. He was described as “hungry and very responsive.” Cold Weather Halts Iron Ore Shipments ESCANABA, Mich. (UPI) — Freezing weather may have ended the iron ore shipping season in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, rail, mine and ship officials said today. They said the cold snap which froze the ore halted all ship ments from iron mines. Indiana State Fair Dates Are Announced INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The 1960 Indiana State Fair will be held from Aug. 31 through Sept. 8. The State Fair Board set the dates Friday and awarded contracts for midway amusements, concessions and a thrill show to the same firms which provided those services at the 1958 fair. Advertising Index Advertiser Page Adams Theatre 3 Adams Builders Supply, Inc. .... 6 Beavers Oil Service 8 Bower Jewelry 3, 4 Butler Garage 5 Burk Elevator Co. ——— 5 John Brecht Jewelry —7 Begun’s Clothing Store ... 7 Carlings Beer —— 6 Citizens Telephone Co. -- 4 Decatur Super Service 5 Decatur Ready-Mix, Inc. 8 Ehinger’s Boston Store _ 7 Fairway, Restaurant 8 Gerber’s Super Market —7 Habegger Hardware ...— 4 8 Holthouse Furniture Store ...... 7 Happy Hours Roller Rink ...... 7 Klenks t—■ 7 Ferd Klenk 3 J. J. Newberry Co. ............. 7 Radio Station WGL 8 Quality Chevrolet-Buick, Inc. ... 7 L. Smith Insurance Agency .... 5 Schafers j— '7 Smtih Drug Co. ... —3, 5,7 Sheets Furniture Co. 7 The Suttles Co. ..... 5 Sutton Jewelry Store 3,7 Thoma? Realty Auction Co. ..._ 5 Shaffer Restaurant — 3 Teeple 5 zintsmaster Motors 3,4, 5, 6 Zwick Funeral Home —- 4 Church Page Sponsors ... 2

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1959.

American Legion Bars 40 And 8 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind (UPI) — The American Legion expelled its fun-loving affiliate, the 40 and 8, Friday because it barred nonwhite veterans from membership. National Legion Commander Martin B. McKneally kicked out the organization after several weeks of conference with the affiliate’s officers over the “whites only” clause in the 40 and 8 constitution. In a letter to John Hobble, of Liberal, Kan., 40 and 8 president, McKheally said he took the action because of “the illegality which exists in the 40 and 8 membership requirements.” Hobb.e reached by United International in Topeka, Kan., refused to comment on the ouster until he receives McKneally’s letter. McKneally’s action was a fol-low-up of a resolution passed at the Legion convention in Minneapolis last August, urging the 40 and 8 to review.-Ms discrimination clause. Opponents of the clause complained it was unAmerican to block Negro, Nisei and other nonwhite veterans from membership in the 100,000-member society. “We recognized and accepted this action,” Hobble said “We said we’d bring it up at the next national convention scheduled in October, 1960, at Miami.” But McKneally ended the Legion’s 39-year association with the 40 and 8 with his notice that the organization’s revocable license, issued in 1952, “is now revoked.” McKneally also ordered the 40 and 8 “to discontinue immediately the use of the American Legion emblem and the name, ‘the American Legion’.” Fire This Morning At Gerber's Market The Decatur fire department extinguished a fire at Gerber’s Supermarket on north 13th street early this morning as a fire of undetermined origin burned through a portion of the air conditionng system to the attic over the walkin cooler. A fire department spokesman said they received the call at 12:05 a.m. today and they remained until 1:30 o’clock curbing the damage. Carl Gerber, owner of the establishment, received a clean bill of health by the city health inspector, Ray Lehman, this morning for the contents of the store. Gerber roqueted the inspection because of the smoke damage done by the fire. Lehman found none of the food contents of the store were affected by the smoke.

Rough Gunman Loots Hamlet Bank Friday

HAMLET, Ind. (UPI)-A rough talking gunman threatened four employes and a customer of the Hamlet State Bank and robbed it of $3,990 late Friday. Witnesses said the gunman, wearing a blue stocking cap pulled low over his eyes, leaped over a railing into the tellers’ cage and ordered cashier Harold Short to open the vault. Short at first refused but yielded when the bandit threatened: “I’ll kill all of you if you don’t open the vault.” The gunman said he wanted “nothing but bills,” and ordered Short to stuff them in a pillowcase. The bandit, described as 30 to 40 years old, 6 feet tall and weighing 190 pounds, herded Short, three tellers and a customer, Mrs. Cornelius Poort of Grovertown. into the vault.' He stuck Short with his fist when the cashier told him there was no more money, witnesses said.

Louisiana's Voters Decide Long future NEW ORLEANS (UPI) —More than a million Louisiana voters were deciding today in a Democratic primary election the political future of Gov. Earl K. Long, Who made himself an internationally known figure with his escapades last summer. Long, 64, is running for lieutenant governor since he can’t, tinder law, succeed himself. There are six candidates for lieutenant govenor and 11 for governor, a record. The polls opened at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. c.s.t. Because there are so many candidates, there probably will be a runoff election Jan. 9. Democratic nomination is the same as election in Lou is h ana. The candidates made their final appeals for votes Friday night by television and radio. Long was on the radio, pleading mostly the cause of lesser candidates on his ticket, for two hours. Former Gov. James A. Noe, 67, who is running for governor on the ticket with Long, made his final appeal by television. State Comptroller William J. Dodd, who is another candidate for governor, urged the voters to “get down on your knees and pray before going to the polls ” The election will determine whether Long can politically survive plans to divorce 1 his wife, Blanche; his identification with Blaze Starr, a strip teaset and his unconventional behavior last summer during a vacation trip through the Southwest. The Longs hve been dominating figures in Louisiana politics since 1928, when the late Huey P. Long was first elected governor. He was Earl Long’s brother. Huey’s son, Russell B. Long, is a U. S. senator. Parker To Introduce Governor Rockefeller w SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPI) — Sponsors of a 3rd District rally at which New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller will speak said Friday that Rocleefeller will be introduced by one of the state’s most stalwart supporters of Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The honor of introducing the governor went to Lt. Gov. Crawford F. Parker, who like Governor Handley, is a Nixon-for-PresL dent booster. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and colder tonight with some snow flurries north. Sunday partly cloudy and rather cold with occasional snow flurries north. Lows tonight mid 26s north .to low 30s south. High Sunday low 30s north to low 40s south. Outlook for Monday: Partly cloudy and possibly a little warmer.

Bank employes said the gunman then grabbed a bag of quarters, spilled them on the floor, picked up the pillowcase and fled. Mrs. May Wright, who operates a drug store across from the bank, telephoned Starke County sheriff’s officers when she became suspicious. The bandit ran to a car parked in an alley next to the bank and drove off as she was telephoning Mrs. Wright said. The gunman dressed in a brown jacket and tan trousers, drove west from Hamlet in a 1955 •r 1956 white and blue car, she said. It was the bank’s second holdup in little more than six years. In June, 1953, a bandit carrying a shotgun took $3,662. Short was one of three persons locked in a washroom. The bandit later was identified as Bernard E. LaClair, 39, who was accused of robbing nine banks and was sentenced to 30 years in Alcatraz.

Santa Claus Train Rides Held Today ‘ At exatfilVlO o’clock this morning, the Santa Claus train pulled out of the Erie station on the first of three journeys to Ohio City, 0., as. part of the annual event sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Tiny faces pressed against the coach windows, searching for the first appearance of Santa for about 30 minutes while the loading process was underway, starting at 9:30 a. m. The jolly old man did not appear until about one minute prior to departure and then he came from the head end of the train and the kids did not see him board. Got Aboard The surprise will come when he does appear throughout the 12 coaches, distributing candy and good cheer to one and all. Louis Jacobs, of the C. of C., estimated the first train as having ‘ a full load of at least I.tXX) parents and kids. The next scheduled trip was slated for 1:30 p. m. and the final ride at 4 p m. The sheriff’s department is supplying one shot-gun rider for each trip with deputy Charles Arnold hadling the first ride. Deputy Bob Meyer will ride the 1:30 p. m. train, with sheriff Merle Affolder taking the anchor ride. < The local Red Cross chapter is Supplying registered nurses for each trip as well as providing various comfort aids for the trips. Spirits Not Dampened The rain and gloomy, overcast sky failed to dampen the spirits of the children who are getting their first real taste of the Christmas season, 1959. The city and sheriff’s police assisted directing traffic around Winchester street during the loading of the Santa Claus train. Choo choo.

Heroic Pilot Guides Plane From School SAN DIEGO, Calif. (UPI) — A heroic pilot narrowly guided his Navy jet fighter plane away from a crowded school building and waved pupils away Friday before crashing to his death in a wooded canyon. The pilot, Ens. Albert Joe Hickman, 21, Sioux City, lowa, was found dead 40 feet from a tree where his parachute hung limply. It was not known if he jumped from the plane or was thrown upon impact. Some 1,000 pupils were swarming out of their classes for lunch when the Demon Fighter jet plummeted from the sky and exploded in the mrush area 250 yards from Nathaniel Hawthorne school. “The plane came in about 100 feet abov ethe school grounds,” C. L. Bateman, a witness, told police. “The pilot appeared to be standing in the cockpit with the • canopy back. “Just when’ it seemed the plana would smash into the school he lifted its nose just enough to clear the playground.” The burning wreckage set off a brush fire that took firemen two hours to bring under control. About 20 acres were blackened by the blaze that threatened homes in Clairmont, a nearby suburb.

» wt ji ' KiHKk ■■■lF k k >? v -* “* W ?? B M ft. OrM . .. H K 4 .• l x jKfe - IKE IN ROME— President Eisenhower exchanges a hearty laugh with President Giovanni Gronchi of Italy in Rome. In the center is translator Lt. Col. Vernon Walter.

Union, Steel Industry Hold Joint Session WASHINGTON (UPI) — Union and management negotiators in the steel strike prepared to meet today for their second joint session since the government invoked a Taft-Hartley injunction. But both sides still appeared to be unwilling to break their deadlock despite President Eisenhower’s appeal for a settlement before he returns from his overseas tour Dec. 22. Federal mediators said they planned to have some suggesttons ready anyway when the talks resumed at 11 a.m. e.s.t. Joseph F. Finnegan, director of the Mediation and Conciliation Service, did not elaborate on what he plans ‘ to propose. He said he would not recommend any kind of package settlement, however. "We’ll be making suggestions as we go along,” Finnegan said in advance of the first joine session since last Tuesday. “This is routine in mediation.” Government peacemakers apparently made little headway in their efforts to settle the dispute in separate talks with Seelworkers’ and company represenatives Friday. Mediators and union experts on pensions and insurance went over varying cost estimates of existing contract proposals made by the Steelworkers and “big 11” steel producers. Eisenhower's call for round-the-clock negotiations in a radio-TV appeal Thursday night went unheeded by those directly involved. Finnegan has said he will schedule meetings only when they will do some good. Chief managgement negotiator R Conrad Cooper said he did not favor the idea because quality, not quantity, of bargaining was most Important. Cub Pack 3063 To Meet Monday Night The regular monthly meeting of Cub Pack 3063 will be held Monday at the Northwest school, beginning at 7:30 p. m.

Seek More Bodies In Hood Disaster

FREJUS, France (UPI) — Forty French Navy frogmen descended beneath the muddy coastal waters of the Mediterranean today in search of the bodies of 200 persons still missing in the Mappassett Dam flood disaster. Overhead, straining against chill winds from the nearby Alps, helicopters flew low over the waters and the ooze-choked Regnan Valley hunting floating bodies. And in Frejus, the 14,000 survivors of the disaster, which brought quick and violent death to the valley Wednesday night, continued to bury their dead. Mud-caked workers have already dug up bodies of 219 victims from the twisted rubble of uprooted trees and vineyards, the red ooze lying in low places, and the yellowish brown waters along the coast. Rescue workers said only completion of the search for the missing would finally pinpoint the actual loss of life that came after the tall, slim dam —called “the

Thousandth Traffic Death Is Recorded United Bress International The first traffic fatality of the weekend boosted Indiana’s 1959 death toll to 1,000 Friday evening, and a few hours later the state started its second thousand. George Jabour, 68, a patient in the Irene Byron Sanatorium near Fort Wayne, was killed when he tried to walk across Ind. 3. State Police said he was hit by a panel truck driven by Wilford Eichel, 40, Fort Wayne. It was the third traffic death reported Friday. Another accident killed Louis Tavel, 32, Portage. Local authorities said Tavel was riding in an auto driven by Marshall Miller of Portage when it slammed into the rear of a big truck on U. S. 20 inside the Portage city limits. Miller was not seriously injured. A few hours after labour became No. 1,000, the weekend's second fatal accident killed Vonnie I. Abel, 19, R. R. 1. Attica, on a wet county road south of Attica early this morning, as he tried to elude a police car. Michael Carlson, 16, Attica, riding with Abel, was taken to a Lafayette hospital in serious condition. Frank Nelson of the Attica Police Dept, said he was pursuing the car at high speed when it slipped off the road and smashed into a tree. local Man's Father Is Taken By Death Jeremiah A. Barnett, a native of Adams county, died Friday afternoon at his home in Granite City, Hl. He was born in Adams county and was a son of James and Lydia Barnett. His wife, the former Ada Oliver, died in 1924. Surviving are one son, Carl Barnett, of 219 Rugg street in this city; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Stoneburner and Mrs. Belle Andrews, both of Dfecatur; three grandchildren; three step-children, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Monday in Granite City, with burial in Edwardsville, Hl.

■ thinnest in the world” — burst, I sending a 50-million-ton wall if ■ water cascading through the vall ley and over Frejus. Since daybreak in Frejus. two distinctive sounds have beat out I the rhythm of death for this Ri- ' viera town that was all but 1 washed away One sound came ’ from the Fifth Century Roman Catholic Church, where the bells ' tolled endlessly to summon sur--1 vivors to funerals and to prayer. The seconds sound was quicker, shipper, more immediate — the steady clang of nails being ham- ’ mered into plain wooden coffins ; in a dozen half-demolished buildings that served as makeshift morgues. The people of Frejus buried 153 coffins Friday and planned to bury 66 more today. One row of 11 coffins waiting for burial bore the same name, that of the Mekkl family—mother, father and nine children, all drowned.

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